Students in Norma Jones’ fifth grade ELA class at Live Oak Middle read books before a guest reader visits them on World Read Aloud Day on Thursday, Feb. 1.
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Children’s writer Lee Gjertsen Malone reads a snippet from her book “The Last Boy at St. Edith’s” to a sixth grade class at Live Oak Middle on World Read Aloud Day.
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Livingston Parish Public Schools Superintendent Rick Wentzel, standing, was one of 15 guest readers at Live Oak Middle’s World Read Aloud Day event on Thursday, Feb. 1.
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Shaniyah Spears, left, and Abigail Bernard share a laugh while Livingston Parish Public Schools Superintendent Rick Wentzel (not pictured) reads from Drew Daywalt’s “The Legend of Rock, Paper, Scissors.”
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Live Oak Middle fifth graders Gauge Ott, left, and K-Den Palmer, quietly read to themselves on World Read Aloud Day.
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Fifth graders Eric Purvis, left, and Cole DeLaughter attentively listen to the reading of Drew Daywalt’s “The Legend of Rock, Paper, Scissors” on World Read Aloud Day at Live Oak Middle.
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Fifth grader Sophia Duhon reads a book in Norma Jones’ ELA class at Live Oak Middle on World Read Aloud Day on Thursday, Feb. 1.
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Live Oak Middle students in Misty Reynerson’s sixth grade ELA class wave goodbye to children’s author Lee Gjertsen Malone (not pictured), who spoke to the class via Skype on World Read Aloud Day.
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Livingston Parish Public Schools board member Kellee Hennessy reads to Kimberly Lejeune’s sixth grade ELA class at Live Oak Middle on World Read Aloud Day.
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Livingston Parish Public Schools Assistant Superintendent Steve Parrill reads to students in Brooke Tarver’s sixth grade ELA class at Live Oak Middle on World Read Aloud Day.