Mr. Alberghini's Storytelling Extravaganza!

This week, we worked hard to publish our very first stories as third graders -- small moment stories about one time in our life.  Throughout the unit, writers were working to use a storytelling voice instead of a new reporter voice.  So, in celebration of all of our hard work throughout this unit, we invited Superintendent Alberghini in to our classrooms to share his own small moment stories!

You see, Mr. Alberghini grew up in Derby Line, Vermont, and he has LOTS of stories to share from his childhood shenanigans with his two older sisters.  Today, our writers were honored to hear his retelling of his run-in with an old, forgotten bear trap near a hunting cabin in the woods around Derby.

Here is Mr. Alberghini's impression of a gray squirrel...

And here is the moment Mr. Alberghini accepts his sister Gina's dare to jump over the bear trap...uh oh!

Mr. Alberghini's gift of storytelling certainly had us all hooked from the very beginning...we really felt like we were hiking through the woods with him on an adventure!

And, in case you were thinking that maybe Mr. Alberghini is a big fibber (!), here's the scar to prove it!

What a wonderful way to celebrate our work as storytellers!  Thank you, Mr. Alberghini, for inspiring us to continue our work as writers...we look forward to hearing more of your stories in the future!

And, if you're curious, here's the RES Podcast of Mr. Alberghini's Bear Trap story from a previous year!

Or a YouTube video from another year:



As you can tell, this is a favorite story of our RES 3rd Grade authors!