Sturgis Library ‘digs into reading’  For the WPT   The library
at Sturgis was “Digging into Reading” on June 27 by studying a
unit on worms, which was presented by Dottie Dewberry of Maben.
Dewberry is a veteran teacher of 37 years; she taught junior
high English and math at Sturgis High School back during the
’80s and ’90s.  As the statewide topic for the libraries was
“Dig Into Reading,” worms was one of the topics selected.  The
lesson was initiated with the reading of “Diary of a Worm,”
which gave an insight into the life of a worm. While they
listened to the story, they ate worm food: apples and bananas.
The peelings were fed to the worms, when they made their worm
farm. They stopped briefly during the reading of the book to do
the Worm Hokey-Pokey, as they only have two parts: the head end
and the tail end.  Ms. Dewberry chose to present her lesson by
having a whole wall display of a worm with identifying parts. On
another wall, posters identified the various internal parts of
the worm as well as the ex