Beverly Shores Elementary Daily Guest Reader of the book Happiness is a Warm Blanket Charlie Brown Each grade level will choose an author of books that they love reading. They will select their favorite book and record a short video of why they love reading books from that author. They will submit the videos and the most convincing video will air on the morning announcements on Wednesday. OR Students can write a letter to their favorite author either critiquing their work or offering an alternative point of view/ending. We will mail the letters to their favorite authors. Students will practice letter writing and addressing envelopes. Parents: Make dessert time reading time Read to your children while they enjoy their evening snack. Daily Guest Reader of the book Happiness is a Warm Blanket Charlie Brown Rock star Readers Classes will listen to books read by famous people via the site https://www.storylineonline.net/ Each class will write a thank you note to their reader thanking them for being a storyteller with Storyline Online. Students can also write letters to other famous people who they would like to hear tell a story. Parents: Make dessert time reading time Read to your children while they enjoy their evening snack. Daily Guest Reader of the book Happiness is a Warm Blanket Charlie Brown We love reading how about you? Invite community members/ stakeholders to come and share their love of reading. Parents: Make dessert time reading time Read to your children while they enjoy their evening snack.
Daily Guest Reader of the book Happiness is a Warm Blanket Charlie Brown Reading Around the World... Pk-5th grade classes will pair up with another class and read for 20 mins. students will have the opportunity to share their love of reading and why they chose that book to read. Parents: Make dessert time reading time Read to your children while they enjoy their evening snack. Daily Guest Reader of the book Happiness is a Warm Blanket Charlie Brown Celebrate Good Books Come On.. Pk-1st Mo Willem s Pigeon Party the classes listened to Mo Willem Pigeon series books for the month. Some will celebrate now checking out 2 library books and others will celebrate the joy of hearing his books read aloud. The class that reads the most will win a pizza party. The students can also make a collage of the stories they read. 2nd-5th Hats off to great Reading the students can wear a silly hat anytime they are reading a book. Parents: Make dessert time reading time Read to your children while they enjoy their evening snack.
Sawgrass Bay Elementary School Book Talk Day Students will bring their favorite book to read during IDR time and share their book with a partner. Street sign will be unveiled in the car rider line encouraging reading at home. Teacher s Favorite Book Day Teachers will read their favorite book to their class and have students complete an activity related to the book. Literacy Night Activities Sports Theme Students may wear sports theme shirts and Team Up for reading. Fairy Flashlight Reading Students will read by a special flashlight from their teachers. (LED finger flashlights as a gift to encourage reading at home.) Family Literacy Night 5:30-7:30 Favorite Character Dress Up Day Staff and students may come to school dressed as their favorite book character. Teacher Guest Readers: Listen to some of your favorite staff members read some enchanting books and poetry. Magical Garden Storytelling: Come to our butterfly garden and have a magical, musical experience with Mrs. Velez. Book Tasting: Join us in The Media Center with Mrs. Stanley to explore books with your family in a unique and fun way! Special Animal Guest Readers: Clover and Lilly the alpacas from Lunasea Farms will be in the PE pavilion to enjoy their favorite farm animal books with you. Reading Paws Dogs and Cat: Come to room 140 and we will have plenty of books for you to read to your new furry friends. Photo Booth: Make your own Bookmark in the lobby with pictures of you and your family. Giant Scrabble: Play word games in the media center.
Lost Lake Elementary School January 25 th Storyteller In-House Field Trip (Event being held on 1/25). In connection with the Annual Mount Dora Storytellers event, a guest storyteller meet with students Pre-K to 2 nd grade. th Character Book Parade Students and teachers dress up as their favorite book characters and parade thro the courtyard. The parade begins at 9:15 am. th Spelling Bee Classroom Spelling Bee winners participate in our school-wide Spelling Bee. The Spelling Bee will begin at 9:00 am in the cafeteria. st Read Across Lost Lake Teachers select parents, teachers and community members to read in classroom and help promote literacy. Times will vary. st Storytime with Leadership Students will gather throughout the day to have a story read by members of leadership in the music room.
Grassy Lake Elementary DINO-MITE Book Fair: Stomp, Chomp, and Read! January 25 th - st 3 rd Grade Vocabulary Hat Parade! January 25 th Stomp, Chomp, and Read! All students reading independently for 20 minutes. Class Dino Foot What is your class s favorite book and why? Bookmark Competition (Design a bookmark Promoting Literacy) READING BUDDIES
day, ary 28 Eustis Elementary School Vocabulary Hats- Students will create vocabulary hats to wear during our Vocabulary Hat Parade on Wednesday. day, ary 29 Read with an Officer or Firefighter- nesday, ary 30 rsday, ary 31 Police officers and fire fighters will visit classrooms and read with students. Vocabulary Hat Parade: Students will wear vocabulary hats during a parade around the school. Family Reading /Book Fair Night: 3:00pm-6:00pm Dress Like Your Favorite Book Character- Students will have the opportunity to dress like their favorite book character. ay, uary 1 Drop Everything and Read (DEAR)/IDR with Conferring: Students will choose their favorite book(s) and read silently for 30 minutes. Teacher will conference with students. The entire school will participate (2:15-2:45).
Spring Creek Charter School SPREADING LITERACY-recommending books to others *Literacy Coach District Training Day Door Decorating Book Title Recommendations Reading Race Starts- AR related top point earners from each grade level GROWING HOME LIBRARIES Free Book Giveaway during lunch! Every Student gets a free book and bookmark. IDR (Independent Daily Reading) Cozy Up with a Book Theme-with Book Worm Treats! SPREADING Literacy Love- Guest Readers Guest Readers will read aloud favorite titles to classrooms on campus spreading the love for reading. SCCS FFEA (Florida Future Educators of America) will read aloud stories to primary grade classrooms. LITERACY & OUR FUTURE-viewing literacy through various career opportunities Literacy and Career Expo: Different organizations and businesses from the local community will be given a table to display what their jobs involve and how they incorporate literacy by viewing job duties. Grade levels will be given time to explore tables and bring information back to their classes *Parents are invited to attend. Parents and Supporters will have a provided lunch. VIEWING TOP CHARACTER PICKS Book-O-Ween Dress Up as Your Favorite Character to recommend a book and share titles Book Character Parade @ 2:20pm on the courts Authentic Writing Opportunity: Thank you letters from students and classes for businesses and organizations that supported our Career Literacy Expo Event
Astatula Elementary School Monday- Wednesday Read a portion of How I became a Pirate by David Shannon on the morning announcements. Collect books each morning for the book swap. Set Sail for Reading Each class will create an acrostic poem or an acronym for the word PIRATE. The theme will be reading. What book is your treasure? Student will write on a gold coin what their favorite book is and why. The responses will be grade level appropriate. Sea Worthy Stories - If you are traveling, what books would you pack and why? BINGO Family night and Book Swap from 6-7. Winners from the game will receive a book as a prize. Anchor Away Students will dress up as a pirate and at a specific time will read with a matey. The students who were not able to come to the family night will come to the book swap in the morning. There will be a guest reader on January 23 rd.
Eustis Height Elementary School We will start the week with giving each student a bookmark to create! Please be sure to allow your students to read for 20 minutes at some point during the day to help launch Celebrate Literacy Week. *If it is a nice day outside, they might enjoy reading outdoors. Wonderful Buddy Readers - 3rd through 5th grade students will read to a K through 2nd grade buddy. Guest Reader Day Reading Gives you Superpowers - Dress like a superhero or wear a superhero t-shirt Book Character Parade Day Students and teachers will dress like their favorite book characters!
Cypress Ridge Elementary School January 21 No School January 22 K-1 Poem readers Kindergarten snuggle up and read January 23 January 24 2-3 Poem Readers A poem in your pocket Guest reader (teacher swap) Story Teller throughout the day 4 th grade poem presentation January 25 Book Review parade
Sorrento Elementary Celebrate Literacy Week, Florida! On-Going Events Monday th Tuesday th Wednesday th Thursday st Friday st Daily Trivia Challenge Grade level Wall-to-Wall Word Scrabble Daily Guess the Guest Reader Begin Progressive Story Boards Each grade level will have a story starter that they will add-to and pass to next class on grade level Add a Blog about your favorite book on book wall Readbox to display your favorite book Drop Everything and Read Students will take their favorite book to the field and enjoy reading Share your favorite book with a Reading Buddy. K-2 classrooms will pair-up with a 3-5 classroom. Please send me the name of your Reading Buddy class, or if you need help finding a Buddy, please let me know. Also, include when you will be reading so we can take pictures. Spirit Day Door Decorating Contest Based on Super Why Theme
Villages Elementary School Book Fair (all week) School Spelling Bee Book & Bookmark Giveaway Pre-K through Grade 5 Family Literacy Night K & 3, 1 & 4, 2 & 5 Paired students reading
Pine Ridge Elementary School
Round Lake Charter School -All grade levels write on topic My favorite book character and why. Students will work on their paper throughout the week. -Middle school will create a blog to discuss topics assigned by teacher. -Middle school organize a book drive for military overseas. -Author Taryn Souders will discuss her book Dead Possums are Fair Game to 4 th and 5 th grade students. -Snuggle UP with a good book-bring your favorite stuffed animal to read to! -Book drive for military overseas. -Turn off ALL electronics and read with a family member or by yourself! -Book drive for military overseas. -Book Tasting Party- Teachers will set up tables with various books for students to sample. -Book drive for military overseas. -Complete writing assignment given at the beginning of the week. Students may dress up as the character they wrote about in their paper. -Book drive for military overseas.
Umatilla Elementary School Begin Door Decorating Contest (First Period Class wins treat) Hunt for a good book! Wear camo. Dress to impress! Poem in your Pocket Participating students bring a poem to class and read aloud. Select classroom winners will have a chance to win a gift card. #caughtreading by Administration and Literacy Coach for a treat Wear college team gear! Promote student achievement and higher education. #caughtreading by Administration and Literacy Coach for a treat Dress up as your favorite literary character! #caughtreading by Administration and Literacy Coach for a treat Tiger Pride Wear school colors Door Decorating Contest Winners announced
Treadway Elementary January 25 th Career Day 8:35 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.(friday) We are ALL well Read, so wear RED! Teacher s Favorite Book Day, teachers will share their favorite book(s) with their class! Session 2 of afterschool book club begins! Reading is Your Golden Ticket, wear GOLD/YELLOW! Our literacy adventure will be from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. and will be the theme of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory! Roll Out the Read Carpet for Reading, Dress in your best! Winter Readers 8:45 to 9:45 Wild about Reading, wear animal print! Students will enjoy nonfiction or fiction books about animals. Team up and Read a good book, wear a sports themed shirt. Classes will pair up and students will share their favorite book with a new friend. Meet the Author! 5 th grade students have an opportunity to meet the author Paula Gilgen and talk about the book she wrote C.A.T.
Mascotte Charter School Plan Literacy Fair Projects Displayed in Media Center Door Decorating Contest- Grade Level Novels Our favorite book themes activity in classrooms. Graph results and create data table. Admin reads Leo the Late Bloomer to kindergarten classes. Family Literacy Night- Open Library, Accelerated Reader Parent Workshop, Literacy Fair Winners Announced Door Decorating Contest Prizes Announced
Rimes Early Learning Center School-wide read this week Dinosaurs Before Dark Hats off To Reading Students will wear their favorite hats to school. Teachers will take pictures of students Caught Reading. Door Decorating Display: Classes will begin to decorate classroom doors to highlight Dinosaurs before Dark (Magic Tree House). K-2 will decorate doors by chapter for the Book Walk on Thursday. Pajama Day: Snuggle up with a Bear and a Book Students and Staff can wear their comfortable pajamas and students will receive a stuffed bear to curl up with and read to. Free Book Giveaway During Lunch Spirit Day Students can wear a Rimes shirt to show school spirit. Reading Rocks! Wear Wacky Socks! Students and teachers wear crazy, mismatched socks. Book Walk: Experience the book, Dinosaurs before Dark by walking through the chapters of the story. Rimes will host a Make-it, Take-it Family Literacy Night from 5:00pm-6:30pm. Make and Take in the classrooms focusing on reading strategies. Red Day Wear a red shirt, red pants, red socks or shoes to show we are REaDy to read.
Fruitland Park Elementary Ongoing Events throughout the week! Student Book Reviews/Recommendations on the morning announcements and in class Daily prize drawing for 100% AR Monday Spreading Literacy, One View at a Time! Students will wear their craziest, wackiest glasses to promote their love of reading. Tuesday Sock it to Reading! Students will wear crazy socks to support their love of books and reading! Wednesday Thursday Team Up with a Great Book! Students will wear a team shirt or jersey to encourage their love of reading! **FPE Spelling Bee for 4 th and 5 th grade** Cozy Up with a Book! Students will bring a book, stuffed animal or blanket to cozy up with while reading their favorite book. Friday Favorite Character Day! Students will dress up as their favorite character from a book they have read! **Kindergarten Alphabet Parade**
1/28 Leesburg Elementary School Celebrate Literacy Week, Jan. 28 th Feb. 1 st Crazy Sock Day Wear your craziest socks! 1/29 Pajama Day Come dressed in your pajamas. Get cozy and read! 1/30 1/31 2/1 Chill out and read! -Dress like a snowman! Super Hero Day Family Reading Night 6-7:30 Dress Like a Book Character Day / Book Character Parade Come dressed as a snowman! At the end of the day, the whole school will drop everything, chill out, and read! Wear your favorite super hero gear to school! Local Superheroes will be coming to read to students. Police, Fire, EMS, Military Come dressed as your favorite super hero (optional) and enjoy free dinner and a funfilled night with the whole family! Come dressed as your favorite book character! All students in costume will come together for a Book Character Parade in the afternoon!
Seminole Springs Elementary Celebrate Literacy Week, Florida! Kick off to Literacy Week Teachers present to students a school wide Poster Contest Student poster due on Thursday at 3:00 Student poster - Representing a Student s Favorite Book 1 winner will be chosen from each grade level. Community Outreach Sponsored by City of Eustis Library Representatives to visit campus Share a story and activity with Grade Levels K-3 Provide access/information to becoming a Library Member Book Mark Decorating Share your Favorite Book Day. *Teachers present their favorite book from childhood to their class. *Students share their favorite book so far with class. Community Outreach Sponsored by Sorrento Library of Lake County Representatives to visit campus Representatives interacting with entire 5 th Grade Literacy through crafting Students to practice reading Recipes, text features, Following sequential directions Creating their own slime Representatives providing electronic access to register for a Lake County Library System Library Card
Groveland Elementary School Celebrate Literacy Week Kick-Off: A slideshow will be shown of faculty & staff members of Groveland Elementary spreading literacy. Students will also be invited to submit photos which will be added to the slideshow and shown on the GES morning news each day. #GROVELANDREADS Bundle up and read! Students may wear fun winter hats and scarves. Guest Readers Day: Guest readers from our community will read to classes. Schedule to come. Literacy Fair 5-7pm Each class/grade level will have a station set up with literacy activities/centers for parents and students. Faculty and staff will put on a Character Fashion Show in the cafeteria. Students are invited to also dress as their favorite character and join the fashion show. Buddy reading day: Classes from different grade levels will pair up to read together.
East Ridge Middle School Name that book: Literacy Coach will read a quote from a popular book. Prize awarded to the first 3 students with the correct answer Book Swap: Students will bring in a book to the media center anytime Monday through Thursday and Drop it in the designated box. The student will get a coupon for the book swap that will take place on FRIDAY in the media center during advisory. Guess My Character: Teachers have clues as to their favorite literary character (displaying a new one each day) around their room with the reveal on Friday Name that book: Literacy Coach will read a quote from a popular book. Guess the Media Collection Guess how many books are in the media center. The student closest to the number will win a prize. Million Minute Marathon: Read in SHIELD for 20 or more minutes. Email Brittany Wolfe the number of combined minutes read Name that book: Literacy Coach will read a quote from a popular book. Scripps National Spelling Bee @6:00 pm Name that book: Literacy Coach will read a quote from a popular book. Name that book: Literacy Coach will read a quote from a popular book. Book Swap during advisory Announce Guess the Media Collection
Eustis Middle School th st, 2019 th Literacy Night- 5:00-6:30 th th st st Classroom Activity- ELA teachers will share how reading impacted their life or read their favorite children s book to their students. Chick Fil La Literacy Leaders Celebration Classroom Activity- Social Studies teachers will share how reading impacted their life or read their favorite children s book to their students. Spelling Bee Classroom Activity- Science teachers will share how reading impacted their life or read their favorite children s book to their students. Guest Readings/Book Talks Guest Readers will be visiting select classrooms to do book talks or read their favorite children s book. Classroom Activity- Math teachers will share how reading impacted their life or read their favorite children s book to their students. Novel drawing for Bicycle and gift cards Classroom Activity- Elective teachers will share how reading impacted their life or read their favorite children s book to their students.
Gray Middle School DOOR-DECORATING CONTEST BEGINS A door-decorating contest with the theme Spreading Literacy, One View at a Time will begin on and run all week. Judging will take place st. SHARE YOUR STORY CREATION In groups during R&A, students will work together to create a story/storyboard. DROP EVERYTHING AND READ D.E.A.R. The whole school will Drop Everything and Read for at least 20 minutes during R&A following announcements. Everyone should be prepared with reading material prior to D.E.A.R. WHAT HAVE YOU READ LATELY? WEAR YOUR RED. Wear your red to show you read every day! HATS OFF TO LITERACY Students and teachers are encouraged to don their favorite hat that is iconic to a book character and read.
Windy Hill Middle School Books in a Box: Students will be able to guess how many books are in a box. The box will be located in the Media Center. The winner will be announced th. WHMS Reading Fair boards are due. Boards will be on display in the Media Center. Tied up in a book Students will be able to wear their favorite tie to show their support for Reading. Winner of the Books in a Box will be announced. Reading Fair boards will be judged. Reading Rocks! Wear Crazy Socks! Team Up With Your Favorite Book, Wear a Team Jersey! WHMS Reading Fair Winners Announced.
The Book Swap! We will have a free book swap open to staff and students in the library. Bring a book, take a book. Bring three books, take three books. Switch out some of your old books with something new. During Lunch: Join us at the photo booth and get your picture taken with your favorite book or prop. Read to a Friend Day. During iblock time, find a friend and pair up to share your books by reading to each other. Read to a friend, read to a teacher! Fill the rooms and hallways with the sounds of reading and sharing the love of reading with each other. Literary Book Hunt. Time to hunt for the next great book out there. Free books will be scattered throughout the campus in student-friendly areas the school all day. That means no books will in dangerous places! There might be one where you looked before so keep your eyes open and find that next great book! Read and Let the World Go By. Get lost in your reading today. For twenty minutes, our campus will go quiet as we stop to treasure the powerful silence of reading.
Oak Park Middle School OPMS Theme: Ig- KNIGHT The Love of Reading Drop Everything and Read! #CaughtReading OAK PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL TWITTER POSTS Match the selfie to the shelfie! CONTEST-Guess which classroom bookshelf belongs to which teacher. Student winners receives $25.00 gift card! The Book Swap! - OPMS will have a free book swap for students in the Literacy Coach office. Bring a book, take a book. Switch out an old book for something new or slightly used! Poem in Your Pocket: Ig-KNIGHT The Love Of Reading! Guest poet will visit selected classrooms to share with readers their love of Poetry! Participating students will bring in a created poem on the above title and read aloud to their classmates and teacher during ELA class. The top class winners will be submitted to the OPMS Literacy coach. The Curriculum Program Specialists/Region 2 will then select our OPMS final prize winners: 1 st place-$100, 2 nd place-$75, and 3 rd place-$50 gift cards! Knight Up for Knowledge! Students and staff can wear school, college, or school color shirts to promote student motivation and greater academic performance.
South Lake High School *Introduce on Literacy Week and activities on morning announcements * Catch Kids Reading Students caught reading will be given a ticket used for daily drawing *Media Center check out a book for a treat *Photo contest details announced and put on Twitter and Facebook Take a picture that you believe reflects the theme of Literacy Week, Spreading Literacy, One View at a Time. *Teachers and students post what they are currently reading on Twitter and/or Facebook. *Student gives book review on morning announcements. *Check out a book for a treat. *Continue posting pictures for photo contest. *Take time out to read in every class. *READING SHIRT DAY! Wear an appropriate shirt that includes WORDS. *Student gives book review on the morning announcement. *Continue posting photos for contest. *Students and teachers continue posting what they re reading on SLH social media. *Photo contest Pictures due at 5:00 p.m. (Pictures were posted on Twitter and Facebook.) *Wear RED for Literacy. *Student gives book review on morning announcements. *Photo contest winner announced! *Wear SLHS apparel to show your support for LITERACY.
Tavares High School Get Caught Reading (Monday-Friday) Teachers will have tickets for students who are caught reading for enjoyment before school, in the courtyard, in the cafeteria or after school. Get Caught Reading-continues Take photos of students, faculty and staff with their favorite books and post around the campus. Achieve3000 participants-the top ten students with the highest percentage will be announced. Get Caught Reading-continues Take photos with favorite books and post around the campus. Guess the number of books in the media center. Students will be given slips to guess the number of books in the THS media center. There will be a prize for the closest guess. Get Caught Reading-continues Take photos with favorite books and post around the campus. Get Caught Reading-drawing Guess the number of books winner will be announced
Lake Minneola High School
Umatilla High School Launch Book Snaps Contest. Students will take a picture of their favorite novel (as represented by student artwork in English hall). They will upload picture with their commentary to a google slide in the UHS contest hub. UHS fan favorite for author and book / best commentary on a submission/ best entry Continue Book Snaps contest, updates to encourage participation. Promote book tasting event on Thursday Promote celebration with Superintendent s Reading Challenge students Continue Book Snaps contest, updates to encourage participation. Promote book tasting event on Thursday Promote celebration with Superintendent s Reading Challenge students Read Woke Book Tasting in Media Center Promote celebration with Superintendent s Reading Challenge students Celebrate with participants of Superintendent s Reading Challenge with students who are on track to complete challenge by March deadline.