Celebrate Literacy Week, Florida

Celebrate Literacy Week, Florida January 22 to January 26 Celebrate Literacy Photo Contest post photos that demonstrate the theme "Find Yourself in a Book!" on Twitter. The photo with the most likes at the end of the week will win a Books-A-Million gift card. One winning classroom, for each grade level K-12. #IRCLW Guest Readers schools will invite guest readers to share their love of reading with students. January 26 Read Across the District - EVERYONE (PK-12), district wide, will stop and read for 30 minutes as determined by each school. Book Walk Experience the book, Scardy Squirrel by Mélanie Watt beginning by walking through the story. Sponsored by The Learning Alliance Vero Beach as part of the Moonshot Moment. Saturday, February 3 Adventure begins at 10:00 a.m. Vero Beach Main Library - 1600 21st St, Vero Beach, FL 32960

Ongoing School Events * Teachers will choose when these events fit into their schedules Beachland Elementary *Guess that Book Each morning clues will be given on the announcements. Students try to guess which book. *Door Decorating Classes choose a book and scene to decorate their classroom door for all to see *Buddy Reading K and 4, 5 and 2, 3 and 1 *Guest Readers - Schools will be inviting guest readers to share their love of reading with students. *John s Island Books- Classes will focus all week on one of the books donated last year by John s Island Foundation Jan. 22 Begin above activities Jan. 23 Read My Shirt Day: Students will wear an appropriate shirt with text. Students will read one another s shirts throughout the day. Jan. 24 Poetry Appreciation Day- Grade levels will use the website Poem in Your Pocket to create activities for the day. Jan. 25 Informational Text Day- Grade levels will focus the days activities around informational text. Jan. 26 Beach Blanket Reading- The entire school will go outside and read on beach blankets for 30 minutes (Teachers, guest readers, or independent reading.)

Literacy Changes Our World! Ongoing School Events Citrus Elementary Guest Readers/Rotary Readers VBHS Baseball Team Readers Roaming Literacy across the Campus: Mrs. Koziel pops in to read her selections Guest Readers 2 nd /3 rd Grade: Jan. 22 Krista Sadlers and Julie Green Deputy May 4/5 Jan. 23 Jan. 24 Guest Readers 4 th Grade Terri Beckham and Karen Hammler Teachers Dress as Favorite Book Character/read aloud to their class! Favorite Book Selfies Find Yourself in a Good Book! Students and faculty will be participating in Favorite Book Selfies and photos will be posted as a PPT during lunchtime. Jan. 25 Buddy Reading: Grades 3-4-5 adopt a K-1-2 class Reading with the Super! ( 3 rd grade) Moonshot Performance: 1 st Grade Where the Wild Things Are Jan. 26 Beach Blanket Reading: Students and Parents are invited to bring a beach blanket to read outdoors.

Find Yourself in a Book! School District of Indian River County Dodgertown Elementary Ongoing School Events * Teachers will choose when these events fit into their schedules Jan. 22 *Drop Everything and Read (D.E.A.R) Independent Reading Daily *Guest Readers - Schools will be inviting guest readers to share their love of reading with students. *Teacher read-aloud swap- Teachers will switch classes to read their favorite book to a class Reader s Theater Day All classes will participate in a reader s theatre play. Jan. 23 Jan. 24 Jan. 25 Jan. 26 Share the Love of Reading Day Family members are invited to join on campus for a schoolwide read-a-thon from 9:00-10:00 Writing Workshop Celebrations Parents are invited to join their child during a writing celebration at designated times (varies by grade level) Book Buddies for a Day! K - 2 nd grade classes paired with 3 rd - 5 th Grade classes to do buddy reading. WOW (Wonderful World of Words) Day! Dress and display a new vocabulary word you learned and teach others all about your word! Drop Everything and Read 30 minutes*

January 22 Fellsmere Elementary School DEAR for 20-30 minutes (beginning right after morning announcements). January 23 January 24 January 25 BUDDY READING: Classes team up and read with a buddy in another class/grade. Kindergarten and 4 th 1 st and 3 rd 2 nd and 5th DRESS LIKE AVOCABULARY WORD: Teachers and students dress up like a favorite book character. VOCABULARY WORD PARADE All students will listen to the story Miss Alaineus in Media the week prior about a Vocabulary Parade. MOONSHOT ROCKET COMES TO FES: K-2. BOOKMOBILE COMES TO FES: 3-5 January 26 DEAR (District-wide) : Perhaps an outdoor activity picnic-style ONGOING, WEEK LONG ACTIVITIES Guest Readers (previously recorded) Bulletin Board of teachers/staff hidden inside his/her favorite book. Grade Levels choose an author for Author Study Door Decorating (from author study) Daily Read-Aloud (from author study) Literacy in Music- Dipardo reading Click Clack Moo in classes

Find Yourself in a Book! School District of Indian River County Glendale Elementary Ongoing School Events * Teachers will choose when these events fit into their schedules Jan. 22 Jan. 23 Jan. 24 Jan. 25 Jan. 26 *Drop Everything and Read (D.E.A.R) - 15 minutes per day * Book Exchange: Bring a used book to Super Cooper café during lunch and trade it in for another book. *Buddy Reading - K - 2 nd grade classes paired with 3 rd - 5 th Grade classes to do buddy reading. *Guest Readers - Schools will be inviting guest readers to share their love of reading with students. Poem in Your Pocket Students all have to come with a poem of theirchoice in their pocket and can be asked at any given time to produce the poem and read it to their classmates or teacher. Some students also read theirpoems to the whole school over the intercom system. WOW (Wonderful World of Words) Day! Dress and display a new vocabulary word you learned and teach others all about your word! Vocabulary games in classrooms Reader s Theater Day All grade levels will perform a play in class. Ball Player Book Buddies VBHS Baseball & Softball Teams come to read with our students at the end of the day. Non-Fiction Character Parade Dress like your favorite non-fiction character. There s no place like Glendale DEAR EVERYONE at the Glendale will stop and read for a designated 30 minutes.

Indian River Academy THEME: Read S more Books Kindergarten: Share around the campfire. Three students per day orally share a book/topic using First, Next, and Last around a campfire. Ongoing School Events 2 nd Grade: classrooms decorated for camping @ least 1: Section, small spot for fire pit Sheet for tent, camp chairs etc 4 th Grade: dividing class into groups-write directions How to make a s more? - exchange directions with another group-try to make using ONLY directions givenwhen no one is able to do it, make class set of writing-make the s more and enjoy! Guest readers throughout the week. (assigned to certain grade levels/rooms) Kindergarten: Scavenger Hunt: Like write the room. Students go hunting for words that have been placed outside & write it on their recording sheet/checklist. Jan. 22 1 st grade: Decorate doors with camping theme. Read book, Our Camping Trip 2 nd Grade: Look at This Book -engage; Amelia Bedelia Goes Camping figurative language (literal/nonliteral) 3 rd Grade: Students will bring flashlights to school and read with a buddy. Kindergarten: Reading under the stars. Students bring pillows and flashlights to find words on stars placed on the ceiling. Students try to find the word based on clues given by the teacher (sight words/cvc/nonsense words) 1 st Grade: star gazing sight word search 2 nd Grade: Katie s Forest Find read as a class Jan. 23 Outdoor Scavenger Hunt- something.. 1. Colorful 2. Smooth 3. Rough 4. 2 kinds of leaves 5. Pretty 6. You think is a treasure **Items then become written into a story from each student. 3 rd Grade: Students write about a camping trip. Show a camping picture to help brainstorm the process. Make camping books with illustrations as a class.

GUEST READING DAY!!! Liz Gioffre Decorating GUEST table! THANK YOU!! Kindergarten: Writer s Workshop- students write about things they need for a camping trip. Make backpacks w/ the things they need. Jan. 24 1 st Grade: If You Give A Moose a Marshmallow and activities 2 nd Grade: Snow Camping - read as a class Tell stories from scavenger hunt around the CAMPFIRE(pretend setup). 3 rd Grade: Continue writing from day before. GUEST READER EVENT: 9:30 1:30 Kindergarten: Building a s more by reading and following directions. 1 st grade: Steps to make a s more writing 2 nd Grade: Fishing in the Rain partner read (go fish sight words or fishing for words) 3 rd Grade: Campfire Circle students share camping stories written in class. IRA: Family Literacy Night (ALL parents invited and community) 5:30 7:00 Hamburgers/Hotdog dinner served in cafeteria throughout evening Jan. 25 Outside on Hardcourt: Each Community Member will have tents set up at their locations with seating area using hay, chairs, etc Campfire style storytelling, literacy activities, engaging parents in cooperative reading with their child. ORGANIZATIONS reaching out to: The Learning Alliance Americorps Skate Factory Vero Beach Youth Guidance Literacy Services (Parent Engaged Now) Boy Scouts Invites sent to: Sherriff s Department, Youth Guidance (part Youth project for older kids to organize this event), Weichert Realtors (Charles Malory); Saint Edwards School (Mr. Michael Mersky); Kindergarten: Fishing for real/nonsense words FCRR Jan. 26 1 st Grade: Camping with Bonk and activities 2 nd Grade: Flashlight Friday - - Noise in the Night read with flashlights during the day 3 rd Grade: Read to self- bring a pillow from home, give them mini-marshmallows. Fire playing on smartboard.

Liberty Magnet School Ongoing School Events Jan. 22 Jan. 23 Grade Level Read-a-thons Millionaire AR Club Read Across America in March Poster/Door Decorating Contest- students will create a poster about their favorite book. Posters will be displayed on doors to celebrate literacy in our school. Doors will be judged and the class winner at each grade level will win a popsicle party. Breakfast and Books: Parents can come have breakfast with their child and share a book together (See attached flyer for more information) Reading Rainbow (K-2)/ /Book on video (3-5) at lunch Jan. 24 Buddy Reading across Grade Levels: K/5: Digby/Perakes, Morrow/Getchell, Gamez/Gilbert/McCart, Hurley/Frazee (10:15-10:40) 1/3: Seaman/Tomas, Wellington/Hoag, Morse/Benham, Jan. 25 Birch/Jones, Johnson/Goodin (10:00-10:30) 2/4: Weragoda/Riley, Emmons/Decaro, Mrs. B.& Barnes/Daulby, Drisdom/Prince (9:30-10:00) Celebrate Literacy Photo Collage Each teacher is invited to submit one image that creatively illustrates students and staff celebrating literacy. Pictures will be used to create a school Caught you Reading video collage. DEAR- EVERYONE at school will stop and read for 30 minutes. (9:30-10:00) Jan. 26

Osceola Magnet School Ongoing School Events Schoolwide reading challenge - Mr. Simpson will be challenging all Explorers to read every day. Our theme this year is bedtime stories. Students get 10 points for every book they read and 20+ points for every book their parent reads to them. If the family reads together, it s 10 points for every person including the reader. A parent reading a book to 3 students earns 40 points (3 students and the parent!). If students read with a friend on the phone or with grandma on Skype 10 points for every person who hears or reads the book. Story Videos OMS teachers will be recorded reading a bedtime story along with a quick reading tip to support positive reading. The students can watch the video at home in the evenings for additional points. Read reading quotes - read during morning announcements Book donation We will ask every student to donate 1 used book that they no longer want and we will donate them to a special organization to help children in need. This will be a wonderful community event Jan. 22 Book Review video a few students talking about their favorite book. This can be played on morning announcements or maybe put in a separate file in the common folder to view whenever it is best for classes Jan. 23 Guest readers maybe teachers from another classroom visit/read a special story during their planning time (ex: 4 th grade teacher on their planning could read to a 2 nd grade class) Jan. 24 Guess the Book classrooms vote for 1 favorite book and post clues about the book out on their door for everyone in the school to guess what the book is throughout the week. Classes will reveal their mystery book on Friday by displaying the book as the final clue to the mystery book Jan. 25 Jan. 26 Book Buddies - Book buddies will be given the opportunity to work together to support each other in literacy activities. Pajama Day School wide pajama day to celebrate literacy OMS Reading - OMS will participate in a school wide bed time reading School Wide Reading Challenge The number of books students have read will be tallied and a literacy celebration will occur if the reading goal is achieved.

January 22 Pelican Island Elementary Door Decorating Contest: Find Yourself in An Environmental Book School Wide Photo Contest January 23 January 24 Oh, The Places You ll Go! Dress for Success Day: Each class will read this book out loud and have a day of Success! We will have students and adults model dressing for success the day before on the morning announcements. Buddy Up Wednesday: Each class will have a buddy class and they will spend time together reading to one another. January 25 January 26 Book Swap Thursday: Students are encouraged to bring a book from home to give to a classmate and they will also receive a book. Guest Reader Day All classrooms will have a guest reader from the community. Read on the Green All classes will take their students outside and read outside for 30 minutes. PIE s 2 nd Annual Literacy Night: Literacy Under the Stars Mon-Fri On Going activities Cafeteria: Story On Line, a different book each day will be read. Morning announcements: Guess the Book and the Reader: A short passage will be read aloud by a school employee and each class will send a daily email guessing the book title and the reader.

Rosewood Magnet School Guest Readers Create Comic Strips using your own photos or Super Heroes http://www.comicmaster.org.uk/, http://www.storyjumper.com/, http://storybird.com/ Ongoing School Events Decorate your Door with the favorite character/book/author Mystery Book: Clues about a book are given each morning on the morning news Book Drive- Students will donate gently used books What PAWsome book are you reading?- Teachers will post on their door what book they are reading, what they love about it, and Next Reads Jan. 22 Jan. 23 Jan. 24 Jan. 25 Reading Oath-WPAW- Our WPAW crew will recite the oath and promise to read read read Public Service Announcements Book Buddy Reading: Intermediate classes will pair up with a primary class. Across the District Reading Initiative Character Dress Up Day- Dress like your favorite book character and bring the book to share. Jan. 26 Literacy On The Lawn/Literacy Photo Contest- Students can bring towels or blanket for reading outside.

Sebastian Elementary School Ongoing School Events Jan. 22 Guest Readers will read to classes to share their love of reading. Book Buddies Day Classes will pair up to read books and do literacy activities. Jan. 23 Jan. 24 Book Talk Tuesday! Classes will have students share favorite books in book talks in class, on the announcements, and on Flipgrid. Reading Rainbow (at lunch). Students will bring favorite books to read at lunch. Parents are invited to join students for lunch to read with them. Free Book Giveaway! Jan. 25 Put Yourself in a Book! Students and teachers will come dressed as their favorite character or historical figure. Teachers can take selfies of students to put up in their wing. (Can enter District Selfie Contest). Students should bring the book to match their character. (Sneakers Only) Friday Jan 26 Read Across the District! Each school and department will select a 30-minute time block to participate. EVERYONE at the site will stop and read for the designated 30 minutes. *Sebastian Elementary will DROP Everything and READ from 9:00 9:30.

Treasure Coast Elementary School Jan. 22 Jan. 23 Jan. 24 Jan. 25 Friday Jan 26 Book Buddies Students giving book review on announcements Book and Me under a tree Read my shirt- free dress day Door Décor- decorate your classroom door for literacy

Vero Beach Elementary School Ongoing School Events Jan. 22 Jan. 23 Reading Oath on Morning Announcements after Kids at Hope Pledge Door Decorating Contest for Find Yourself in a Book Theme. Follow us on Twitter @verobeachelem & have a parent/guardian tweet us your favorite book to read and/or a picture of you reading this week! Favorite Book Selfies Find Yourself in a Good Book! Students and faculty will be participating in Favorite Book Selfies and photos will be featured on morning announcements and in the media center to encourage students to try new books. WOW Day! Wonderful World of Words Students select one extraordinary word they would like to use in their writing and add to their speaking vocabulary. The word is written on an index card, along with the meaning, and brought to school to share with the class. To extend this further in the classroom, students can: Sort the words by parts of speech, prefixes, and letter combinations Add the words to our class word wall Use the words to make sentences or stories out of them Vocabulary Parade Jan. 24 Jan. 25 Whatcha Reading Wednesday Guest Readers Book Tasting for K-2 in Media Center 8:00 8:45 Book Tasting for 3-5 in Media Center 8:00 8:45 Wear RED and be well Read! Jan. 26 Judging for Door Decorating Contest & Announce Winner. Read Across the District Each school and department will select a 30-minute time block to patriate. EVERYONE at the site will stop and read for the designated 30 minutes.

Celebrate Literacy Week, Florida Gifford Middle School January 22 Caught you Reading - Prizes from Administration all week! Comic strip Contest with 5 slides from your favorite fiction book! Due in the media center on January 26th. 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place prizes will be awarded. Literacy Quotes each day on announcements! January 23 Create a Book - Create a great motivational book mark during SPLASH to be given to an elementary student in our district! January 24 Book Drive - for the GMS Media Center. Bring all new and gently used books to the media center any day to donate! January 25 January 26 Character Dress Up Day! - Dress as your favorite book character. Patty Fuchs from Indian River Main Library as guest speaker to discuss getting a library card and all the wonderful activities and events offered at our public library. Guest Speaker - Roberto from Literacy Services to talk about his story. (Select male students) Poem in my Pocket Day! - Have a poem available in your pocket and when asked read it to your class for a prize.

Celebrate Literacy Week, Florida Oslo Middle School January 22 Make a Guess - Guess how many AR quizzes are taken this week? Closest three will win a BOOK FAIR gift certificate. January 23 Guest Readers - ROAR guest readers!!!! Admin, Resource Teachers, Support Staff January 24 Guest Readers - ROAR guest readers!!!! Admin, Resource Teachers, Support Staff January 25 AR Celebration - AR Ice Cream Parties! Who reached their goal? 5th, 6th, 7th period January 26 Read-A-Long - School Wide LIVE read-a-long! Last day to guess AR quiz count!

Celebrate Literacy Week, Florida Storm Grove Middle School Door Decorating Contest teachers will decorate their doors to the theme of Literacy Week Find Yourself in a Book January 22 Guess the Book- Clues will be read on the announcements each day and guesses will be done in the media center. Winner will receive a new book. Maker Space Monday- Come into the media center before school, during lunch (ten at a time) or after school to make a bookmark Guess the book Quote January 23 Power of Poetry - Poetry Slam Guess the book Quote January 24 January 25 January 26 Caught you Reading - Teachers hand out Caught You Reading tickets to students who are reading outside of assigned times Book Drive - donate a new or gentle used book and receive one stingray credit. Books will be given to a charity in Indian River County Guess the book Quote Breakfast Book Swap - From 7:30-7:50, students and faculty members will be invited to participate in a book swap in the Media Center. Breakfast treats will be provided and the cost to enter is one gently-used book they are willing to donate/swap with someone else. Guess the book Quote Door Decorating - Judging will begin at the start of 6th period Read Across the District Everyone in the district will stop what they are doing and read for 30 minutes Dress Up as your Favorite Book Character for $1, proceeds go to the Storm Grove Book Club Pizza Celebration for the top Twenty AR points Earners for the first Semester Guess the book Quote

Celebrate Literacy Week, Florida Sebastian River Middle School January 22 January 23 January 24 January 25 Literacy Quote - Morning Announcements Literacy Quotes Posted in Hallways Scholastic Book Fair - Media Center Bonus Book-a-Day - winner announced Guess the Number of books in the Media Center District: Photo Contest Literacy Quote - Morning Announcements Literacy Quotes Posted in Hallways Scholastic Book Fair - Media Center Bonus Book-a-Day winner announced Literacy Quote - Morning Announcements Literacy Quotes Posted in Hallways Scholastic Book Fair - Media Center Bonus Book-a-Day winner announced Literacy Quote - Morning Announcements Literacy Quotes Posted in Hallways Scholastic Book Fair - Media Center Bonus Book-a-Day winner announced January 26 Literacy Quote - Morning Announcements Literacy Quotes Posted in Hallways Scholastic Book Fair - Media Center Bonus Book-a-Day winner announced Winners Announced - Guess the Number of Books in the Read Across the District Read a book of your choice

Celebrate Literacy Week, Florida Sebastian River High School January 22 Favorite Quote Each teacher comes up with their favorite quote. They will then explain what it means to them and why. Door Decorating Contest of Favorite Quote for teachers begins January 23 Get Caught Reading Day (Those students and staff that get caught reading will be given a ticket for drawing at the end of the week pictures can be taken and posted on website) January 24 Favorites Voting - for your favorite Book, Movie, Short Story, and Poem (Lunches) January 25 Create your own Poster Favorite Quote from book or movie Students vote during lunch January 26 Create your own Poster Favorite Quote from book or movie Students vote during lunch Friday at the end of the day Door Decorating Contest Winner (Teachers), Quote Poster (students), Get Caught Reading Drawing

Celebrate Literacy Week, Florida Vero Beach High School Literacy Fact on announcements January 22 Contests Announcements Book Marks & Bulletin Boards based on favorite books Door Decorations based on theme Find Yourself in a Book Authors Write & Read students in Spanish class write picture books in Spanish and then read them aloud to elementary students via Skype as a week-long project. January 23 Literacy Fact on announcements January 24 Literacy Fact on announcements Bulletin Board Challenge (Office Staff) January 25 Literacy Fact on announcements January 26 Literacy Fact on announcements Read Across the District - 30 minutes of Drop Everything And Read Door Decorating Contest Judging