Reading+Month

Reading Month is held every March.

** March Reading Month ** Jill Shackelford/Carol Linton/Carrie Belanger/Joan Harmon

We would also like to decorate the Commons somehow—nothing over the top—maybe just a big set of Olympic rings.
 * What will the overall theme be? **
 * Olympics—“Going for the Gold”
 * 1) ** What activities will be planned? **
 * An opening assembly
 * Dr. Seuss’s Birthday celebration—upper el classes will come to lower el classes and buddy read their favorite Seuss books
 * Point system to earn gold/silver/bronze medals (or certificates)
 * Special activities throughout the week to earn points
 * Read a Hat Day—students wear a hat with writing on it to school
 * Read a T-shirt Day-- students wear a shirt with writing on it to school
 * Reading log—will be turned in weekly (or bi-weekly) with number of minutes read
 * Reading Lock-in—to end the month we will celebrate reading by having a reading day on the last Friday in March
 * Watching a movie in the gym—if the elementary as a whole meets a certain number of points, watching a movie in the gym (no snacks) will be the reward.
 * Will there be an all day reading day? **
 * Yes—see above.
 * Will there be guest readers? **
 * Individual classes will be responsible for their own guest readers—per teachers’ discretion)
 * Will there be a special guest? **
 * Kim Childress?
 * We would also like to incorporate some special guests into our Friday chapels. Possibilities:
 * Sam Belanger/Randy Barton
 * Grace Cary’s friend (unsure of name)—carried an Olympic torch
 * Summer—a swimmer Carrie knows who was involved on the Olympic swim team