November 5-9, 2007

I. Storyteller -  ETSU Storytelling Program – November 7^th

·Grades PreK-K,  grades 1-2, grades 3-4, grades 5-6

·Location and schedule to be announced

II. Classroom Bulletin Board Decoration  -   Favorite Book Read by Each Class -   PreK-Grade 2

·Each classroom is asked to decorate a small classroom bulletin board  to represent  a  favorite book  read by the class  this year (book may be from the school library, classroom library, reader, etc.)

·Bulletin board  decorations  should be student- produced work

·Bulletin board  decorations completed by 11/9/07 (judging day)

·Criteria for judging:  most creative, colorful, student produced work, etc.

·Prizes (ice cream party) will be given for 1^st, 2^nd, and 3^rd place winners

·A committee will do the judging

III. Teacher Book Contest – Grades 3-6

·Teachers are asked to give Mrs. Moretz the title of their favorite children’s book (when they were a child)

·Library staff will create a display on library bulletin board with list of teachers’ names and a list of their favorite books

·Students will guess and/or match each title with a teacher (during library class)

·One winner from each grade (winners will be the students with greatest number of correct matches – if more than one winner per grade, will draw for winner)

·All students in grades 3-6 will participate with winners selected by 11/9/07

·Winners will receive gift card from WalMart  (suggest $10)

 

IV. INVITE-A-PARENT TO READ A BOOK (PreK-Grade 6)

PreK-Grade 2

·Invite parents to read a book to one or more classes during the week

·Parents may schedule with classroom teacher (on teacher’s schedule)

·Library staff will prepare parent “invitations” to go home with students

                                                Grades 3-6

·Invite parents to read a portion (specific passage, chapter, etc.) of the parent’s favorite book when they were that age

·Encourage students to check out this book to “see how it ends”

·Parents may schedule with classroom teacher (on teacher’s schedule)

·Library staff will prepare parent “invitations” to go home with students

Parent Recognition

·We will recognize parent volunteers sometime during the school year

 

Ways to Share Books This Week

• Create a book jacket.

• Create bookmarkers.

• Take one sheet of plain white paper and cut it into eight equal pieces. Put together in book form and let students create their own books.

• Do a pantomime that tells part of a story.

• Let students split into teams and play "Book Charades". Students act out parts of a book and the other team has to guess what book is being acted out.

• Write a letter to a friend recommending a good book.

• Draw a pictured illustrating a book, then write to explain the picture.

• make a puppet of the main character of a book.

• Make a comic strip telling the story of a book.

• Pretend to be a salesman and "sell" the book.

Return to Schoolwide Projects

Return to Mountain City Elementary Home