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Prepared by the I Love to Read committee at Pinecrest Elementary School, Hastings, Minnesota: Marita Legreid, Jane Richards, Tere Kranz, Glenda Peak, Nancy Danneker, Pat Schultz, Sharon Brown, Jane Harris, and Nancy Techam
Sharing the Books of Marsha Wilson Chall
This year our I Love to Read celebration in District 200 will focus on Marsha Wilson Chall. Since Marsha will visit our elementary schools in January and February, this integration of Author Day activities and I Love to Read activities is a natural consolidation. Combining the activities will ease teacher workload and more thoroughly prepare our students for Author Day, or extend activities after the author visit.
Many of the books written by Marsha Wilson Chall focus on family activities and celebrations. Therefore, the theme for htis year's District 200 I Love to Read celebration is Reading: A Family Tradition (Sharing the books of Marsha Wilson Chall). The media specialist in each building will be providing you with information regarding the books that will be for sale and specifics for Marsha's visit to your building.
The following ideas, activities, and expectations were developed by the District 200 I Love to Read Committee. We have attempted to provide ideas that are developmentally appropriate for various grade levels. Please choose what works best for you.
Ideas for Specific Books
Happy Birthday, America! |
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Website for Marsha Wilson Chall: www.marshachall.com |
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Each family will receive a note regarding our I Love to Read Celebration and a February calendar listing a family activity for each day. |
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Books and Breakfast: Have parents come in before school to read with their children while they share a breakfast treat. This could be done school-wide or with different grade levels meeting on different days. One thing to consider in these tight budget times is how the breakfast treat would be paid for. |
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After all books have been shared vote for your favorite book and then graph the results. |
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Write letters (class or individual) to the author. |
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Sit and Read: Provide a chair or some sort (rocking, lawn, etc.) or a boat. Be sure a student or staff member is always sitting in the chair and reading during the month of February. This could be placed in the media center or a prominent place in the hallway near the office. |
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Student of the Day: The student of the day is given a bell to ring. Whenever they ring the bell, the class would take a few minutes for a story or poetry break. |
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There are many other ideas that have been used in the past that you may want to incorporate into your celebration such as: guest readers (school-wide or in individual classrooms), Read Me Day, Newspaper Scavenger Hunts, etc. |
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