January 13-17, 2014 District Plan Clay County School District - Literacy Events Ongoing 150 minute literacy block training begins. District/School Bannerman Learning Center Events Faculty members will write a lone paragraph Public Service Announcement about a favorite book. They will be read during the morning announcements on 1/8-1/10. Students will right their PSA during English class. Five will be selected to be read during morning announcements on 1/13-1/17. Winning students will get ice cream for lunch. Charles E. Bennett Elementary Book Commercials – Students or classrooms will create commercials advertising their favorite book. Commercials will be shown during the announcements. Classes will decorate classroom doors to share their favorite books – judging Thursday after school – winners announced Friday. Clay Hill Elementary Morning News will spotlight a book series/author; Door Decorating contest to be completed by Thursday-THEME: Reading Accelerates Success! Clay High School We are holding monthly meetings of the Faculty/Student Book Club where we’re reading the Florida Teens Read novels. Fleming Island High Childcare classes implement phonemic awareness activities, as well as early literacy strategies Media Center runs Book Recommendations on their TV screens Our school focuses on infusing literacy strategies across content areas on a daily basis Grove Park Elementary Get Caught Reading---Students will be given tickets when they are caught reading. They will write their name on the tickets and turn them in at lunch. The tickets will be drawn each afternoon for prizes and winners will be announced over the intercom. Keystone Heights Elementary Just completed a month long program entitled Unplug. Literacy and Physical Education Activities for Parents and Kids to share together. Students will draw and display either the main character, setting, or main idea of the book read over the intercom on Monday. Drawings will be displayed in the hallways or on classroom doors. Keystone Heights Junior/Senior High Book Drive (All week) Students will bring in gently used books to be dropped into collection boxes during TTR. These books will then be donated to local group (Sapp/Morford) and distributed to local families who do not have access or ability to get to public library. READ Poster contest (All Week) – Students will have until Friday morning to design/create a poster around the literacy week theme of “Reading Accelerates Success”. These posters will be submitted to the student’s language arts teacher when completed. All posters will then be judged and a winner announced at the end of the day. Posters will then be displayed around campus the following week. (If students need poster board they can see Mrs. smith) Open the Door to Reading – During TTR, classes that wish to participate will decorate their classroom doors (for portables inside of door and for interior hallways outside of doors can be decorated)to promote reading, and should have a theme connected to “reading accelerates success in careers” Word of the Day – With the help of our TPTV crew, student will watch a short video clip on the morning news each morning that features “The Word of the Day” Eat Up Reading – Guests and/or faculty, community members, will be asked to read short “motivating” literary pieces during lunches throughout the week. Yearbook – Will be taking pictures all week of the planned activities, to add to “Literacy Week” section in our school yearbook. Lakeside Elementary “Get Caught Reading” Students who are “caught” receive a ticket that goes into a “fish bowl”. Names are drawn and prizes are given in each class weekly. (This is a whole year activity.) Math classes will make a plan to guess the number of books in the library. The winning class from each grade level will win a prize. Lakeside Junior Continued Book Drive and Poster Contest all week Middleburg Elementary Daily News Segment of a Faculty Member/Staff-What was your favorite childhood book and why? Caught You Reading Like a Star Awards-Students will get a ticket when they are caught reading; tickets will be placed in grade level buckets in cafeteria, names will be drawn for new books Montclair Elementary News crew will interview students about their favorite books. Clips will be shown each morning during Celebrate Literacy Week. Students will draw a picture and write a summary of their favorite book. Posters will be displayed throughout campus. McRae Elementary “Get Caught Reading” tickets-give to students reading by choice. Drawings for book prizes everyday and lunch Oakleaf High Each day, students will read a book of choice or one selected by their teacher during our Enrichment Period for approximately 20 minutes. Orange Park High Every teacher will introduce a favorite book each day of the week. Admin will do the same over announcements or video. Oakleaf Junior “Burst into Reading a Good Book”-In the media center-guess the number of starbursts in the jar, winner announced on Friday. Morning news- teacher book talks Book Fair Ridgeview High Faculty video book talk on news. All teachers use 2-3 minutes for book or article chats. Student Video Book Chats scheduled when possible and will run periodically. Rideout Elementary “Reading Accelerates Success” Door decorating with race car (class race car is sponsored by favorite book) Reading Bingo- Contest to see who can fill up their READO card. Those students that fill the card will be entered into a drawing. Ridgeview Elementary AR Challenge to read a 5000 books, Book IT program. S. Bryan Jennings Elementary 1st grade: Author Study: Jan Brett Special Reading Challenge in 3rd grade Drop Everything and Read Time Shadowlawn Elementary Guest “readers” on news – teachers and admin will present book talks on morning news Wilkinson Elementary Book talk on morning news; Scholastic Book Fair; Students who are caught reading on campus will get a token for a prize Wilkinson Junior “Caught You Reading” – give students tickets for a drawing to be held at the end of the week for a pass to a school event. “Design a Bookmark” – contest in LA classes. Classes vote for winners, winners from each class get voted on by the LA teachers. Slide show will be played daily of teacher and student favorite books. Monday, Jan. 13 Argyle Elementary AES Morning News will introduce the day’s focus~ The Florida Electronic Library & outline the benefits and use. Students will explore the Florida Electronic Library through grade appropriate activities to guide them through an interactive research project within their classrooms. Students will continue to explore this resource as they visit the library during their resource time. Parents will receive information and web address so they too are familiar with this resource. Bannerman Learning Center Million Minute Marathon Charles E. Bennett Elementary “Be a Star and Read” Read up to an extra 20 minutes in class today. Students will wear sunglasses to celebrate Literacy Week. Coppergate Elementary Million Minute Marathon – students, teachers, and staff will read silently 20 minutes during D.E.A.R. time – 2:00 pm. Clay Hill Elementary Students create their own bookmarks and read outside for 20 minutes Clay High School Signs will be posted around campus advertising Celebrate Literacy Week. We will participate in the Million Minutes Read during our 4th period reading time. Doctors Inlet Elementary Million Minute Marathon Fleming Island High 15-20 min. High school students reading to Eaglets one on one. All Intensive Reading Classes 10-15 min. pleasure reading Green Cove Junior Million Minute Marathon Grove Park Elementary Million Minute Marathon Keystone Heights Elementary Book read aloud over the intercom Monday morning. This is the book students will illustrate as part of the Ongoing School Events. Read In for KHES @ 10:00am everyone stops and listens to their teacher read their favorite childhood book. Can be teacher led, independent, or paired reading. Keystone Heights Junior/Senior High Million Minute Marathon Lakeside Elementary Reading Rocks-Wear Funky Socks Million Minute Marathon Lakeside Junior Million Minute Marathon Middleburg Elementary Acronym Contest- Each grade level will come up with a common acronym for the word “S.T.A.R.” Non-Fiction Sky Settings-Classes will develop a sky (butcher paper, poster board…) and place stars that represent non-fiction books they have read on the setting Montclair Elementary Million Minute Marathon McRae Elementary 10:00am everyone stops and listens to their teacher read their favorite childhood book. Can be teacher led, independent, or paired reading. Oakleaf Junior Million Minute Marathon Student Book Club Meeting-Discussion & Activities for Inkheart Student made commercial to advertise literacy week (on school news) Book Fair Kick off Orange Park High Students will be introduced to 5 books a day X 5 days= 125 new books during the week. We will share which books may be found in the Media Center. Orange Park Junior Door Décor: Each classroom decorates their door to reflect the homeroom’s book pick. Ridgeview High Million Minute Marathon Rideout Elementary Million Minute Marathon Ridgeview Elementary David M. Schwartz Day (highlighting the book How Much is A Million) Million Minute Monday & Guest Reader Students will DEAR for 20 minutes in reading block and a staff member will read from a favorite book or poem during morning announcements. Shadowlawn Elementary Students make posters about a favorite book – posters displayed around campus Swimming Pen Creek Elementary (K-1) We will be planning a week long theme of snowmen. On Monday, we will rotate all classes through each classroom to hear a different snowman story and do a short activity with the book. On Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, each book will be covered more in depth within our own classroom. (4th) We are going to have a “read in” with a “sixties” theme. The students can bring a pillow to read on the floor, and may dress up. The rest of the week, we will add a ten minute silent reading period to the end of our blocks, so the students are reading 10 extra minutes a day. Wilkinson Elementary Million Minute Marathon Wilkinson Junior Book Quote Contest – use quotes from the summer reading books, first class to email Mrs. Hoffmann with correct title and author win candy Million Minute Marathon Tuesday, Jan. 14 Argyle Elementary AES Morning News will introduce the day’s focus~ The Daily Newspaper & outline the benefits and use. The Florida Times Union will be donating newspapers to each classroom. Students will explore the world of news print through hands-on activities to teach students how newspapers are organized, the various articles, and how to navigate through the different sections. Parents will receive information about the Florida Times Union and ways to receive the paper at home or via the internet. Charles E. Bennett Elementary “Leaders are Readers” Guest readers from the community will be coming to school to read to classes. Students dress as leaders – wear your best clothes and dress to impress. Coppergate Elementary BOOK BUFFET DAY – an author will be chosen by for each grade level to conduct an author study with books by the author available for the grade to read throughout the day either utilizing the Progressive Reading model or through individual classes. The grade level will provide the favorite snack of the author for each student to try during the author study. A Parent/Student Book Buffet night may be scheduled for 6:30 pm this evening. More information to follow if determined by faculty. Theme for the day: K-2 “Curl up with a Good Book” – students/teachers K – 2 may wear PJ’s Grades 3 – 6 “Relax with a Good Book” – students/teachers grades 3 – 6 may wear sweats. Clay Hill Elementary Web 2.0 tools: Storyline Online-primary grades AND Cube Creator for grades 3-6 Clay High School Devil TV will show a motivational video entitled “Gotta Keep Reading.” Doctors Inlet Elementary Teachers will choose their favorite childhood picture book to do as a readaloud to their class. Fleming Island High 15-20 min. High school students reading to Eaglets one on one. All Intensive Reading Classes 10-15 min. pleasure reading Green Cove Junior Get Caught Reading! The school’s reading detectives will seek out those that hide their favorite pastime- READING during a teacher’s lesson. If you are discovered then your picture will be posted on the school’s bulletin board. Grove Park Elementary Wanted Mini Posters Students design a wanted mini poster of their favorite book and place them around campus, in their hallways or on the fronts of portables. Keystone Heights Elementary Wall Contest….On Divided Paper. Illustrate your favorite story from beginning to end. Include Title. Class Prize…Ice Pops Keystone Heights Junior/Senior High Dress for Success” – To associate with the theme “Reading accelerates success” and tying literacy with careers… Students will be asked to dress for success or as a career ready individual. Lakeside Elementary Hats Off to Books-Wear Funny Hats Classes will make a “Top Ten Reasons to Read”-Discuss how literacy is intertwined in all areas of life, not just school. Middleburg Elementary Luminescent Learners-Students will dress up in glittery, reflective, shiny clothing to show how “bright” they really are Read Under the Stars-Teachers will allow students to bring in flashlights and books; teachers will give students time to read “under the stars”; teacher read alouds can be completed during this time; this is a great time to read some non-fiction books McRae Elementary Special guest reader during resource time. Mystery book character activity in Media Center during resource time. Orange Park Junior Reading knocks my socks off! Silly sock day. Everyone wears their silliest socks. Ridgeview Elementary David Shannon Day (highlighting the book A Bad Case of the Stripes) David Shannon book read on the announcements A Bad Case of the Stripes: Wear striped clothing to school. Classroom literacy activities “readers theatre” and “cause and effect with Camilla Cream” Listen to Storyline Online story. Shadowlawn Elementary Students “get caught reading” – bring a book to the cafeteria and read while enjoying lunch! Swimming Pen Creek Elementary (5th/6th grade) In reading each day, we will read a passage and complete a pair/share activity with the students as they complete their responses to reading in order to gain knowledge about the experiences of being a government employee. The culminating activity will include speakers from local government agencies, law enforcement, and/or military. (Third Grade) met yesterday and for Literacy Week, we wanted to select some books for students to choose to present to the other third grade classes. They can work in small groups and will present a book (book report style) to the other students. They can make a poster (advertisement) or brochure to go with it and dress up like one of the characters (just while presenting). We may see if parents want to come and watch the Wednesday, Jan. 15 presentations. Wilkinson Elementary “Reading Comes Naturally”-Students go outside to read for 20 minutes Wilkinson Junior “Sock it to Reading” – Crazy sock day Announce quote winner Book Quote contest Argyle Elementary AES Morning News will introduce the day’s focus~ The World Wide Web & outline the benefits and use. Students will take a journey to the World Wide Web and explore the literacy links that they have access to on the internet. From Tumble Books to the Public Library Site students will learn how to access the literature across the world with clicks of a mouse. Students will receive a list of websites and passwords so they can continue exploring the literacy links at home. Charles E. Bennett Elementary “Reading Rocks so Wear Funky Socks” Students wear funny socks to school in celebration of Literacy Week. Time to work on doors and book cover Coppergate Elementary “Be a Good Sport and Read” – wear your favorite team shirt. Clay Hill Elementary Students will wear a descriptive vocabulary word Clay High School Devil TV will air book reviews created by students. Doctors Inlet Elementary Students will design a bookmark of their favorite book. Fleming Island High 15-20 min. High school students reading to Eaglets one on one. All Intensive Reading Classes 10-15 min. pleasure reading Green Cove Junior Read-Me Day! Wear something to read to school- everybody in the school will wear clothes, shoes, and/or accessories with something to read on it. Clothing must contain school appropriate language, words, and/or pictures. Grove Park Elementary “Reading Rocks Wear Funky Socks” & Share Your Favorite Book Door Decorating Contest Decorate your door about your class’s favorite book. Prizes will be awarded for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners. Staff and students wear your favorite funky socks. Keystone Heights Elementary Dress up as your Favorite Book Character. Most Creative and Best Look Alike Two winners per class. McDonald Coupons for Winners Keystone Heights Junior/Senior High “What’s My Word?” – Students will dress up as a “school appropriate” vocabulary word. Students must follow school dress code and must have word displayed on them or within their attire. Lakeside Elementary Be a Star Reader-Wear Sunglasses like a Movie Star Make a book jacket of your favorite book. Middleburg Elementary Working on the Work-Students will vote within their classroom on which book is their favorite; teachers and students will work together to develop a theme for their classroom based on the book they chose; students will work on creating a banner, wagon, poster, something creative that will be representative of them in Friday’s parade McRae Elementary Show examples of cartoons. Partner with another student and design your own cartoon. Illustrate and share with the class using the projector screen. Thursday, Jan. 16 Orange Park Junior Reading gives me food for thought. Bake sale, but goodies have “book theme” Ridgeview High Little Paws simultaneous reading activity with state Rideout Elementary Author Visit- Tiffany Oliva “Wishy Life Buddies” (K-2nd grade) Ridgeview Elementary Dr. Seuss Day ( highlighting the book Fox in Socks) Reading Rocks So Wear Your Crazy Socks! Students and faculty will wear crazy socks to celebrate literacy. Book It: Design your own cover or bookmark to a favorite Dr. Seuss book Shadowlawn Elementary STEM Reading Day – Teachers choose a book which includes information (fiction or non-fiction) on Science, Technology, Engineering or Math and read aloud to students. Swimming Pen Creek Elementary (2nd)We are inviting 2 military parents to read to our classes. We are going to do a Reader’s Theatre comparing 2 different versions of the same story. We will have a local scientist also come talk/read. A local British person from our community will read to Ms. Schwab’s Royal Stars. Wilkinson Junior “Hats off to a good book” – Hat day Book Quote contest Science teachers will make post-it note chart with classes on “Why it is important to read” Argyle Elementary AES Morning News will introduce the day’s focus~ Manual’s & outline the benefits and use. Students will put their ability to follow directions to the test as they discover that reading manuals carefully can result in unique creations. Charles E. Bennett Elementary “Score with Books” Older students read to younger students (pair up classes) Door Decorating Judging after school Coppergate Elementary Author Visit Day during resource – all classes will meet in the library during resource. Patsy Smith Roberts will be our guest author. During class today, all students will write a book review of their favorite book. Clay Hill Elementary Invite community members to come read and/or older students read to younger students; Students will write thank you notes Clay High School Our Faculty/Student Book Club will meeting during reading time and begin our reading of A Land Remembered by Patrick Smith as part of the Green Cove Springs’ “One City, One Book” campaign. Our members will be wearing their Book Club shirts with the slogan “Fight Evil, Read Books.” Doctors Inlet Elementary Students and teachers will ‘perform’ humorous poems in their reading class. Fleming Island High 15-20 min. High school students reading to Eaglets one on one. All Intensive Reading Classes 10-15 min. pleasure reading Green Cove Junior E-Book Day! Read a book from the Follett Shelf Library. Teachers are encouraged to share an E-Book via their enhanced classroom. Students are encouraged to download an E-Book to their electronic reading device. Grove Park Elementary “Super Hero Readers Day” Dress up as favorite Super Hero Older students accelerate reading success by reading to younger students (pair up classes) Allow younger students to also read to older students if time (teacher pairs decide) LITERACY NIGHT 5-7:30 Keystone Heights Elementary Write a short story from the PROMPT provided. Most Creative Story from each class will be shared at lunch on Friday. Best K-2 and 3-5 and 6 will be printed in the Monitor. Keystone Heights Junior/Senior High Hats on to Reading” – Students will pay one dollar in order to be able to wear their hat for the entire day (including within buildings and classrooms) to promote reading. Students will be given a ticket during first period when they pay and the ticket must be adhered and visible on the hat for the ENTIRE day, with their name written on the ticket. If the ticket is misplaced/lost, then the student will need to pay or again or forfeit the ability to wear the hat for the remainder of the day. Lakeside Elementary Bananas for Books-Make banana bookmarks with motivational reading slogans. Middleburg Elementary “Reading will help you shine bright!”-Students will dress up in florescent colors Assembly/Speaker-Kathy Wray/J. Lawson are working on getting a speaker from NASA or author who will volunteer to hold a presentation at the school McRae Elementary Write a short story from the PROMPT provided. Most creative story from each class will be shared at lunch on Friday. Best K-2 and 3-5 and 5-6 will be printed in the Monitor. An individual winner for each grade will be given by the school. Orange Park Junior Family Literacy Night 4-6 (Open to elementary and Jr. High Students & their parents—posters @ WEC, GPE, MCE as well as local Winn Dixie, Publix and Rowe’s. --Read Alouds --Crafting Tables (Make your own bookmarks, bookcovers, decorate your own writing journal) **Will seek donations for this. --Games (Cake Walk) With donated prizes (Cake prizes donated/book prizes donated) --Buddy Pics (Yearbook photographer takes photographs of friends for yearbook & morning news) --Puppet Skit (Student puppet team to perform reading skit) --Literacy Coalition of Clay County to provide literacy information/adult education information/books --Band Music/Drumline Ridgeview Elementary Audrey Wood Day (highlighting the book Red Racer) “Wear Red and Be Well Read.” Students and faculty will wear red to celebrate literacy. Be Our Guest- We will have a guest author, Patti Wheeler, visit the RVE campus. She is the co-author of Travels with Gannon and Wyatt: Botswana. Shadowlawn Elementary Focus on Poetry – Administrators will share a poem on the news. Students/Staff share poems; write and illustrate individual poems Swimming Pen Creek Elementary School Wide Event Family Reading Night “Snuggle Up to a Good Book” Students, parents and community members invited 6-8pm. Each child who attends will receive a free book. Friday, Jan. 17 Wilkinson Junior “Be a Good Sport and Read” – Favorite team shirt day Book quote contest Charles E. Bennett Elementary “Hats Off to Books” & Share Your Favorite Books Contests Door Decorating Take students on a tour to visit the decorated doors. Turn in classroom Book Cover winners to the Media Center for display Students and teachers get to wear hats for the day Coppergate Elementary “Be a Bookworm and Wear Green” – Students will make a human bookworm. Meet on the PE field with a favorite book at 1:45, This will be our kick-off for the February 28th event “Read the Most from Coast to Coast” Clay Hill Elementary Students wear a hat while reading; Judge door contest-winners announced Clay High School Devil TV will air book reviews created by students. Doctors Inlet Elementary Teachers will plan a mini “Recognition Ceremony” with their Reading class(es) to recognize those students who are halfway to reaching their “Million Word” goal for the school year. Fleming Island High 15-20 min. High school students reading to Eaglets one on one. All Intensive Reading Classes 10-15 min. pleasure reading Green Cove Junior 4th Period Door Decorating Contest – judged today. The theme for this year’s contest is NEW… “Reading Accelerates Success.” The purpose of the theme is to integrate all content areas into the quest for greater success in literacy across our state. Based on the new theme, the Just Read, Florida! Office has partnered with the NASA Kennedy Space Center in an effort to encourage students to shoot for the stars as they take on more challenging and complex text and strive to be successful readers. Grove Park Elementary “Free Choice Friday” Grade levels are on their own to celebrate reading as a team. Keystone Heights Elementary Show examples of cartoons. Partner with another student and design your own cartoon. Illustrate and share with the class using the projector and screen. Keystone Heights Junior/Senior High “Show your Indian Pride as a Reader” – Students will be asked to dress in school spirit – wearing school t-shirts, colors, etc similar to the attire they would choose for pep rallies. Then during the evening (times TBD 6pm?) KHHS will hold its annual Junior High Book Bash. This event is for all 7th or 8th grade students that can attend. All the activities the student participates in are game based literacy activities. The students purchase a ticket to enter that night – that ticket includes all games, dinner, popcorn and candy and soda. The activities are completed in “literacy station” form and as each student visits an activity they receive a ticket, or if they win they receive tickets, and these are dropped into boxes for prizes for a “random drawing of names” for prizes at the end of the night. This year we will be having: book mark making, book walk, book check out, apples to apples, vocab. Bingo, Scattergories, Pictionary, and Read Aloud in the Dark. Each student that attends also receives a brand new book of their choice to take home. Lakeside Elementary Score with Books-Wear your favorite team shirts Grade level book swap-Students will bring in books they have already read. For each book they bring in they will receive a ticket which can be swapped for a “new to them” book. Lakeside Junior Display Posters in media Center and hold all-day voting by Language Arts classes. Middleburg Elementary Literacy Parade “Reading Starring MBE!” will be held in the bus circle McRae Elementary Dress up as your favorite Book Character contest. Prizes awarded for: Most Creative and Best Look Alike. Two winners per class. Winners get to have a “Character Lunch” on stage with either principal or assistant principal that day. Orange Park Junior Favorite Book Day—Make a badge to wear for your favorite book!! Rideout Elementary READO drawings (possible prizes- movie tickets gift cards and other prizes) Class Winners announced for the reading race- AR Points that week. Cars moved to the “Winner’s Circle” (front office). Awards- Popcorn Party with movie? Ridgeview Elementary Paula Danziger (highlighting the book Amber Brown is Feeling Blue) Your reading skills BLUE us away Students and faculty will wear blue to celebrate reaching the 5000 books read mark. Also Administration will be dyeing their hair blue Shadowlawn Elementary Vocabulary Hat Day – Students & Staff will decorate and wear a hat illustrating favorite vocabulary words Swimming Pen Creek Elementary Stop Drop and Read during Resource Classes. K-6 Culminating activities. Wilkinson Elementary “Hats Off to Great Books”-Students wear a hat and bring their favorite book to school to share with the class Wilkinson Junior “Can’t hide a good book” – Wear Camo day Announce winners from Caught Reading, Bookmark contest, and quote winner