January 14-18, 2013
District Plan
School District - Literacy Events
Ongoing
District/School
Events
Hendry County School District
Westside Elementary School
Literacy Week Activities
Monday,
Jan. 14
Stop, Drop and Read – 20 minutes extra AR Reading
Tuesday,
Jan. 15
Students will create a Book Report or Story Map of their favorite
book to display.
Wednesday, Jan.
16
Read to Kindergarten or 1st Grade Students.
Thursday,
Jan. 17
Family Night – Read In Your Pajamas
Friday,
Jan. 18
Students will create posters “Take the Lead and Read” or
“Readers Are Leaders”.
Ongoing
Activities
Grade groups will decorate doors to show favorites stories.
Guests readers during the week, Author Study in classrooms,
students will dress up day as a favorite book character, 5th grade
safety patrol students will read to classes, classes will read a book
together and write a book report on the book, and “Get Caught
Reading” contest.
Ongoing
District/School
Events
Hendry County School District
Central Elementary School
School Literacy Events
Monday,
Jan. 14
“Reading in the Street” Kick-off Pep Rally in Circle Drive
 All teachers, staff, and students will assemble around the
circle drive, where Mr. Roquett will arrive in a racecar!
Teachers will join him in the circle drive and perform the
song ‘Reading in the Street’. General excitement about
reading to follow!
 Students will be asked to wear red on that day so that
Central can ‘Paint the School Read (red) and Read!’
 Assembly concludes with all staff and students sitting
down for five minutes of silent reading. Everyone needs
to bring a book.
“Read My Shirt” Day
 Staff and students are invited to wear a t-shirt with an
appropriate text printed on it. Grade levels will devote a
block of time, 10-15 minutes, to allow students/teachers
to read each other’s shirts.
Family Literacy Night
 The evening will kick-off with a Spaghetti Dinner,
followed by a teacher-led literacy workshop. The
“Families Building Better Readers” includes a general
opening session, breakout sessions, and a wrap-up
session to teach the importance of consistent reading
practice at home, while providing parents with easy-touse strategies for helping their children.
 Door Prizes will be part of the fun!
Tuesday,
Jan. 15
Wednesday, Jan.
16
Thursday,
Jan. 17
“Show Your Character” Day
 Teachers pre-select a book to read to their class (making
sure to select one that is easy to dress-up as).
 Students dress up as their favorite character from the
chosen book.
 At a pre-determined time, classes will begin to ‘parade’
through the hallways-picking up each class as they pass
their doors.
“T.O.W.E.L.” Day with Cross-Grade Level Buddy Reading
 Together Outside While Enjoying Literacy
 Students will be invited to bring a towel to school that
day, on which they will sit for outside reading.
 Higher grade level classes will be paired with lower
Friday,
Jan. 18
Ongoing
Activities
Ongoing
District/School
Events
grade level classes for buddy reading.
 Classes will go outside and sit on their towels to read at a
predetermined time with their buddy class.
Visiting Author
 All third, fourth, and fifth grade classes will enjoy a visit
from Florida author, David Lopez, who will make a
presentation during each grade level’s enrichment
period.
Get that “DEAR in the Hallway” Look!
 At a predetermined time, all classes will go out in the
hallway to read for 15 minutes of SSR.
 Students are encouraged to wear some item of ‘camo’
clothing this day because we will be ‘hunting for good
readers’.
 Favorite Book Posters-Students will be provided 12x18
tag board prior to Celebrate Literacy Week. They will be
instructed to design a poster depicting their favorite
book.
 Guess the Mystery Reader Contest-On the pod cast, a
‘mystery reader’ will read a book, with their identity
masked. Students will be allowed to make 1 guess as to
who the reader is. The names of students who make a
correct guess will earn a ticket for a prize drawing for a
Barnes & Nobles gift card.
 Caught You Reading-Throughout the week, students
can earn tickets for being ‘caught reading’.
 Dinner Theater-Throughout the week, literacy will be
encouraged by having guest readers read a story aloud
during lunch.
Hendry County School District
Upthegrove Elementary School
School Literacy Events
Monday,
Jan. 14
 Classroom doors will be decorated based on a literacy
theme, story or author.
 Paper Chains – Students can add a link for every passing
AR test throughout the week.
 Wacky Hair Day
Tuesday,
Jan. 15
 Mix Match Day – Get mixed up with a good book.
 Bookmark Contest – Mr. Conner
Wednesday, Jan.
16
 Jersey Day – Wear your favorite team jersey.
Thursday,
Jan. 17
 School Wide Read In – Sustained reading school wide,
parents are invited.
 Pajama Day-Wear pajamas and curl up with a book for
the Read In.
 Character Parade – Students and teachers will dress as
their favorite story character.
Friday,
Jan. 18
Ongoing
District/School
Events
Hendry County School District
Country Oaks Elementary
School Literacy Events
Monday,
Jan. 14
Kick-off with contests and reader on morning how. School wide
Read 30 minutes.
Tuesday,
Jan. 15
Graffiti Table in Library for students to draw and label favorite
books and authors.
Wednesday, Jan.
16
Continue with graffiti table and Morning show activities.
Distribute tickets to students for Book Swap.
Thursday,
Jan. 17
Friday,
Jan. 18
Ongoing
Activities
Book Swap
Pie throw at Mr. Sealey for students reaching 200% of AR goal at
85% comprehension.
 Graph # of words read daily on graph in
cafeteria/classroom from each grade level with greatest
# of words will receive icy pops.
 Mystery reader each day on morning show to support
COES theme reading around the world/contest on
morning show for classes to guess who the mystery
reader is/winning class each day will receive a book for
their classroom library.
 Mystery reader will read a poem or fable daily on
morning show.
 Daily morning show contests guessing trivia about
books/winners will receive a new book
Ongoing
District/School
Events
Hendry County School District
Eastside Elementary School
School Literacy Events
Monday,
Jan. 14
Teachers will swap classrooms to read to other students.
Monday –
Friday
Wednesday,
Thursday and
Friday
The Media Specialist will provide literacy-rich activities
throughout the week to enhance literacy in the media center to
all enrichment classes. These activities will include: book talks,
bookmarks, videos of authors telling their story of how they
wrote their book, illustrations, and why they might want to read
their book. The students will also create activities or posters to
highlight the books read that week.
David Lopez, Children’s Author who wrote “Ride Like An Indian”
and other history fiction books, will talk to students about being
an author, introduce his books, and sale his books to students.
Thursday,
Jan. 17
Community readers will read to the students during scheduled
enrichment time.
Friday,
Jan. 18
A teacher will host “Island Dances”.
County
School
Hendry
LaBelle Middle
Ongoing/Planned
Activities
 Book Fair
 Book Club for Advanced Higher Lexile 8th grade
students
 Favorite book posters/advertisements – Students
create posters advertising their favorite books and post
in library for other students to see, thus generating an
interest in those titles.
 Bronco Board Bulletin Board – Students post what
books they have recently read and pertinent
information such as Title, Author, Lexile, Reading
Counts Quiz Points, and why they enjoyed the book on
library bulletin boards to share with other students.
 “Get Caught Reading” Promotion – Students earn a card
when they are caught reading by any staff member and
place card in box on library circulation desk. Drawings
each day and students come to the library to choose a
free book.
 Library Media Specialist has been and will be collecting
additional nonfiction books in all curriculum areas that
meet the Common Core requirements for our State and
grade levels. Display materials in prominent area of
library for students to peruse and check out from
library.
 Display signage around library media center
encouraging students to read and enjoy more nonfiction
materials.
Ongoing
District/School
Events
Hendry County School District
Clewiston Middle School
School Literacy Events
Monday,
Jan. 14
 Students will “Take the Lead and Read” an additional 20
minutes.
 Non Fiction Reading Contest Begins. Teachers will keep
a tally sheet on the amount of non fiction books read by
students. The winning class will receive a Continental
breakfast.
 Find a Book, Get a Book activity – The students will
search for a “Find a Book, Get a Book” sticker. If students
find a sticker, they will take it to the Media Specialist and
win a book of choice if able to answer a literacy question
correctly.
 Students will continue to work on posters and non
fiction reading activities.
 Read Alouds continue
 Book Club Begins
 Students will continue to work on posters and non
fiction reading activities.
 Read Alouds continue
 Book Club Begins
Non fiction tally sheets are due. Non fiction/Literary Terms
posters are due. Winners will be announced on Friday
afternoon.
 School wide Family Literacy Night – Teachers will engage
Tuesday,
Jan. 15
Wednesday, Jan.
16
Thursday,
Jan. 17
students and their families with special literary terms
centers prepared and facilitated by the Reading and
Language Arts teachers.
Friday,
Jan. 18
Ongoing
Activities
Read Alouds, Find a Book/Get a Book Activity, Book Club and
winners of Non Fiction/Literary Terms Poster Contest and Non
Fiction Reading will be announced.
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Non Fiction Read Aloud
Literary Terms Poster Contest
Non Fiction Reading Contest
Find a Book, Get a Book Activity
Ongoing
District/School
Events
Hendry County School District
LaBelle High School
School Literacy Events
Monday,
Jan. 14
Department and School Literacy contest winners will be
announced.
Tuesday,
Jan. 15
Middle School Day
Thursday,
Jan. 17
Book Fair Parent/Community Night
Ongoing
Activities
Theme Contest Oct 29-Nov 9
Teacher Shirts
Reading Student Survey
Classroom Doors/windows decorated with book covers
Teacher Top 10 book recommendations
Principals Top 10 list
Scholastic Book Fair
Ongoing
District/School
Events
Hendry County School District
Clewiston High School
School Literacy Events
Monday,
Jan. 14
“REaD CARPET WEEK”
 Teacher-Poems are placed on sticks around campus for
students to read.
 Staff will wear Red
 Students will write a simple poem
Oriental Reading tied to the Hai-Ku
 Staff-oriental/nature dress
 Students wear Hai-ku poems
Tuesday,
Jan. 15
Wednesday, Jan.
16
Remembering Nursery Rhymes and Fairy Tales
 Staff will wear fairy tale attire
 Students will write rhyming poems
Thursday,
Jan. 17
Bonnets for Sonnets
 Staff will wear bonnets/hats
 Students will write sonnet poems
Friday,
Jan. 18
REaD CARPET Event
 Poetry Bar: Students are recorded sharing their favorite
poems
 Food for participating students will be provided during
lunch periods.
 Students will perform their poetry.