Crystal Lakes Elementary
 Each day on the morning announcements invite someone all students know to share the title and author of their favorite book from when they were in elementary school and tell why it was their favorite.
 “Caught Reading” -Parents can send in pictures all week long of their children reading in all sorts of places and we could display them around school.
Forest Park Elementary
 Book Logs
 Building Stamina and reaching goals
 Book Exchange
 Barnes & Noble Book Fair
 Literacy Night
 Scholastic Book Fair
 Character Day
 Scholastic Reading Counts
 Literacy Night at McDonald’s
 Happily Ever After campaign
Limestone Creek Elementary
 Reading Pledge Banner by grade levels for all students and teachers to sign. Reading Pledge to be recited daily by all students during
Cougar Morning News.
Palm Beach Central High School
 Broncos Read Staff Posters
 SGA Newsletter/Highlights Readers
 Reading Leadership Team meets monthly
 Barnes & Noble Arts & Literacy Night (fundraiser for Media Center)
 Possible author visits (Mary A. Monroe, local author)

Rolling Green Elementary
 Door Decorations
 Guest Readers
 Traveling Stories
 Meet with Book Buddies
 Any additional Reading or Writing activities teachers want to do with your class or grade level!
Santaluces High School
Week Prior (January 7-10):
 Decorate classroom doors for Literacy Week Door Decorating
Contest through 1 st period classes.
 Distribute and collect public library card applications.
 Encourage students to bring a book from home for “DEAR” time on Wednesday, January 15 th .
 Daily video announcements with teacher and student book talks.
 Door decoration contest. Doors must be complete by Jan. 10 th and include the following: Must be aligned to current content/curriculum and include the passage or excerpt that was used for “inspiration,” and because Santaluces is a “green school” material must be recycled or used resources from home/school.
 “Count the Books” contest in the Media Center. The student that gets the closest to guessing the correct number of books in the media center wins a prize.
Timber Trace Elementary
 Teachers will promote 20 minute DEAR time each day
 “Catch-ya Reading”- Office Staff to take photos randomly catching students reading (before school, on the bus, waiting at parent pickup, etc.)
 (WTTE News will promote both all week!)
Crystal Lakes Elementary
 “Reading Rocks wear Funky Socks day”- Wear mismatched socks and have school-wide DEAR time.

Forest Park Elementary
 Buddy up with a book
 Read with your buddy and help each other accelerate to success!
 Upper and lower grade classes “buddy” up and read together.
Limestone Creek Elementary
 Principal Read Aloud-Florida Reading Association 2013-2014 books
Palm Beach Central High School
 Daily “Literacy Question of the Day” announcement
 Bronco Bursts (Guest Readers in Classrooms)
 Literary Quiz-bee (To Kill a Mockingbird) (During both lunches in the
Media Center)
 RIP (Read in Peace) on blankets (grassy areas of courtyard)
Palm Springs Elementary School
 Students as “guest readers”- Grade 4 & 5 students go to K-2 classes to read to students. Book recommendations given by K-1 students on the morning announcements.
 Classroom door display decorated to depict a favorite class book.
Judges will choose a K-2 winner and a Grades 3-5 winner. Winners will be announced on Thursday and given a class treat.
 Mrs. Kaliser will begin a 3 day “Guess the Character” contest. On the morning announcements, Mrs. Kaliser will describe a character and read a quote from the text in which the character appears. Students write each day’s guess on the same piece of paper, and submit their papers the classroom teachers on Wednesday. On Thursday, after the 3 characters are announced, teachers will pick one classroom winner, who has all 3 answers correct, to receive a bookmark and treat.
Pine Grove Elementary School
 Team Up and Read
 Wear your favorite Team Jerseys

Pleasant City Community Elementary School
 Everyone Wears Red
 Door Decorating Contest Of the Class’ favorite Read Aloud!
Rolling Green Elementary
 Students will design their own bookmarks.
 Staff may dress up like Book Characters or vocabulary words to inspire the students. (Please carry the book that features your character.)
 A student will share a favorite book on Morning Announcements .
 Work on Door Decorations. (Classes will choose a favorite book and design a door decoration to represent that book.
Grade levels can choose a theme or a favorite author, if you like.)
 RIF book giveaway: Students will pick a free book on the way to the cafeteria for lunch
Santaluces High School
 Photo opportunity during lunch with friends in front of a
Literacy backdrop. Photos will be made into bookmarks to distribute on Friday during lunches.
 Librarian from Lantana branch public library will come to campus during lunches to hand out public library cards.
Starlight Cove Elementary
 DEAR Day (Flash Mob style) Wear bright colors and carries a book with you all day. There will be some type of signal (train whistle) throughout the day where everyone will stop and read.
Seminole Trails Elementary
 Guest Readers - Recorded and shown via Vodcast (possibly guests from community)
 Volunteers read to classes (send home letter to elicit parent volunteers ahead of time) as well as resource staff on campus to volunteer in classes as well.

Timber Trace Elementary
 WTTE News Show- Principal to read

Book Marks to each student
Crystal Lakes Elementary
 “Score with Books” They can wear their favorite team jersey and we all read outside, either at a school-wide designated time or gradelevel determined time.
Forest Park Elementary
 Snuggle up with a good book, a “fuzzy friend” and wear pajamas to school. Turn off the lights and read by flashlight as though reading under the stars. Read to accelerate your success! (Promote reading each night before bed.)
Limestone Creek Elementary
 Principal Read Aloud-Sunshine State 2013-2014 books
Palm Beach Central High School
 Daily “ Literacy Question of the Day” announcement
 Bronco Bursts (Guest Readers in Classrooms
 Literary Quiz-bee (The Lottery)(During both lunches in the Media
Center)
 RIP (Read in Peace) on blankets (grassy areas of courtyard)
Palm Springs Elementary School
 Book recommendation given by Grade 2 students on the morning announcements.
 Day 2 of the “Guess the Character” contest.
Pine Grove Elementary School
 Clash Day (Mix-Match Day)
 Jump into your New Genre
Pleasant City Community Elementary School
 Wear Your Favorite Hat while reading Poems in class today!

Rolling Green Elementary
 Students will write poems, chants, cheers about reading or
writing. (Throughout the rest of the school year students may want to share on the morning announcements.)
 A student will share a favorite book on Morning
Announcements.
 Work on Door Decorations.
Santaluces High School
 Book Swap during lunches. Bring a book from home and choose a
NEW book to keep. Leftover books will be donated.
Starlight Cove Elementary
 WISH4 Story time. Listen to a story on WISH4 and students will be given a magic wand reader to follow along with the story.
Seminole Trails Elementary
 Everybody Reads!
 Primary and Intermediate will all read the same book and interact via a blog (Kid Blog) We will choose a title from We Give Books
(coming soon!)
Timber Trace Elementary
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TEACHERS- each student decorates a mini book template with their favorite book to hang on door or windows
Crystal Lakes Elementary
 Awesome Author Day. Each grade level picks an author to highlight at their grade and do activities centered on that author.
Forest Park Elementary
 Children or classes create posters with the heading “Reading
Accelerates Success!” to display around the school and community.

Limestone Creek Elementary
 Principal Read Aloud-Florida Reading Association 2013-2014 books
Palm Beach Central High School
 Daily “ Literacy Question of the Day” announcement
 Bronco Bursts (Guest Readers in Classrooms)
 Literary Quiz-bee (Of Mice and Men)(During both lunches in the
Media Center)
 RIP (Read in Peace) on blankets (grassy areas of courtyard)
Palm Springs Elementary School
 Doors judged today.
 Day 3 of the “Guess the Character” contest. Student guesses submitted to classroom teachers.
 Book recommendation given by Grade 3 students on the morning announcements.
Pine Grove Elementary School
 Get Crazy about Reading
 Read an extra 30 minutes

Crazy Sock Day
Pleasant City Community Elementary School
 Wear Your Favorite Team Jersey or T-shirt.
 Students will design their favorite book on a paper T-Shirt. They will be displayed around campus !
Rolling Green Elementary
 The K-1 Traveling Story will be read on the Morning
Announcements.
 Classes will put up their Door Decorations by the end of the day.
 Readers Theatre—classes are encouraged to read plays and practice their fluency
Santaluces High School
 “DEAR” (Drop Everything and Read) during 3 rd period Activity Bell
Schedule for 1 hour. Students can read their book from the Book

Swap activity or another book from home or school.
Starlight Cove Elementary
 Reading Buddy Day (whole class chooses a book, dresses as characters from the book) and then pairs with another class to share the books. It will be the same book you will use as your RAA bulletin board, so two birds with one stone.
Seminole Trails Elementary
Seminole Trails Celebrate Literacy 2014 Memory Quilt
 Each class will describe a favorite class book using a template shared. These will be combined making a quilt that will be displayed in media center on Friday. (It will be revealed on Friday’s morning announcements)
Timber Trace Elementary
 Celebrate Literacy by wearing your favorite team jersey ($1 to be collected week before)
Crystal Lakes Elementary
 Read with a buddy. Meet with your Buddy Readers.
Forest Park Elementary
 Be a Star and Accelerate to Success! Reader’s Theater class performances.
 Take photos and display “Reading Accelerates Success!”
Limestone Creek Elementary
 Principal Read Aloud-Sunshine State 2013-2014 books
Palm Beach Central High School
 Daily “ Literacy Question of the Day” announcement
 Bronco Bursts (Guest Readers in Classrooms)
 Literary Quiz-bee (The Crucible)(During both lunches in the Media
Center)
 RIP (Read in Peace) on blankets (grassy areas of courtyard)

Palm Springs Elementary School
 Door display winners announced and treats awarded.
 “Guess the Character” contest answers announced, class winners chosen, and prizes awarded. Book recommendation given by Grade
4 students.
Pine Grove Elementary School
 Bedtime Stories
 Read to your parent your favorite bedtime story
 Pajama Day
Pleasant City Community Elementary School
 Students will dress like their favorite book character.
 ( Door Decorating Judged) K – 2 and 3- 5
Rolling Green Elementary
 The 2-3 Traveling Story will be read on the Morning
Announcements.
 Teachers can conduct Read Alouds in the Content Area Subjects that support the science/math/or social studies objectives and benchmarks.
 Classes may take “In-House Field Trips” to see all the different door decorations.
 Literacy Night at RG: 5:00-6:00 Bookfair & Dinner
 6:00-8:00 Special Literacy Events in various classrooms
Santaluces High School
 Score with Reading!” Students and teachers will wear their favorite sports jersey.
 Students from athletics, JROTC, and the Criminal Justice program will visit Starlight Cove Elementary to read to the kindergarten classes.
 Relay for Books during lunches. Relay race sponsored by SGA with literacy questions.

Starlight Cove Elementary
 Cruise into Reading day (wear cruise wear) - bring a towel and have a time where your class spreads out to have leisure reading.
Seminole Trails Elementary
 Class Letters to an Author - Each class will write and send a letter to a favorite author. A list will be provided with authors that are known to accept and respond to letters for teachers ahead of time.
Timber Trace Elementary
 TEACHERS- Dress as a favorite book character! It can be as simple as a hat or as elaborate as you want to be! Have FUN! The kids LOVED this last year!
 McDonald’s Night to benefit Literacy (4:00-7:00- teachers sign up to volunteer)
Crystal Lakes Elementary
 Career Day- Read and discuss books highlighting different types of careers.
Forest Park Elementary
 Create a star of your favorite book and adding to our Reading Rocket
Ship! Accelerate our school to success.
Limestone Creek Elementary
 Principal Read Aloud-Florida Reading Association 2013-2014 books
Palm Beach Central High School
 Daily “ Literacy Question of the Day” announcement
 “Dress Me a Literary”, Character dress-up day (dress code applies/no masks or make-up)
 Bronco Bursts (Guest Readers in Classrooms)
 RIP (Read in Peace) on blankets (grassy areas of courtyard)

Palm Springs Elementary School
 Book recommendation given by Grade 5 students on the morning announcements.
 School-wide “Drop Everything and Read” activity from 1:30-2:00. All students and staff will be included.
Pine Grove Elementary School
 Favorite Book Day
 Dress up like your favorite character
Pleasant City Community Elementary School
 Wear Your Favorite Socks!
 Who has read more books this week? Awards will be given out to the classes that read the most books on Wednesday, January 22,
2014 – 1st prize per grade group
Rolling Green Elementary
 The 3-5 Traveling Story will be read on the Announcements.
 Classes may take “In-House Field Trips” to see all the different door decorations.
 Students and Staff may dress up like Book Characters or vocabulary words. (Please carry the book that features your character.)
 Parade: 1:00-1:30 - Teachers may parade their class outside on the courts to show their outfits, and to see all the book character costumes and vocabulary costumes from other classrooms.
 Decorate hallways: Classes can decorate their hallway creatively with vocabulary.
Santaluces High School
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Starlight Cove Elementary
 Pajama “Cuddle Up With a Good Book” day - Wear pajamas and read.
Seminole Trails Elementary
 Drop Everything and Read!
 A schedule will be developed for classes to go outside and read with their buddy class.
Timber Trace Elementary
 Cafeteria Movie Lunch- will be movie based on a book!
 DEAR time in the field-(1:30-1:45)- teachers will bring their students out to the field for school-wide DEAR time (each student has their own book, teachers may want to have a sheet or blankets to sit on).
If you have fine arts during this time, just make sure they go to FA with a book. FA teachers will bring them out to the field.