All About the Books Networking Notes

“I Love to Read Month” Discussion

Plum Coulee

·         Theme: Books are great entertainment.

·         Presented “Oscars” for those classes that met their reading goals

Roland

·         Theme: Superheroes

·         Capes, masks, utility belt

·         Family Literacy Night

o   Made masks and read together

o   Reading train

§  Read a page together, move on to a new student, read another section, etc.

Prairie Dale

·         Theme: Star Wars/”Book Wars”

o   Used the Star Wars font

o   Principal dressed up as Darth Vadar

o   Students were Jedis—reading war—the Empire vs. Rebels

Carman

·         Book exchange

·         Set reading goals

·         Gr 6-used logs

·         Guest readers

·         Cross-grade reading

Photo credit Emily Distefano/Valley Leader

Ideas for Performers

·         Mr. Ken

·         Munsch Theater and the Prairie Theater Exchange (or MYTP?)

·         Ag in the Classroom—local producer comes and reads a book and then does an ag-based activity with the kids (make butter, etc.)

·         Winkler Flyers (Ernie Sutherland of Carman is the contact)

·         Senior citizens

·         Retired teachers

·         RCMP

·         Radio personalities

·         Big Daddy Tazz

·         MLA/MP

·         Reading bilingual matching books together

·         Justin Currie

·         Local radio personalities

·         Sally Bender

·         The Reading Rockstar – Barb Lepp

MRA Theme Ideas for I Love to Read month

·         How-To books

·         Superheroes/empowerment

·         Simplistic themes

·         Have two themes in a K-12 school

·         Food—showcases diversity

·         Literacy/Numeracy connection (100 Day is in February)

Networking Notes

Librarians

·         Looked at their individual routines

·         Activities—Maker Spaces—3D printer—gets kids in the library (lure them in), then get them reading

·         Lego robotics

·         Red River librarians have First Class—online posting of questions

EY

·         Read alouds—listed them

·         Many of the same authors as Sally

MY/SY

·         Favourite novels of the older kids

·         Silent reading time—when to do it

·         Novel study structures—whole class vs. literature circles

·         Listening centers and book corners—pull a name from the hat, gets to choose what to do with a buddy