tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post1797368732659360531..comments2024-03-19T05:26:04.770-04:00Comments on A Year of Reading: Have You Registered for World Read Aloud Day?Mary Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09078793537148794310noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-46382967219002922242013-12-12T16:39:46.393-05:002013-12-12T16:39:46.393-05:00Thank you for sharing this upcoming date with us! ...Thank you for sharing this upcoming date with us! If I am going to organize some ideas, I am going to need the time before March to get ready! As a secondary teacher, I often struggle to find meaningful ways my students can be a part of events like World Read-Aloud Day. However, I believe that they can benefit from reading aloud to others and being read to on a day such as this.<br />Secondary and elementary teachers would love to send their students to each other and do read-alouds. However, different buildings and transportation problems are frequent deterrents for making this happen. So, I think sending “gifts” from my 7th grade students to an elementary teacher friend would be a great way to bridge the divide. One idea is to have my students create bookmarks that promote reading. There are a variety of ways to make it tie into our learning standards. For instance, the bookmark could be required have a pun on it. My students could also Skype with her classroom about their favorite books. My friend’s elementary classroom could write thank you letters in return. <br />I am also the drama coach at my middle school. We have been looking for an opportunity to bring this group over to the elementary schools to do a reading promotion. One suggestion was to come in costume as the character of their favorite book from elementary school. Classes that have the time could invite them in to read the book or talk about it. All of the middle school kids would gather at the end of the day and wave goodbye to the school, encouraging them to go home and read. <br />Finally, our department and literacy specialist have been working together to create reading days at our local Barnes and Noble. This date would be a perfect opportunity! A portion of the sales will be given to our school. Several students have volunteered to read books in the children’s section. Others have offered to give book suggestions in the teen section.<br />March is a great time of the year to do activities surrounding reading. I hope everyone continues to contribute ideas!<br />Minnesota Middle School Teacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16921307358941988693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-41428900556792619552013-12-09T21:25:27.318-05:002013-12-09T21:25:27.318-05:00I love the ideas in the comment above. I want to ...I love the ideas in the comment above. I want to get this on the calendar, too. I organize poetry readings at a local art gallery and should do this around this date. <br />I can also promote at my two schools. Thanks for letting me know early enough to make some viable plans. Margaret Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04434866104385187658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-21782799511939894412013-12-09T18:42:16.966-05:002013-12-09T18:42:16.966-05:00This sounds great-thanks for sharing your plan! I ...This sounds great-thanks for sharing your plan! I might borrow some of your great ideas!Frankihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00186802649034970935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-56710455569295655882013-12-09T16:05:56.158-05:002013-12-09T16:05:56.158-05:00Thank you for spreading the words about this meani...Thank you for spreading the words about this meaningful event. I've just registered at LitWorld. Out of courtesy, I would like to share with you my plan and what I've told LitWorld,<br /><br />"I came to know about this event and your organisation through <br />http://readingyear.blogspot.hk/2013/12/have-you-registered-for-world-read.html<br />(A big thank-you to the two great teachers and bloggers whose resourceful website I have discovered accidentally.)<br /><br />I plan to host a story-reading pizza dinner at my home and invite the classmates of my daughter (ages 6-9) to bring along their favourite story books for reading aloud a passage each. I'll read "The Library Dragon" by Carmen Agra Deedy to the children. Hopefully at least 4-6 children will be able to join.<br /><br />I also plan to inform the Parent-Teacher-Association of my daughter's school (Gigamind English Primary School) and encourage the language teachers (Eng & Chinese) to host reading aloud sessions in class on that day if possible. I plan to explore LitWorld's activities and recommendations between now and then to get more inspiration.<br /><br />I'll write to my local public library (Ping Shan Tin Shui Wai Public Library) and inform them of the World Read Aloud Day and invite them to host reading aloud sessions on that day, if possible.<br /><br />I'll spread the words via Twitter and Facebook according to the calendar provided by LitWorld."<br /><br />Thank you for the wonderful blog!Keeperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09600519815557803596noreply@blogger.com