Dear LM_NETTERS:
Thanks for all your wonderful advice. I'm amazed at all the responses I
received. A lot of people asked for a hit, so here it is:
1. One year I had the A-Cat-amy awards. I had all grade levels vote for
their favorite books. From the results I made categories and put the
answer in an envelope. We had an assembly to announce the winners.
Example:
The nominees for the best picture book enjoyed by 1st graders the nominees
are (I would list the top 3) open the envelope and announce the winner. I
had different categories for each grade level. Series, subject etc.
2. We sent a teddy bear with a Dr. Seuss hat to all the classrooms in turn.
When the bear arrived, the class would stop what they're doing and read.
3. Another was all the elementary schools across the district do a stop
everything and read for 15 minutes at the same time on a certain day.
4. Everyday is an event school-wide...I did it a few years ago and can't
remember all the days...connect activity to a book.each day...
Monday-
Tuesday-
Wednesday- Wacky Wednesday (kids wear two different shoes or clothes
backwards)
Thursday-Crazy hat day--Cat in the Hat hats or a wacky hat.
Friday- One, Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish--Everyone wears red or
blue that day.
5. We had a guess the red fish in container game..winners at each grade
won a Dr. Seuss book.
6. I have also gone to seussville website....printed some characters and
made a memory /concentration match game...
7. One year (while I was in an elementary library) I had the fifth grade
students make up a spoof on the lines of Hooray for Diffendoofer Day. Then
they illustrated and we put the pages in sequential order up the halls.
When the week was over, I put the pages together into a book, and the kids
could check it out if they wanted to.
8. I also had younger students make posters on the subject - Why read? The
posters decorated the school and library walls.
9. In many classes we did author studies and learned about Theodore Geisel.
10. I know that one year I made a Seussish Turtle, the kids wrote a
sentence
about their favorite book, put the author and title of the book on it and
then decorated it. The kids put them in shelf order and then we made a
huge stack of them that went up the wall and across the ceiling of the
library.
11. The little ones (maybe first or second grade) made a circus train that
was
as big as we could make it (I think that we used bulletin board paper).
They created their own characters, we cut them out and added them to the
train.
12. With one class we read And to Think that I Saw it on Mulberry Street,
and the kids created exaggerated tales and picture of what they had seen.
13. Our summer reading program is Reading Across America. Perhaps some of
the websites on my page will help.
http://www.websterschools.org/classrooms/state_library/usa.html
14. If you are an NEA member there is information available through NEA, if
you contact your local or NJEA president there should be packets of
information available. I just forwarded mine to one of our middle
schools.
15. Students and teachers may bring in their favorite books to share.
On Wednesday, March 1, 2000 - The Foot Book Day
Students may wear two different shoes to school
On Thursday, March 2, 2000 Dr. Seuss’s Birthday
Students may wear funny hats to school.
16. Students and staff in all four elementary schools will read silently
from 10:15 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
17. On Friday, March 3, 1999 - One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, BLUE Fish
18. Students may wear Wilson School t-shirts/sweat shirts or anything blue
and white.
19. Guess how many Swedish fish are in the jar?
Winners get a Dr. Seuss book.
20. LIBRARY-- During the week guest readers will visit the library.
21. HI, I haven't had a chance to investigate this yet, but a teacher
asked me if there are any Dr. Seuss board games-she thought that might be
fun--I'm not sure how that would work in a 40 min period, but maybe you
can combine some classes ??
The following are some websites that the children can enjoy!!!!
http://www.randomhouse.com/seussville/
http://www.seuss.org/seuss.home.html
http://www.nea.org/readacross/games.html
http://k12.albemarle.org/MurrayElem/White/Seuss/seuss.shtml
22. 1. have a coffee time for the faculty and parents so they can come in
and see the new books, etc. serve refreshments. displays books, resources.
2. have a poster contest about books throughout all grades. have teachers,
staff, friends, authors, come and judge for you. you might ask newspaper
to come.
3. have students dress as their favorite book character. have a parade,
etc.
23. Using an opaque projector, make silhouettes of as many Dr. Seuss
characters as possible. (Draw just the outline of the character. Cut it
out on black paper and glue onto white poster board). Number them and post
them all around the school. Have a contest to see who can identify the
most.
24. Last year I organized a fund raising program for a fellow teacher who
recently died from Leukemia. Our elementary students raised $900 last
year! It was amazing and the kids loved it! Basically I created a chart
for reading minutes. The person the child asked to “sponsor them” could
fill in the amount of money they wished to donate “per page.” Most people
paid a penny or five cents. I made an enormous hat and placed it in the
media center. Students brought down the collection bags each morning.
After I counted the money I announced our running total. I had a
thermometer in the front hallway to indicate how much money we raised.
25. Other activities:
Rocking chairs in the hallway while students read silently (timed).
Stop, drop, and read.
I have students’ design and color bookmarks in the library.
The principal will_____________ (you fill in the blanks) if students read
___________ minutes by the end of the week. (one year our principal shaved
his head, then the next we rented a dunking machine, and another year kids
who had read a certain # of minutes threw pies).
Hope this is helpful to everyone.
Wendy Carroll
Library Media Specialist
Ridgefield Park, NJ
wcarroll@rpps.net
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