Re: [LM_NET] TAR: MS: one book, one school

[Danna Brickell <brickelld@YAHOO.COM>]

In our school when we did this, I received a local grant of $5000 which allowed me 
to purchase enough books to sell everyone (staff included) at a very reduced cost.  
For our free waiver students, we gave them their books.  Instead of celebrating 
Teen Read Week, we declared October Teen Read One Book One School Month.  I 
collected teaching activities for each of the core academic subjects that would 
relate in some way to the book, but it was at the teachers' discretions to use what 
worked for them.  Many of them did this or created activities of their own.
 
The book we used was Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix.  I read it and 
loved it and felt certain it would be equally popular with boys and girls.  Further 
points that I found appealing were that it's relatively short, it's well written, 
and it's the first book in a series so I felt sure it would hook kids to read the 
remaining books on their own.  I then asked some of the teachers to read the book 
to see if they agreed that it would be a good choice.  Everyone was in agreement 
that it would work.  I enlisted our GSIA (our version of PTA) to help with book 
sales before and after school as well as during lunch.  The teachers emailed me the 
lists of students who were on fee waiver, and I took those books to the teachers to 
distribute.  One of the really fulfilling experiences that we had involved our 
custodian.  He is a WONDERFUL man who is a fabulous mentor for our students.  Due 
to a learning disability, he reads well below the grade
 level of this book, and I really wanted him to be able to participate.  We bought 
the audio book for him, and he played it as he worked around the school.  
 
As our culminating event, I used the remainder of the grant funds to bring the 
author, Margaret Peterson Haddix to our school.  She spoke to each grade level and 
then answered questions about the Shadow Children series that our students had 
prepared before her visit.  Again our GSIA reps were here to sell copies of the 
other books in the series.  Mrs. Haddix autographed EVERY book and spoke a kind 
word to each student.  The event was an overwhelming success.  The books in that 
series are still always at the top of the monthly circulation list for our library.

Danna Brickell
Librarian
Greeneville Middle School
Greeneville, TN

--- On Thu, 10/2/08, Laura Pleune <pleunel@GREENVILLE.K12.MI.US> wrote:

From: Laura Pleune <pleunel@GREENVILLE.K12.MI.US>
Subject: TAR: MS: one book, one school
To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Date: Thursday, October 2, 2008, 7:47 AM

For anyone who has done this before could you please let me know how you
organized this? Where did you get funding? What kind of activities did you do?
How did you pick the book? Anything else that would be helpful...I have not ever
planned something of this nature.

Thanks~Laura



Laura Pleune
Media Specialist
Greenville Middle School
1321 Chase 
Greenville, MI 48838
616-225-1000 ext. 8359 or 8360
Fax 616-754-2901
pleunel@greenville.k12.mi.us
http://www.greenville.k12.mi.us/webpages/pleunel/

Baldwin Heights Elem.
Cedar Crest Elem.
Lincoln Heights Elem.
Walnut Hills Elem.
http://www.greenville.k12.mi.us/webpages/mcenter/index.cfm

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