Seuss day where students dressed up as a Dr. We changed the dress-up days to be reading days and included things like “Reading Gives You Superpowers” where students dressed up as superheroes, and “Fan Favorite Day” with students dressing up as their favorite book character. Seuss to following the NEA theme of “Celebrating a Nation of Diverse Readers” (NEA n.d.). We also decided to change from the theme being Dr. To involve all the students each day, we had to make a lot of adjustments to the week. COVID-19 meant there were remote-only students, middle school students were only there two days a week, and the K-5 students were there four days a week with everyone remote on Wednesdays. The second year we did Read Across America at Scotts Creek had the same focus and goal and involved all the students at the school, K-8, but it looked very different because of health restrictions due to COVID-19. This was a great way to meet the needs of all the students without making any struggles stand out. This allowed the younger students to see the older students reading and for some students, the younger students read to the older students. The last event I want to highlight for the first year is “Reading Buddies.” The classroom teachers matched up so that younger students were with older students and on Thursday the students read together.
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The community guests were also encouraged to share why reading is important to their careers and their personal enjoyment as well as share information about their jobs.
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We invited community members from different types of jobs and positions to come in the school to read their favorite Dr. When the staff members read their favorite books, they were encouraged to share why it was their favorite book and why reading is important to them.Īnother activity that week was having community members come in and read to the students. The activity for the day was having staff members who do not have homerooms go in the classrooms to read to the students. For example, on Tuesday students dressed up for Oh the Places You’ll Go! by dressing up like what they want to be when they grow up or the university/college they would like to attend. Seuss book and we had an event that promoted the reading.
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Students so often are only told to read but do not see adults modeling the importance of reading for them.Įach day students dressed up to correspond with a Dr. The goal and focus of the week was to promote reading by modeling for students that reading is not only an academic requirement, but it is also used in careers and personal enjoyment. The first year we celebrated Read Across America at Scotts Creek, grades kindergarten through sixth grade were involved. This poses a challenge since the school has many grade levels and such a large age range, but Read Across America is a celebration that can be used to promote reading in all grade levels with the right events and activities.
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Scotts Creek School has students from kindergarten to eighth grade. Because of this, a person hears about it most often in an elementary school, but I believe it can be used in elementary and middle school to promote reading and literacy.Īt Scotts Creek School in Sylva, NC, the students and staff have celebrated Read Across America week for the past two years. Seuss’ birthday, which is who was originally celebrated when the event was created. It is always celebrated the week of March 2 to correspond with Dr. Read Across America Week began in 1988 by the National Education Association and is the “nation’s largest celebration of reading” (NEA n.d.). Read Across America: Promoting Reading in a K-8 School Home › Blog Topics › Read Across America: Promoting Reading in a K-8 School