Reading Roadtrip
By Cyndie Aumiller
February 28, 2008
Read Across America/Scholastic Book Fair
“Reading Roadtrip”
March 3 – 13, 2008
Our students at Hoxie Grade School will travel the country on a Reading Roadtrip!
A road will be displayed on the wall outside the office with mile markers/points of interest. Students will “travel” down the road by reading books and placing footprints on the road. As we “arrive” at the various destinations, our principal, Mr. Hoyt, will reward the students by dressing up as a Tacky Tourist!
Each child will help us reach our destination by placing a footprint on our road for each book or specific amount of time spent reading. Younger students will bring home a footprint each day. Simply write your child’s name and the title of a book that you read together on the footprint and send it back to school. Older students may be reading longer books that they cannot finish as quickly, they will fill out one footprint each day for their nightly reading assignment by placing their name, the name of the book and the pages read. Each footprint placed on the road equals one mile.
In addition to this activity, we also have other fun things to do each day to celebrate reading! Make sure you read ahead – some of the days require a little planning!!
Monday, March 3
Ø Guest readers will come to the school to read to each class!
Ø Dr. Seuss Trivia will begin! Each morning, a trivia question will be read on the morning announcements. Students may write their answer on a slip of paper. All correct answers will be placed in a jar and names will be drawn for book fair prizes.
Tuesday, March 4
Ø “Tourist Trap Tuesday” Students and teachers can dress in their tackiest tourist garb!
Wednesday, March 5
Ø Book Fair Coloring Sheets & Road Signs Contest. Younger classes will receive a picture to color for display in the gym. Older classes will design road signs for the book fair to display around the school.
Thursday, March 6
Ø “Thirteen Minute Thursday” - Each teacher will choose the best time for their own class to drop everything and read for 13 minutes.
Friday, March 7
Ø “Roadtrip Guessing Games” Several different guessing games will be placed outside the office (they will include predicting how many “miles” [footprints] we will travel on our roadtrip and estimating how many toy cars are in a container)
Monday, March 10 - Family Night (Parent-Teacher Conferences!)
Ø Muffin Monday” – the kids will get muffins for a snack
Ø The Book Fair will be open late for parents to browse and shop!
Tuesday, March 11
Ø “Ten Minute Tuesday” This is a repeat of last Thursday, only this time, we will read for 10 minutes!
Wednesday, March 12
Ø “Award Day” Winners will be announced for the Dr. Seuss Trivia questions and the guessing games
Thursday, March 13
Ø “Dress Like a Character in Your Favorite Book” Students and teachers will dress up like a character in their favorite book!
Happy Spring Break!!
