Nevada Reading Week February 27^th -March 2^nd, 2012

Theme: Make a Date in History: READ

Daily Activities-

Mystery Reader: 9:05am- During morning announcements Monday – Friday, a mystery staff member will read a short passage over the intercom. Each CLASS will vote on who they think the mystery reader is. A ballot for each day of the week is attached to this page. Ballots need to be sent down to the library by 10:00am (ONE guess per class). All classes with the correct answers will go into a drawing to win doughnuts. Winners will be announced on Monday, March 5^th and the doughnuts will be given out Friday, March 16^th.

Trivia Question: 9:00am- Students and teachers will listen to a passage from a book about a famous historical figure. If ANYONE (not a class) knows who the passage is about, he or she can write down the person’s name, bring it to the library before lunch that day. Please have the student write his or her answer on a piece of scratch paper with his or her name and grade. Mrs. Baca will draw one correct answer from each grade level each day. The winner will receive a free poster of their choice. Winners will be announced the following day.

Drop Everything and Read (DEAR):  The entire school will drop everything and read on Monday, February 27^th for the first 10 minutes of each class period. Listen for the reminder announcement each period.

Dress Up Days:

Monday- Patriotic Day (wear red, white and blue, stars and stripes)

Tuesday- Camo Day (wear camouflage clothes)

Wednesday- Yellow Ribbon Day (wear yellow ribbons and yellow clothes to support out troops)

Thursday- Decade Day (dress up as any decade 20’s-90’s)

Friday- Hero/ Icon Day (dress up as you favorite historical figure, celebrity, sports figure, superhero)

Voluntary Activities-

Door Decorating: Classes that would like to participate will decorate their door in some way that incorporates the Nevada Reading Week theme, or reading in general. A team of judges will select one winning door per hallway. P.E., health and explorations count as part of the 200 hall. Each of the four winning classrooms will get a $25.00 Barnes and Noble gift card to be used to purchase new books for their classroom library. Please make sure the work is student centered. In order to be eligible for judging, the doors need to be completed by Friday, February 24^th.  Winners will be announced March 2^th.

Bookmark Decoration Contest: The library will have blank bookmarks available for decoration. Students may decorate the bookmark incorporating the theme “Make a Decade in History: READ” into the design (please, only one entry per person) and submit by Friday, March 2nd. There will be one 6^th, 7^th, and 8^th grade winner. ALL entries will be displayed in the library and a team of teachers/administrators will select the overall winner, who will pick a free book and bookmark from the library.

Book Swap: On Wednesday, February 29^th  during both lunches, we will have a Book Swap. Teachers and students will bring in books they don’t want anymore and trade them for different ones. All books to be swapped must be turned in by Tuesday, February 28^th. For each book turned in, a ticket will be given. The tickets will be used to enter the Book Swap. Each ticket will be used to get one book (5 books brought in= 5 tickets= 5 books).