Nevada Reading Week 2020
Nevada Reading Week February 24th– 28th, 2020
Theme: Saddle Up and 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 Tuesday, March 3rd and the doughnuts will be given out Friday, March 13th.
Trivia Question: 9:00a.m. – Students and teachers will answer a trivia question about a book. If ANYONE (not a class) knows what the answer is, he or she can write it down, 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 Tuesday, March 3rd.
Drop Everything and Read (DEAR): The entire school will drop everything and read on Monday, February 24th for the first 10 minutes of each class period if your class would like to participate.
Dress Up Days: (Make sure you adhere to CCSD dress code policies)
Monday- Read My Shirt Day: wear shirts with school appropriate words on them. Dallas Cowboy fans this is your time to shine.
Tuesday- Cowboy and Cowgirl Day: Think authentic Cowboy/Cowgirls, not the Cowboys sports team.
Wednesday- Book Character Day: dress as any book character.
Thursday- Cowboy Hat/Boot Day: wear your authentic Cowboy hats and boots as if you’re getting ready to saddle up. (Not Cowboy football hats)
Friday- Dr. Seuss Day: dress as your favorite Dr. Seuss character to celebrate his birthday on Monday 3/2.
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 Scholastic Bookfair certificate 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 21st. Winners will be announced March 3rd.
Bookmark Decoration Contest: The library will have blank bookmarks available for decoration. Students may decorate the bookmark incorporating the theme “Saddle Up and Read” into the design (please, only one entry per person) and submit by Friday, February 28th. There will be one 6th, 7th, and 8th 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 26th during lunch, 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 Monday, February 24th. 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).
Guest Readers: Teachers, please invite significant others, friends, community or family members to come read to your class or the classes of other teachers. This will be a fun way for the students to get to know us better.
Special Event for Staff-
The Escobedo Honor Society would like to celebrate Dr. Seuss’s birthday with our hardworking staff (Actual birthday is 3/2). On Wednesday, February 26th from 7:30-8:45am the Escobedo MS Honor Society students will be cooking a Green Eggs and Ham scramble for breakfast in the teachers’ lounge. We hope you can join us!
Lunchtime Activities- (limited to 20 students per lunch, must sign up on the Escobedo Library Blog https://bacace.edublogs.org/)
Monday- Come to the library and listen to country music while finding your next book to read. Many Western themed books will be on display.
Tuesday-None
Wednesday- Book Swap
Thursday- Learn how to draw horses using step by step books from the library. We will provide all of the materials.
Friday- Saddle Up and come watch all Four Toy Story Movie Clips. We will discuss which one is your favorite and why. If you have not seen them, then come and see what you’re missing.
*Please note- Mrs. Baca will be off-campus on Tuesday, February 25th for a school-sponsored event. Please hold all Trivia and Mystery Reader guesses until Wednesday.*