Read-a-Thon

Read-a-Thon celebration reminder

Submitted by Darcy Bedore on Wed, 2012-04-04 17:48

Just a Reminder!

Tomorrow is the culmination of our Read-a-Thon celebration!

Pajama Day—Ice Cream—More Story Telling with David Moreland

Way to Go, Fall Creek Readers!

Read-a-Thon Celebration Begins!

Submitted by Darcy Bedore on Tue, 2012-04-03 18:31

They Did It!!!

Your Amazing Children Read 6,294 Hours & 50 Minutes during Our 4-week Read-a-Thon!

And now… we celebrate!

This week is a storytelling week when each class will be visited by our own magical storyteller, David Moreland. Ask your kids all bout it. We will finish our celebration on Thursday with a pajama day and ice cream celebration at lunch.

If you would prefer a non-dairy or vegan alternative to ice cream, please email Darcy Bedore at nycricket@aol.com or give me a call at 273-9981. (I’ll have a supply on hand but a quick heads up from you would help me with numbers. Thanks!)

We hope Read-a-Thon has given you some sweet reading moments at home. Your kids have given me so many good new book recommendations—I’m utterly tickled. They deserve a big double thumbs up—give ‘em a hand—and here’s to more reading!

Send in the last Read-a-Thon logs!

Submitted by Darcy Bedore on Sun, 2012-04-01 16:09

Reminder—Tomorrow’s the day to turn in any more Read-a-Thon reading logs! Please remind your kids to give them to their teachers so we can total up the hours. Thanks!

Read-a-Thon drawing to a close! Send in your final reading Logs!

Submitted by Darcy Bedore on Sat, 2012-03-31 14:07

Read-a-Thon Draws to a Close!!!!

Your kids are amazing!

 

This is a reminder to send in those Week 4 Reading Logs in on Monday!!!

Send in logs from Week 1, 2, and/or 3 too if you haven’t yet!!

 

Fall Creek kids have been reading up a storm, and what makes me smile even more, buzzing about books all over the place! I hope they’ve had a lot of fun and that you’ve maybe even had a chance to have some fun together.

Your kids have come a long way toward reaching their goal of 6,000 hours over 4 weeks, too! Not all of Week 3’s logs have been counted, but based on what we have, they had read 4,586 hours and 27 minutes as of Friday morning program. Well done, them!!!!

On Monday, I’ll collect the last of the reading logs and announce at the end of the day whether we’ve reached our goal! Then, we celebrate!!! Ask your kids about the big plans and magical, much adored David Moreland’s storytelling visits!

- Darcy Bedore

Send in those Read-a-Thon logs!

Submitted by Darcy Bedore on Sun, 2012-03-25 17:00

Reminder—Tomorrow’s the day to turn in those week 3 reading logs! Please remind your kids to give them to their teachers. Our final week begins tomorrow. Reading logs went home in the Thursday folder or you can download them here. Happy reading!

Send those Read-a-Thon Week 2 sheets in!

Submitted by Darcy Bedore on Sun, 2012-03-18 15:34

Just a Reminder—Read-a-Thon 2012 Has Begun!!

March 5 - March 30

Fall Creek Kids all read SO MANY books last year!!

This year we’re going to see how many HOURS we can read.

We’ve set an all-school goal of 6,000 hours of reading!!! That’s a lot of hours! Do we think we can do it???!!!

If every one reads a little more than 1 hour a day, WE CAN!!

Use the Reading Hours sheet in your Thursday folders to keep track!!! Or print one off: Week 2 and Week 3. Return your reading log to the school on Mondays (after the weekend minutes have been added) and remind your children to give the logs to their teachers. (Late ones are accepted too, don’t worry!)

Be watching at Morning Program and your e-mail to learn how we’ll celebrate!!!!

What counts?

  • Reading at your reading level
  • Reading at home or being read to
  • Reading as a class at school
  • Listening to someone read to you
  • Free reading at school
  • Books, magazines, newspapers, even comic books!!

Read-a-Thon Has Begun!

Submitted by Darcy Bedore on Wed, 2012-03-14 21:53

Hi, Fall Creek parents and caregivers. Fall Creek’s 2012 Read-a-Thon has begun. We are on Week 2 and our kids have been reading up a storm but some computer and work hiccups have kept my communications to you limited to the Thursday folder!!! I’m sorry about that.

Your Week 2 Reading Log (available in printable PDF) runs from this Monday, March 12 to this Sunday, March 18. I’ll send a reminder Sunday to pop those reading logs in your child’s backpack Monday and we’ll get countin’!

Please be watching your child’s Thursday folder for their Week 3 Reading Log (PDF here). I know it’s a little tricky getting the weekly log a few days early, but the Thursday folder has the best odds for it reaching you! Their Week 2 Reading Log went home with them in last week’s Thursday folder and at our house anyway, hanging it up on the fridge or some other easy-to-find place has been the best way to keep track of it and remember to record our times. (If you’ve been having trouble with that, you can keep time your own way. Whatever way works best at your house, just send in your child’s name and book totals this coming Monday. And if you forget, send it in after that—we happily accept late ones!)

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to talk with me at nycricket@aol.com or 273-9981—or at school, if we find one another there. Enjoy reading with your kids—or asking them about what adventures they’re having on their own written page. It’s a pretty great place to be!

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