Create a memorable reading event for your class with these great
ideas from teachers who participated in past events!
Plus, build the excitement by incorporating Scholastic Read For 2006 into
your curriculum in the weeks leading up to December 2!
Planning Your Event | Cross-Curricular
Activities | Celebration Ideas!
Scholastic Read For 2006 Across
the Curriculum
Teachers share great ideas for incorporating Scholastic Read For 2006 into
the curriculum!
Language Arts
Writing Projects
Scholastic Read For 2006 is a great opportunity to get students thinking about
what it means to be a reader, their reading habits, and the importance
of books. Have students write about these topics and share them
with others.
- What does it mean to be a reader? Describe your reading habits.
Which ones you would like to change and why?
- If you were stranded on a deserted island with only one book
to read, what book would it be and why?
- Write a questionnaire asking parents, friends and relatives
about their favorite books and how reading has influenced their
lives.
Videotape guest readers or students reading aloud to one another on
the day of the event. Use the videotape as prompts for future writing
exercises.
Genre
Your Scholastic Read For 2006 event can be a culmination of your class's study
of a particular genre. For example, one class was studying fantasy
and entitled their event: "The Magic of Reading." Each student read
aloud from a section of the "newspaper" book report they had written
based on a fantasy novel. Then they played a team Fantasy Hunt to
find elements of fantasy that were included in each of the novels
read by the class. The winning team won a prize!
Use Scholastic Read For 2006 to study the different genres. Have students
in your class choose a genre they want to read for the event. Create
a Scholastic Read For 2006 book and have each student contribute a page, describing
the book they read, its genre, the different elements used, and
how they liked it.
SSR and DEAR
Many classes have used the "Read For..." event as a kick-off to
their SSR and DEAR programs. Students are very motivated by the
fact that they are reading on the same day as other people around
the world. As a class, brainstorm other ways to make your regular
SSR and DEAR time more exciting.
Reading Buddies
Many schools have paired up younger and older classes to read together
for the "Read For..." event. Team up with a class that is several
grades younger or older than the one you teach. Pair up the younger
and older students and let them read to one another-they will love
it!
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Great Art Projects
Scholastic Read For 2006 Poster
Create a Scholastic Read For 2006 poster with inspiring words, such as: "We're
Reading with the Rest of the World!" Have each student sign it and
hang it on the door of your classroom.
Create a Bookmark for a Friend
Students can create special bookmarks that highlight Scholastic Read For 2006,
a scene from their favorite book, or that celebrates reading in
some way. Collect them and during your Scholastic Read For 2006 celebration,
have each student pick a bookmark to keep as a party favor.
Book Mural
Decorate your classroom for your Scholastic Read For 2006 event with a mural
of all the books your students are reading. Have each student contribute
a depiction of a scene from his or her book.
Book Advertisements
Have students create advertisements for their Scholastic Read For 2006 books.
Each poster can include an illustration of the book and descriptive
words explaining what makes the book so special.
Book Covers
Have students create book covers for their Scholastic Read For 2006 books.
Then hang them up around the school or classroom for everyone to
see!
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Fun with Math
A Ticket to Read
Create paper "tickets" for students to fill out with the titles
of books that they read for Scholastic Read For 2006 and beyond. Post the "tickets"
on the wall in your classroom or in the hall and see how long and
how far it takes the students to read 2006 books. Change the color
of the "tickets" each month, so students can easily see which month
had the most reading.
Calculating Averages, Creating Graphs
Have students count the number of students Reading For 2006 in each
classroom, and the number of pages they read. Have them calculate
the average number of pages per student for each room, and for the
entire grade. They can create pie and bar graphs to illustrate the
results.
Challenge the students in your school to read 2,006 books starting
on the day of your Scholastic Read For 2006 event. Have students keep track
of the data—individual class totals, total number of books
read, number of books read by boys vs. girls, and more. A great
opportunity to create charts, graphs, and statistics!
Challenge students in your school to keep a reading log until the
end of the school year. Reward the class that has read the most
books with a party! Since classes will have different numbers of
students, find the winning class by dividing the number of books
read by the number of students in each class.
Use the Scholastic Read For 2006 World Map (coming soon) to determine how
many classes across America, Canada, and other countries are participating.
Use the data to practice averages and graphing.
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Social Studies
Show students the Scholastic Read For 2006 World Map and have them research
the countries that are participating. You many want to honor the
different countries by decorating your classroom or school with
flags and pictures of children from those countries. Read books
about the countries. Invite parents and community members to bring
in food from those countries and speak about them.
Create paper Scholastic Read For 2006 "passports" for your students. Fill
the room with books about different countries and regions of the
world. For every book a student reads they receive a special stamp
in their passport.
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