No matter what you’re doing Monday morning, librarians want you to drop everything and read.
As part of National School Library Day, an initiative to promote literacy, Drop Everything and Read hopes to get as many people reading at the same time, on the same day, as possible.
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DEAR
South Kelowna Elementary School
Kelowna, BC
October 26, 2009
10:40-11:00
Principal (Mr. Minkus) and Teacher-Librarian (Misty Smith)
•read independently on a bench in the front foyer
Library Assistant (Mrs. Pearson)
•read independently in the library
Mrs. Schell (Kindergarten)
•17 students, 1 teacher, 1 parent helper
•Teacher read aloud to students
Mrs. O’Reilly (grade 1)
Mrs. Estey (grade ¾)
•41 students, 2 teachers, 1 CEA
•Grade ½ students read with big buddies
•little buddies read for 10 min to big buddies, then big buddies read to little buddies for 10 min
Mrs. Meldram (grade ½)
Ms. Lees (grade 3)
•43 students, 2 teachers
•grade 1 students read with big buddies
•little buddies read for 10 min to big buddies, then big buddies read to little buddies for 10 min
Mrs. Chalmer (grade 2)
•21 student, 1 teacher, 1 CEA
•Independent reading
Mrs. Goodall (grade 3)
•23 students, 1 teacher, 1CEA
•“read to self” for 20 min (have only read independently for 15 min prior to today)
Mr. Fitzgerald (grade 4)
•27 students, 1 teacher
•Teacher read aloud a chapter from a book
•Last 12 min was independent reading
Mr. McLeod (grade 4/5)
•24 students, 1 teacher
•Teacher read aloud “scary” short stories
Mrs. MacKenzie (grade 5)
•25 students, 1 teacher, 1 student teacher
•Read independently
Ms. Pauls (grade 5/6)
•26 students, 1 teacher, 1 CEA
•Read independently
Mr. Durrer (grade 6)
•26 students, 1 teacher, 1CEA
•Independent reading (all but 2 resource students)
•2 resource students- 1 read aloud to the other (with CEA in a separate room)
STATS:
Total # students reading: 273/274 (99.6%)
Total # staff reading: 22/23 (95.6%, including a parent helper and student teacher)
Way to go South Kelowna!!
Pineridge Elementary School
Prince Rupert, B.C.
October 26, 229
Students in every classroom read for twenty minutes after a school assembly to honour BC Library Day.
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