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|January 26-30, 2015 |

|District Plan |

|Escambia County - |

|School |Bellview Elementary |

|Monday, |Million Minute Marathon |

|January 26 | |

|Tuesday, |Buddy Up Reading |

|January 27 | |

|Wednesday, January 28 |Cuddle Up and Read with a Blanket |

|Thursday, |Book Review |

|January 29 | |

|Friday, |AR Olympics |

|January 30 | |

|School |Beulah Elementary |

|Monday, |Blue Wahoo Grand Slam Reading Program Kick Off (library) |

|January 26 |Caught Reading – Mrs. Silvers will pass out bookmarks when she catches students reading |

| |Morning News Guest Reader (library) |

| |Special area teachers, 4th grade classes, and parents read to classes (k) |

| |Million-minute read (1st and 2nd grade) |

| |Teacher Reader (teacher will read a story of their choice) (3rd grade) |

| |Discuss/plan favorite book and expectation for favorite book presentation – commercials, dioramas, DE |

| |boards, etc. (4th grade) |

| |Reader’s Theater (5th grade) |

| |Drop Everything and Read (all grades) |

|Tuesday, |Morning News Guest Reader (library) |

|January 27 |Caught Reading – Mrs. Silvers will pass out bookmarks when she catches students reading |

| |Special area teachers, 4th grade classes, and parents read to classes (k) |

| |Guest Readers (1st and 2nd grade) |

| |Peer Reader (student of choice will read to class) (3rd grade) |

| |Work on favorite book presentations (4th grade) Reader’s |

| |Theater (5th grade) |

| |Drop Everything and Read (all grades) |

|Wednesday, January 28 |Morning News Guest Reader (library) |

| |Caught Reading – Mrs. Silvers will pass out bookmarks when she catches students reading |

| |Special area teachers, 4th grade classes, and parents read to classes (k) |

| |Book talks – student lead (1st grade) |

| |Guest Readers (2nd grade) |

| |Read across grade levels (teachers will organize with colleagues to schedule) (3rd grade) |

| |Partner Reading (4th grade) |

| |Change the ending of a story through writing and share (5th grade) Drop Everything and |

| |Read (all grades) |

|Thursday, |Morning News Guest Reader (library) |

|January 29 |Caught Reading – Mrs. Silvers will pass out bookmarks when she catches students reading |

| |Special area teachers, 4th grade classes, and parents read to classes (k) |

| |Book talks – student lead (1st and 2nd grade) |

| |Partner Reading (3rd grade) |

| |Favorite Book Presentations (4th grade) |

| |Make book covers for a book students are reading (5th grade) |

| |Drop Everything and Read (all grades) |

|Friday, |Morning News Guest Reader (library) |

|January 30 |Caught Reading – Mrs. Silvers will pass out bookmarks when she catches students reading |

| |Special area teachers, 4th grade classes, and parents read to classes (k) |

| |Mystery Reader – guest (1st and 3rd grade) |

| |Read-a-thon (2nd and 4th grade) |

| |Characters Inside and Out – draw the character’s head, inside the head write thoughts that reflect the |

| |character’s point of view (5th grade) |

| |Drop Everything and Read (all grades) |

|School |Bratt Elementary |

|Ongoing |Drop everything and read in each class each day. |

| |Volunteers will read to the classes throughout the week. |

|Monday, |Chill out with a good book – wear winter hats, scarves, coats, mittens to warm up to a good book. |

|January 26 |Teachers encourage stamina. |

|Tuesday, |Read my shirt – wear shirts covered in words. Teachers will focus on vocabulary throughout the day to |

|January 27 |encourage robust vocabulary. Students will be encouraged to read each other’s shirts and use the |

| |vocabulary throughout the day |

|Wednesday, January 28 |Teachers choose an activity from A- Z ideas to encourage students to read. |

|Thursday, |Pop open the perfect book – Students will receive bags of popcorn from PTA to snack while they enjoy a |

|January 29 |perfect book. |

|Friday, |Hunt for a Good book – students wear camouflage to hunt for a good book. Teachers emphasize reading |

|January 30 |levels and different forms of print to encourage all types of reading. |

|School |Brentwood Elementary |

|On-Going |Guess Who? Contest Board-students guess teacher’s favorite books. |

| |Also, the students will guess how many books are in the library. Both for a chance for a small prize. |

| |Winners will be announced on Friday. |

| |WCUB Daily New Show-will have guest reading/talking about their favorite books all week. |

| |AR Contest- for this week only and prizes will be awarded for most points earned. Winners announced on |

| |Friday. |

| |Door Contest- based on a book. Winner will be announced on Friday. |

|Monday, |Million Minute Marathon – students will participate in the annual Million Minute Marathon. As a school we|

|January 26 |pledge to read 20 minutes, to help reach the 33 million minute statewide goal. |

| |Read with a Buddy Day- students can bring their favorite “reading buddy”, such as their favorite |

| |Older grades to partner with younger grades to read together. |

|Tuesday, |Hat day- students can come to school with a hat for Hats Off for Reading. |

|January 27 | |

|Wednesday, January 28 |Community Volunteers Reading- volunteers from our community- such as Police Officers and Pilots will come|

| |share their love of reading with our students. |

|Thursday, |Reading Game- teachers will rotate within grade level to share a reading relate activity or game. |

|January 29 | |

|Friday, |Character Dress Up Day- students can come to school dressed as their favorite book character. No |

|January 30 |scary/halloween style costumes. |

| |Announce All Contest Winners |

|School |Byrneville Charter |

|Monday, |Day 1 of rotating author study |

|January 26 | |

|Tuesday, |Day 2 of rotating author study |

|January 27 | |

|Wednesday, January 28 |Day 3 of rotating author study |

|Thursday, |Read the Day Away – Featuring Visiting Readers |

|January 29 |Family Literacy Night |

|Friday, |Vocabulary Parade |

|January 30 | |

|School |Cook Elementary |

|On-Going | Get caught Reading – principal and asst. principal will hand out bookmarks to students that “get caught |

| |reading” |

| |Bookmark contest – students can make a bookmark that will go along with “Reading Accelerates Success” to|

| |be judged by guest judges, winner receives $10 Barnes and Noble gift card |

| |Book mark guessing jar – winner receives $10 Barnes and Noble gift card |

| |"Lead Readers" Class - the class with the most words read in each grade level during the week of literacy|

| |week will be the lead readers. They will receive extra recess from principal/asst principal. |

| |Book Drive – we will ask students to donate a book for Loaves and Fishes |

|Monday, |Guest readers |

|January 26 |DEAR – sometime throughout the day each class will Drop Everything and Read for 20 minutes |

|Tuesday, |Guest readers |

|January 27 | |

|Wednesday, January 28 |Guest readers |

|Thursday, |Guest readers |

|January 29 | |

|Friday, |Guest readers |

|January 30 |Announce winners of bookmark contest, guessing jar and lead readers classes |

| |Bring book donations to Loaves and Fishes |

|School |Ensley Elementary |

|Monday, |Read It Online |

|January 26 | |

| |Watch a story voted on by the class, stop midway to discuss and make predictions. |

|Tuesday, |Sock it Reading |

|January 27 |Wear silly socks. Dollar Summary: Think of ten words to summarize what was read (10 cents a word). |

|Wednesday, January 28 |Crazy Class Readers |

| |Everyone in class wears the same color for reading time. Teacher reads a story aloud then students have |

| |five minutes to write a crazy ending. Partners will then share your ending. |

|Thursday, |Hats off to Reading |

|January 29 |Wear a hat you designed sharing what reading means to you. |

|Friday, |Character Connection |

|January 30 |Dress up as a character in a book you’ve read this year. |

|School |Global Learning Academy |

|Monday, |Global 3rd-5th grade classes will participate in The Blue Wahoos Grand Slam Reading Program with the |

|January 26 |Pensacola Wahoos. We will have a kick-off pep rally in the cafeteria at 1:30. |

|Tuesday, | K-2 will do an Author’s Study and decorate their classroom door to represent a book from their study. |

|January 27 | |

|Wednesday, January 28 |K-2 Vocabulary Parade to include Academic and Domain Specific words. |

|Thursday, |FSA- ELA Parent/Student Event-Parents will be invited along with their students to join us in the |

|January 29 |computer lab. Parents and students will log into the student portal and practice taking the FSA |

| |assessment. Parents will be given tips on how to help their students perform their best and magnets with |

| |the portal website. Students will take home packets for additional practice at home. |

|Friday, |Battle of the Books Volunteers to conduct literacy circles in C. Brown, T. Shoupe and T. Dale’s |

|January 30 |classrooms. |

|School |Hellen Caro Elementary |

|On-Going |Accelerated Reading Program |

| |Bulletin Boards Focusing on Reading (eg. Pictures of teachers and students reading) |

| |Volunteers read to students. |

| |Buddy reading from class to class. |

|Monday, |Announcement, Poem of the Day, and a Kindergarten Book Review on WCSN Morning News |

|January 26 |School-wide D.E.A.R. (Drop Everything and Read) time |

| |Students bring in books for a book swap. |

|Tuesday, |Announcement, Poem of the Day, and a 1st Grade Book Review on WCSN Morning News |

|January 27 |“Giving Tree Day” |

| |School-wide giving to a local charity |

|Wednesday, January 28 |Announcement, Poem of the Day, and a 2nd Grade Book Review on WCSN Morning News |

| |“Wonderful Reading Wednesday” |

| |Teachers read their favorite book to their class. |

|Thursday, |Announcement, Poem of the Day, and a 3rd Grade Book Review on WCSN Morning News |

|January 29 |“Reading Rocks, Wear Silly Socks” |

|Friday, |Announcement, Poem of the Day, and a 4th Grade Book Review on WCSN Morning News |

|January 30 |“Character Day” |

| |Students and Faculty dress up as their favorite book character. |

| |Book Swap in the Media Center. |

|School |Holm Elementary |

|Monday, |Million Minute Marathon |

|January 26 | |

|Tuesday, |Chain of books read by students with parents |

|January 27 | |

|Wednesday, January 28 |Reading Celebration for students who made their reading goal the 2nd nine weeks |

|Thursday, |Sunglasses Day “My Reading Future is sooo Bright, I have to wear Sunglasses.” |

|January 29 | |

|Friday, |Reading Accelerates Success Derby-AR Nascar Superstar. Remote control car race with a student from each |

|January 30 |classroom who have the most AR points, only from the month of January. |

|School |Jim Allen Elementary |

|Monday, |Grade Level specific activities related to literature |

|January 26 | |

|Tuesday, |Guest Readers |

|January 27 | |

|Wednesday, January 28 |Buddy Readers (upper/lower grades) |

|Thursday, |Teachers read to a class other than their own. |

|January 29 | |

|Friday, |Author Study: Read 2 books by the same author and compare. |

|January 30 | |

|School |R.C. Lipscomb Elementary |

|Monday, |Buddy Reading – primary and intermediate grade are asked to partner up and read together during the |

|January 26 |school day |

|Tuesday, |DEAR – school wide 15 minutes where everyone drops everything and reads. |

|January 27 | |

|Wednesday, January 28 |Teacher Swap – trade classes and read a favorite story or poem aloud |

|Thursday, |Door Contest – decorate your classroom door like a favorite storybook character or book to promote |

|January 29 |reading |

|Friday, | |

|January 30 | |

|School |Longleaf Elementary |

|On-Going |Million Minute Marathon - All students read 20 minutes extra each day all week |

| |AR Competition – Classes will compete for the most AR points earned this week, continues all week |

|Monday, |Literacy Poster Contest – Each class will create a poster promoting reading and post in the hall, one |

|January 26 |winner from each grade will be selected on Friday. |

| |AR Competition and Million Minute Marathon Begin |

|Tuesday, |Book Quilts – Each student will prepare a square depicting their favorite book, class quilts will be |

|January 27 |displayed in the hall |

|Wednesday, January 28 |Buddy Reading – Classes in 3rd, 4th, and 5th, will be paired with Kindergarten, 1st, and 2nd |

|Thursday, |Book Review Thursday – Students will have prepared a book report; selected students will share theirs on |

|January 29 |the morning news. |

| |Guest Readers – Administrators and Support Staff will read in selected classrooms |

| |Family Literacy Night |

|Friday, |Cuddle Up and Read Pajama Day |

|January 30 |AR Competition Ends – Winning classes will celebrate with a special treat |

|School |McArthur Elementary |

|On-Going |Using Office 365 to creative stories, and presentations of what we have read |

|Monday, |Read A Loud Day – teachers may invite guest speakers , use for use student readers |

|January 26 | |

|Tuesday, |Awesome Author’s Day – Each teacher chooses one author to highlight and share their stories. Scholastic |

|January 27 |and Teaching Books are sites that have author interviews. |

|Wednesday, January 28 |Cold Hard Facts Informational Text Day – Help students identify main idea and details, fact and opinion, |

| |text features and how to summarize a text. |

|Thursday, |Fantastic Fiction – to include graphic novels/comic books – focus on text structures |

|January 29 | |

|Friday, | P and P Day – Pajamas and Poetry Day or Popcorn and Poetry Day (teacher provides popcorn). Share |

|January 30 |poetry, orally read poetry or write poetry. Resources: and by |

| |Creative Communications. |

|School |Molino Park Elementary |

|On-Going |Poster Contest “They Were BOOKS FIRST” ~ Students design their own poster about a well-known movie that |

| |was actually a BOOK FIRST to promote interest in READING! |

|Monday, |Used Book Sale Opening Day (sale continues all week) |

|January 26 |Wear “Read Like CRAZY” t-shirts and School-wide FLASH MOB singing “Read Like CRAZY” parody |

|Tuesday, |Reading Grafitti Board ~ Using black butcher paper and white crayons, students will look through the |

|January 27 |books on display and find their favorite quote to write on the butcher paper. |

|Wednesday, January 28 |“Reading LIGHTS the Way for Future Success” Million Minute Read a Thon with LASER LIGHT POINTERS in the|

| |DARK |

|Thursday, |Read a Thon by 4 famous people ~ students rotate every 15 minutes to hear all guest readers read their |

|January 29 |favorite storybook |

|Friday, | |

|January 30 |Dress Up like your favorite book character |

|School |Montclair Elementary |

|Monday, |Montclair Elementary School |

|January 26 | |

|Tuesday, |“Reading Rocks Wear Some Funky Socks” |

|January 27 |Students wear funny socks to school in celebration of Literacy Week. |

| | |

| |Million Minute Read-a-Thon: work on getting your students on AR for the grade level competition! |

|Wednesday, January 28 | “Hats Off to Books” |

| |Students wear funny hats in celebration of Literacy Week. |

| | |

| |Author Study- Read two books by the same author and make text-to-text connections. Use a Venn Diagram to |

| |show how the stories are similar and different. |

|Thursday, |“Be a STAR and Read” |

|January 29 |Students will wear sunglasses to celebrate Literacy Week. |

| | |

| |Teacher Swap Day – Teachers will read their favorite book to a different class than the one they teach. |

| |(same grade level) |

|Friday, |“Score With Books” |

|January 30 |Students wear their favorite team gear to show support for Literacy Week. |

| | |

| |Historical Figure Day- Read two or three Nonfictional books about a historical figure and make a class |

| |poster detailing the most important facts from their lives. Perhaps even a timeline! |

|School |Myrtle Grove Elementary |

|On-Going |Each day on the morning announcements we will share a short fact or motivational quote about reading to |

| |inspire our students to pick up a good book! |

|Monday, |D.E.A.R- Drop Everything and Read |

|January 26 | |

|Tuesday, |D.E.A.R- Drop Everything and Read |

|January 27 | |

|Wednesday, January 28 |D.E.A.R- Drop Everything and Read |

|Thursday, January 29 |Family Night 5:30 pm |

| |Information sessions for parents on the Florida Standards, FSA and how they can help their students |

| |succeed. |

| |Students will be invited to participate in an activity while their parents are in the information |

| |sessions. |

|Friday, |Read with a Buddy- Classes will meet up to read together. |

|January 30 | |

|School |Oakcrest Elementary |

|On-Going | Favorite book ~ (grade level drawings for free book) |

| |Author study (3-5) |

|Monday, | |

|January 26 | |

|Tuesday, | |

|January 27 | |

|Wednesday, January 28 |Snowball Derby ~ AR competition/celebration party |

|Thursday, |Mystery/Guest Readers |

|January 29 | |

|Friday, |Author study classroom presentations |

|January 30 | |

|School |Pine Meadow Elementary |

|Monday, |ALL WEEK—Decorate classroom doors—each grade level will choose a book/author to highlight. |

|January 26 | |

|Tuesday, |On-going literacy activities w/in classrooms |

|January 27 | |

|Wednesday, January 28 |Ongoing literacy activities w/in classrooms |

|Thursday, |Literacy Night—Literacy related activities for families, rotating through stations; Library/Lab Tours by |

|January 29 |Media Minions |

|Friday, |Wind-up of Literacy Week |

|January 30 | |

|School |Pleasant Grove Elementary |

|Monday, |Reading Riddle Begins (Clue 1) |

|January 26 |Million Minute Marathon- 30 minute read |

| |Work on Favorite Book Project |

| |Reading “Ties” Us All Together (wear a tie to school) |

| |Student Council Announcement |

|Tuesday, |Million Minute Marathon- 30 minute read |

|January 27 |Work on Favorite Book Project |

| |Reading Riddle (Clue 2) |

| |Reading is Fun All Year Around! (wear your favorite holiday attire) |

| |Student Council Announcement |

|Wednesday, January 28 |Million Minute Marathon- 30 minute read |

| |Work on Favorite Book Project |

| |Reading Riddle (Clue 3) |

| |Put On Your Thinking Cap and Read! (wear a hat to school) |

| |Student Council Announcement |

|Thursday, |Million Minute Marathon- 30 minute read |

|January 29 |Work on Favorite Book Project |

| |Reading Riddle (Clue 4) |

| |Snuggle Up with a Good Book! (Dress cozy in slippers with blankets, pillows, stuffed animals, etc.) |

| |Student Council Announcement |

|Friday, |Million Minute Marathon- 30 minute read |

|January 30 |Guest Speaker |

| |Reading Riddle Rally |

| |Present Book Projects to your class |

| |Student Council Announcement |

|School |Semmes Elementary |

|On-Going | “Our Favorite Book” Poster Contest |

| |Classes will design a poster about a favorite book. Posters will be displayed in the cafeteria. On |

| |Friday, students will vote for their favorite poster. |

|Monday, |Spirit/Dress Up: Reading knocks our socks off! (Tacky Sock Day) |

|January 26 | |

|Tuesday, |Spirit/Dress Up: Hat Day |

|January 27 | |

|Wednesday, January 28 |Spirit/Dress Up: Our love of reading shows inside and out! (Wear your clothes inside out.) |

|Thursday, |Spirit/Dress Up: We are crazy about reading! (Mismatched/tacky day) |

|January 29 | |

|Friday, |Spirit/Dress Up: Cozy up with a good book! (Pajama day) |

|January 30 | |

| |Buddy Reading Day |

| |Classes pair up so that students can read with a buddy! |

|School |Warrington Elementary |

|On-Going | Interview with the author clips on morning show through out the week |

|Monday, |AR celebrations for goals |

|January 26 | |

|Tuesday, |Building paper hats to emphasize textual elements |

|January 27 | |

|Wednesday, January 28 |3-5 Jeopardy (with Librarian) |

| |K-2 Black Lagoon (with Librarian) |

|Thursday, |Themed informational Read Aloud |

|January 29 | |

|Friday, |Storybook carnival |

|January 30 | |

|School |West Pensacola Elementary |

|On-Going |Most AR points in a week, competition between classes in each grade level (Accelerated Reader reports |

| |will be pulled for each class on Monday morning, the 26th, and then again on Friday, the 30th at noon. |

| |The class that earned the most points in a week, from each grade level, will get a treat!) |

|Monday, |“Reading Rocks Wear Some Funky Socks” |

|January 26 |Students wear funny socks to school in celebration of Literacy Week. |

| | |

| |Million Minute Read-a-Thon: work on getting your students on AR for the grade level competition! |

|Tuesday, | “Hats Off to Books” |

|January 27 |Students wear funny hats in celebration of Literacy Week. |

| | |

| |Special Guest (Or Parent) Read- Aloud |

|Wednesday, January 28 |“Be a STAR and Read” |

| |Students will wear sunglasses to celebrate Literacy Week. |

| | |

| |Compare/Contrast two similar books from different cultures. Use a Venn Diagram to show how the stories |

| |are similar and different. |

|Thursday, |“Score With Books” |

|January 29 |Students wear their favorite team gear to show support for Literacy Week. |

| | |

| |Historical Figure Day- Read two or three Nonfictional books about a historical figure and make a class |

| |poster detailing the most important facts from their lives. Perhaps even a timeline! |

|Friday, |“Character Dress Up Day” |

|January 30 |Dress up like your favorite storybook character. Each class will select one student who is “dressed the |

| |best”. During their lunch class winners will have their pictures taken. |

| | |

| |Vocabulary Parade- Students select a word, draw a picture to show the meaning of the word, and parade |

| |around the school with their poster. |

| | |

| |Door Decorating Contest – Judging |

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