Reading Week 2018: Readers Are Leaders!

Reading Week 2018:

"Readers Are Leaders!"

We enjoyed another amazing week celebrating readers and reading!  Events were planned for every day, and I'm so happy to share some of these incredible memories!!





Kick-Off: Illusionist David Garrity
Students and staff enjoyed a hilarious and eye-popping magic show presented by the vary talented David Garrity.  His pro-reading message was the perfect kick-off to a week of fun and surprises!  (Huge thanks to our PTO for sponsoring this terrific event!)

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Tuesday: Guest Reader Day
Community leaders and special guests visited classrooms and shared a favorite story with our students!

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Wednesday: Pop and Swap
Our PTO sponsored another successful Pop and Swap after school.  Students and their families were invited to pop in to select from an enormous number of donated books and, while there, enjoy a popsicle, a lollipop and some popcorn!  Games and activities were also available, and everything at the event was absolutely FREE!

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Thursday: Reading Buddies
Some wonderful book sharing took place as older students read aloud with younger students!

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Friday: Family Read-In
Families were invited to come in to the school to enjoy some reading time together!

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ALL WEEK: Spuds in Duds
My student teacher, Miss MacLaughlin, got this idea from another librarian and we agreed to bring this fun new activity to Ashaway School!  Students were invited to dress up a potato (yes, a real potato!) so that it resembled a book character of their choice.  The response was incredible, and everyone enjoyed the display throughout the week in the library.  We knew they wouldn't last forever, so I took lots of pictures to preserve the students' creativity and hard work!  Awesome job, kids!!!

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Thanks again to everyone who contributed to making this year's Reading Week an enormous success, ! 

It was truly a spectacular celebration!