Family Literacy Night Theme: Reading
in Disguise
Students and parents can
come to school dressed like their favorite book character.
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Purpose:
Promotes literacy Supports
School Improvement Goals
Builds family & school connections Builds community
spirit
When:
Tuesday evening 6:00 – 8:00
Where:
Report first to the Café – for
directions
Centers will be held in
Classrooms
Library
Computer
Lab
Gym
Hallways
Café
Participates:
Teachers
Student teachers
Instructional assistants Administrators
Librarian
Parents / Grandparents
All students
Superintendent
Community Members National Honor Society
Volunteers
Activities:
- Explore literacy activities and online resources in the computer lab
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Design a book using Google Slides
- Make a bookmark using – Google Note
- Make a recording of favorite family stories told by parent and child on Seesaw
- Listen to a story and then do a story retell using an online story board
- Play Literary Jeopardy by guessing the book character
- Art – students use Google Drawings to design a visualization from a story
- Snacks – make spiders, monster Jell-o / Wendy’s & Hardees kids meal coupons
- Guess who is Reading? – Specials teachers “read in disguise” and students guess the teacher is that is reading
- Students decode messages using magnifying glasses and codes
- Context Clues center – students are given small passages with words left out. Students have to read the small passage and figure out the word that is missing
- Awards for costumes – Prizes books – People cast ballots using Google forms
(Most
Creative, Most Humorous, Most Difficult Costume, Most Interesting, Most
Colorful,
Most Original)
·
Parade at the end of the
event
Organization
/ Advertising
¡ Send home volunteer sign-up sheets
¡ Assign sessions
¡ Volunteer Name Tags
¡ National Honor Society Volunteers
¡ Service Learning Student Volunteers
¡ Advertise on Teacher and School
Websites, Radio, and Flyers
¡ Hang poster on front door of the
school
¡ Put on digital sign in the front of
the building
¡ Partner with community to donate
supplies such as books, snacks
Resources:
