Monday, June 24, 2013

Students at Griffith Elementary Enjoy a Day of Reading at Camp READ-A-Lot


On Friday, June 7, Griffith Elementary School held its 2013 Camp READ A Lot. Local authors, illustrators, musicians and other volunteers came to the school to read stories to the students and to play music.

Those dropping by included Jon Sundell, Nana Vee, Bill Allen, Kendra Davis, J. Edwards and R. Pappas.

With lots of help from others at Griffith, Cynthia Needham, the school’s teacher-librarian & STAR3 literacy liaison, organized the event, which included many other fun activities as well.

Third-, fourth- and fifth-graders read one-on-one with reading buddies in the lower grades. Teachers and staff members brought in favorite books to read aloud to students.

Students and staff were invited to come dressed in their "camp" attire to enjoy picnic foods, S'mores, bug juice, and TIME to READ! Teachers decorated their classrooms with tents and camp chairs and students bring in sleeping bags, flash lights, blankets and big smiles knowing they would be entertained by stories brought to life all day long!

In addition, students received summer literacy "goodie bags" filled with books and incentives to help keep them engaged in reading and learning over the summer! Students could go to a cafĂ© where they could fill their paper plates with hot dogs, hamburgers, tater tots and watermelon to back to their classrooms or outside for a picnic.

The school day ended with Principal Debbie Hampton reading a poem about reading over the intercom.



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