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We
celebrated Dr. Seuss's Birthday as well as the Cat in the Hat's
51th Birthday with Read Across America Week activities for students in
grades K-8. Monday was Grinchy Green Day, so our students were
all decked out in as much green as they could find in their closets! On Tuesday, everyone
participated in Fox in
Socks Day. Students wore crazy, mismatched, and wild
socks, and made sure to roll up their pant legs to show off those socks.
Wednesday featured I Am Not Going to Get Up Today, because we had
no school on this day. The kids were asked to wear their jammies all day
and curl up with a good book at home! Thursday was Dr. Seuss's ABC
Day. We had fun reading everyone's t-shirts and sweatshirts! On
Friday, was the Read Across America Assembly in the Commons Area. The kids
had a chance to "Toilet Paper" their teacher. Students' names were drawn using signed slips returned from
home verifying that they had read at least 15 minutes each evening during
the week. Other prizes were also awarded at the assembly. Students
also participated in other fantastic events in the library and their
classrooms throughout the week!
The event the students enjoyed the most was getting to
see their teacher wrapped in toilet paper at our assembly on Friday.
Students had been encouraged to read at home throughout the week and turn
in signed parental forms each day. These forms were used for drawings in
which students in each class could win free books and also one student was
drawn to participate in the the "TP"ing of their teacher. Students winning
books were Brayden, Hannah K., Hannah S., Daniel,
Cade, Mikala, Alexis, Sam, and Jace. The lucky students that got to "TP" their classroom teacher were
Kaylee, Devin, Jordyn, Jack, Joey, Savannah, Morgan, Sam, and Jace. The
fun began as the music started and the students mummified their teachers
with toilet paper. The younger students had some help from their classroom paras and all teachers ended up covered from head to toe! Then the
teachers whose class had the greatest percentage of forms returned
throughout the week got to "TP" Mr. McDaniel. First Grade teacher, Ms.
Laudemann, was the lucky teacher and she had a little help as
she completely covered Mr. McDaniel in toilet paper.
To close the assembly everyone sang Happy Birthday to Dr.
Seuss. Students were all given Dr. Seuss pencil erasers from the
school library. Then the students all enjoyed birthday cupcakes as a treat
from their teachers. Our fun Read Across America celebration
confirmed one of Dr. Seuss's many humorous yet insightful quotes, "from
there to here, and here to there, funny things are everywhere."
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