During Right to Read Week, we have a family read night. It is always a huge success every year. The principal BBQ's hot dogs, we serve chips and pop. We run our book fair right after the meal, and during the reading sessions. Each classroom has a special guest reader, reading their favorite children's book. We divide the reading sessions into 15 minutes intervals, that are announced over the PA system. At each interval raffle winners are announced. The prizes are from the book fair. We do 4 reading sessions. This takes about 2 and 1/2 hours for the evening activities. 1 and 1/2 hours for dinner, and 4: 15 minute reading sessions. The most popular reader is our local fireman, his classroom is always filled to capacity. The kids love this. Some of the readers even bring their own rocking chairs.
Please share w/me info on Book Bingo . . . My school is hosting a Reading Rodeo as our Family Night event in September. I sure could use some ideas on books and Rodeos! Book Bingo sounds exciting. Our families always enjoy a game of BINGO!
Originally posted by LinnJE: I just held a Family Reading Night at our April meeting I thought it went well. I used some ideas I have read on this discussion forum. We had a book swap, each student brought at least one slightly used book as admission to swap with another.(the leftover books I left in the teachers lounge to see if they wanted any for their classroom library) The students LOVED that. I was going to have a guest reader but she was unable to come so they were stuck listening to me-I don't know how great that was! Then we played Book Bingo- which it took me awhile to make the bingo cards, I used words from 3 books I choose to read to the students and I used beans for markers for the cards. The kids loved winning and getting prizes.
We had cookies and milk as refreshments to got with the theme book "If You Give A Mouse A Cookie"
Originally posted by tmthompson: </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by LinnJE: I just held a Family Reading Night at our April meeting I thought it went well. I used some ideas I have read on this discussion forum. We had a book swap, each student brought at least one slightly used book as admission to swap with another.(the leftover books I left in the teachers lounge to see if they wanted any for their classroom library) The students LOVED that. I was going to have a guest reader but she was unable to come so they were stuck listening to me-I don't know how great that was! Then we played Book Bingo- which it took me awhile to make the bingo cards, I used words from 3 books I choose to read to the students and I used beans for markers for the cards. The kids loved winning and getting prizes.
We had cookies and milk as refreshments to got with the theme book "If You Give A Mouse A Cookie"
Originally posted by LinnJE: I just held a Family Reading Night at our April meeting I thought it went well. I used some ideas I have read on this discussion forum. We had a book swap, each student brought at least one slightly used book as admission to swap with another.(the leftover books I left in the teachers lounge to see if they wanted any for their classroom library) The students LOVED that. I was going to have a guest reader but she was unable to come so they were stuck listening to me-I don't know how great that was! Then we played Book Bingo- which it took me awhile to make the bingo cards, I used words from 3 books I choose to read to the students and I used beans for markers for the cards. The kids loved winning and getting prizes.
We had cookies and milk as refreshments to got with the theme book "If You Give A Mouse A Cookie"
Could you please post more details of your family reading night that you did? It sounds very good and I am trying to promote more fmaily nights this coming school year. Thanks
