- Local every day in
Brooke Students 'Drop Everything and Read'
The school has been celebrating Dr. Seuss and reading every day this week.
Brooke Elementary School's kindergarten through fourth graders have been celebrating books this week as part of the National Education Association's Read Across America week.
Friday March 1 is designated by the NEA as "Read Across America" Day. Each day for the past week, students at Brooke have been encouraged to "Drop Everything and Read!" by reading specialist Dr. Marilyn Nepps.
Stufdents spend fifteen minutes of "DEAR time", as Nepps called it, in class reading their favorite book, or having a teacher read to them.
Each grade level decorated the hallway leading to their rooms. Kindergarteners did One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish; first grade did The Lorax; second grade did The Cat in the Hat; third grade did Green Eggs and Ham and fourth grade did Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Students have also celebrated the week by having a theme for each day.
"Monday we wore crazy socks and shoes," Nepps said. "Tuesday they wore a shirt from someplace they'd been, Wednesday we wore pajamas, and today [Thursday] we're wearing bright colors."
Friday is red and white day and the students will be wearing a Dr. Seuss hat or their favorite hat.
Also on Friday, students will have green eggs and ham in the cafeteria and will be taking the Reader's oath, which reads:
I promise to read
Each day and each night.
I know it's the key
To growing up right.I'll read to myself,
I'll read to a crowd.
It makes no difference
If silent or loud.I'll read at my desk,
At home and at school,
On my bean bag or bed,
By the fire or pool.Each book that I read
Puts smarts in my head,
'Cause brains grow more thoughts
The more they are fed.So I take this oath
To make reading my way
Of feeding my brain
What it needs every day.
Thanks. We'll email you the next time we update this story.
Ruth
9:38 am on Friday, March 1, 2013
That is great!! I am 69 years old. When my children were little, I started teaching them to read. I made it fun.
BTW, Curious George is another fun book for children. I like Dr. Seuss.
I like the poem.
Hmmm...
1:56 pm on Friday, March 1, 2013
Springford is such a wonderful school district! The district is exemplary to surrounding districts by way of vision, valuing the child behind all of this "data" instead of HIDING behind a STATEMENT of valuing them, standard policy so that everyone understands the procedure, and child centered focus instead of so much emphasis on teacher vs. taxpayer! And Brooke Elem ROCKS!!! Thank you to our principal, office staff, faculty, custodial, home and school, and all volunteers! Something, no,.... Many things are being done right at Springford in the midst of all of this attack on public education.
Ruth
2:52 pm on Friday, March 1, 2013
It is something that the money is going to the students to help them.
I know too many school districts in CA that very little money goes to the students. Most of the money goes to the teachers. There are a lot of scandals going on in CA because of that.
When my children went to school, they even had to share books with another student. I had to get my own books to teach them at home. That is why so many High School students could not read when they graduated from High School.
I am not attacking public education. Sorry, if it sounds like I am. I am sure that there are some school districts in CA that are as outstanding as your school district.