Oh...just a few pictures from the highly successful Winter Book Frenzy! This was the sixth event I've coordinated and it only gets better with each one! Nineteen tables, authors/books, 22 adults. 80+ kids. Unbelievable discussion. Fun food and door prizes. A blast for readers! We even had a visitor from the public library...young adult programmer, Susan King! And, our assistant superintendent, Matt Perkins, hosted a table this year! Can't wait for October to do this again!
Top: THE MOST POPULAR door prizes are the ginormous bottles of cheese balls. I mean, c'mon...who doesn't like a snack while they read?! Seriously, the students love choosing between the $400 worth of door prizes provided by our principal. They love getting their hands on the newest books, large pillows and movies based on books.
Above: Seventh grade science teacher, Pam Millay, is shown with one of her sixth grade readers. The sixth graders must wait their turn to attend their first event. Looks like Angel came prepared. No doubt she read the book all the way through and marked memorable passages. She looks happy to be sharing this experience with an adult who she may never have the pleasure of having in class...but she's made another adult contact within our school. Someone she feels comfortable with.
Left: Sixth grader Jacob has reached his limit with Homer P. Figg! Eighth grade social studies teacher, Robert Vincent led this table discussion.
Right: Sixth grader Gus demonstrates that an artifact doesn't make sense until you read the book! Apparently, from conversation I overheard from this table, tuna is a very important tool in the characters' chances for survival. Sixth grade social studies teacher, Ladonna Barnes, led this table.
Left: Family and Consumer Science teacher, Melanie Wester led the table discussion for The Fault in Our Stars, one of the more popular books in our school library. Shown with her are lucky gals...each won a door prize! They would probably agree that the biggest reward was getting chosen for this book...it's an emotional roller coaster! One student called it a "five tissue book".
Right: Music teacher, Jill Page led the discussion for Red Kayak. Shown are students who look very happy to be having a snack!! Students at our school love to read...they are provided with lots of opportunities to read a variety of authors and genres. Also, all of the teachers buy into the belief that reading for pleasure is an important life-long activity and they model it well.
Left: Sixth grade reading teacher, Lori Tatum, had an enthusiastic group of readers to discuss Counting by 7s with. Mrs. Tatum has already named this her "book of the year"! I'm sure the students would agree that it's a must-read! They spent their time discussing the book and working on artwork that depicted the character's love for gardening. Mrs. Tatum presented each with a little pot and seedling of their very own.
Right: Seventh grade reading teacher, Amy Luttrell and her group asked to be put back together after meeting in October. They read Shelter by Harlan Coben and loved the book and discussing it with each other so much that they wanted to read the sequel together. Mrs. Luttrell ordered pizza and they discussed the book while creating a physical display for our library which is full of symbolism.
As long as I am the lms here at MNMS, I'll continue to create frenzy events because of the lasting benefit I've seen them have on students and teachers alike.
Happy Reading! And find someone to talk about books with!
RC
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