101 + WAYS TO PROMOTE READING MASL SPRING CONFERENCE APRIL 2011

1. 101 + WAYS TO PROMOTE READING MASL SPRING CONFERENCE APRIL 2011

2. Brenda Steffens PK-12 Librarian Morgan County R-I School Stover bsteffens@mcr1.stovermo.com

3. Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.Joseph Addison

4. Building Block Award • Preschool through Kindergarten • Missouri Library Association • http://molib.org/BuildingBlock.html • Show Me Readers Award • Grades first through third • Missouri Association of School Librarians • http://www.maslonline.org/?page=showme_readers

5. 3. Mark Twain Award • Grades 4-5 • MASL • Posters • 4. Truman Award • Grades 6-8 • MASL • Posters

6. Gateway Award • Grades 9-12 • MASL • Posters • Caldecott Club • Student read a certain number of Caldecott winners and become a member of the club • http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/caldecottmedal/caldecottwinners/caldecottmedal.cfm

7. Newbery Club • same as Caldecott • Reading Circle • Sponsored by MSTA • New guidelines • www.msta.org/readingcircle • Read poster • make your own or purchase from ALA

8. READ POSTERS

9. Author visits • can get a grant from Missouri State Library • http://www.sos.mo.gov/library/development/grants.asp • Skype • Can’t afford an author you can Skype an author for free. http://skypeanauthor.wetpaint.com/

10. Facebook • School library Facebook with information about books and activities. • Twitter • Another way such as Facebook • Follow other people and find out what works • Children’s Book Week • http://www.bookweekonline.com/ • May2-8, 2011

11. The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go. Dr. Seuss

12. Teen Week • http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/teenreading/trw/trw2010/home.cfm • Wrestle Mania • National Gaming Day • Nov. 13—can get free game by signing up. • Sponsor this event in your library or classroom.

13. Poetry Month • April • http://www.poets.org/page.php/prmID/41 • Humor Month • April • Joke Contest • http://www.humormonth.com/

14. 19. National Book Month • http://www.nationalbook.org/nbm.html • October • 20. Read a New Book Month • December/September • National Young Readers Day • November 9 • Created by Pizza Hut

15. National Game and Puzzle Week • November 21-26, 2010 • Book Club for students • Meet during lunch • Read any type of book and talk about it

16. Book Clubs for staff • Meet weekly at 7:15 • Bagels and coffee • Have a name—TMZ • Read different books • Reading Bags—Bulldog Read Bags • Each bag has 7 books and send home once a week

17. Summer Reading Program • Can work with public library or get a grant from the Missouri State Library • Grant is due November 15 • Book Mobile • Deliver books in the summer to areas that don’t have access to books

18. I Love this book • video with students showing their favorite book saying “I Love This Book” • Show video at lunch or in the library • Paper • Demco sells special paper • Movie Nights • Show movies in the library. • Get a license.

19. Children are made readers on the laps of their parents.

20. 31. Magazines • Buy magazines the students really like and want to read. • Kindle/Nook • Have eBooks for the students. • Playaways • Great for students who may not like to read

21. 34. Graphic Novels • Videos /DVD • Let students check out • Book Displays • New books, Award books, holidays, etc

22. Signs • Display some books with a sign that says “These books were purchased for the Middle School Students” • Stuffed animals • Book characters • Kohl's

23. Decorations • Lots of book related and book character items • T-shirts • Wear reading related shirts. Stop Falling, Highsmith, Kohl's, ect. • Decorating • Design your own • Tattoos • Reading tattoos and make special ones

24. Magnets for Car • Bulldogs Read • Fair and parades • Hand out tattoos at fairs and drive car in parades. • Theme • Use one theme—Bulldogs Read

25. “There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate’s loot on Treasure Island.” Walt Disney

26. Bulletin Boards • Different themes • Slide Picture Frames • Pictures • Book trailers • Activities

27. 47. Signs outside of teachers classrooms that say “I’m reading________________ 48. Bookmark contest 49. Poster contest

28. Book trailers • YouTube • Make your own. • Photo 3 • Schooltube • Teachertube • Blogs • Award

29. Dress Up Days • Get tied up in reading • Reading comes in all colors. • Hats off to reading • Go hunting for a good book • Sock it to Reading • Stick to reading—Stickers • Favorite characters • Don’t sweat it! Read • Peace out

30. 53. Book Fairs • 54. Record your own book blurbs • Use recording cards • Reading Quotes • http://www.etni.org.il/quotes/reading.htm • http://www.quotegarden.com/books.html • Author websites • http://www.delicious.com/

31. Newsletters • Keep parents and students informed • Day Cares • Read to the kids • Let them have books also

32. Use this poem before reading a book- • In this box is a surprise for you. • To make you feel happy when you are blue. • To make you feel as special as you are like a bright and shining twinkling star. • Let’s open up the box, Oh my, take a look. • It’s a gift for my friends. It’s a ___________ book. • We will sit by the story bench as quiet as can be and read this story just you and me.

33. Post pictures of kids reading. • Adults also • 61. Newspapers • Spread the news about reading. • 62. Costumes • Rent or borrow book character costumes • http://www.costumespecialists.com/childrens_book_characters.html

34. Reading is the basic tool in the living of a good life.Mortimer J. Adler

35. Teen Nights • Crafts, activities, special events for teens. • Student Advisory Committees • Middle School • High School • Contests • Prizes for contests

36. 100 books in a year. • Challenge the students and staff to read 100 books in one school year • Blog your books • 67. Books as prizes • 68. Quilts • Decorate with quilts that the students help make.

37. Publishers • Will send bookmarks, posters, galley copies and even books for free. • Workshops • Great place to get ideas • Missouri State Library puts on free workshops • 71. Books • Buy what they want to read

38. 72. Web Junction • join this discussion group and take classes and have a chance to communicate with other librarians • 73. Listservs • Lm_Net • MASL

39. 74. Grants • Missouri State Library offers lots • Pepsi • Target • Dollar General • 75. Reading Extravaganza • Celebrate reading • Games • Crafts • Food

40. Post signs outside of school • White board with speakers • Calendars • Display book character calendars in the library • Clocks • Highsmith or decorate your own.

41. Story Bench • Activity Kits • Online to go along with books • Book Swaps • Hold book swaps so students can exchange books • 83. Poetry • Poem in my pocket

42. Nonfiction • Flip cameras • Record book trailers • Record book blurbs • Easy to use • Dear time or SSR • Suggestion Box • Students can make suggestions easily

43. Book Review Wall • Students write book reviews and post on the wall • Pumpkins • Pumpkin carvings in the library • http://www.flickr.com/photos/ • aj_fotos/sets/ • 72157625109250067/

44. “A book is like a garden carried in your pocket.” Chinese Proverb

45. Professional Books • Songs • Use songs to promote reading • 92. Signature on E-mail—Now reading________

46. Jewelry • All I Really Needed to Know We Learned From Children’s Books

47. All We Really Needed to Know We Learned From Children's Books • (Seen in the 1998 movie "You've Got Mail!") • Do something to make the world more beautiful. (Miss Rumphius) • Clean up the house when you're through playing. (Cat in the Hat) • You don't have to fight if you don't want to. (The Story of Ferdinand the Bull) • We're all meant to need each other. (Missing May) • Stay golden. (The Outsiders) • If you think you can, you can. (The Little Engine That Could) • Don't leave home without your purple crayon! (Harold and the Purple Crayon) • Eat a balanced meal every day. (Bread and Jam for Frances) • There's no place like home. (The Wizard of Oz) • Never eat someone else's vegetables. (The Tale of Peter Rabbit)

48. It doesn't matter how small you are. (The Borrowers) • It doesn't matter how big you are. (The BFG) • Don't cross the street without your mother! (Make Way for Ducklings) • Never eat the last piece of the puzzle! (Curious George Goes to the Hospital) • Ole Golly is right. Sometimes you have to die. (Harriet the Spy) • Be glad you live in a world where there are Octobers. (Anne of Green Gables) • Expect all the summers to be magic ones. (Gone Away Lake) • A person is a person no matter how small. (Horton Hatches an Egg)

49. “There is no substitute for books in the life of a child.” Mary Ellen Chase

50. Puppets • www.kizclub.com • Interactive stories • Involve the students • Critter Sitters • Bag with a small stuffed animal, puzzle, book, and activity sheet . • Take turns taking it home.