Thanksgiving Bookathon 2016: Gobble Up Some Books

So excited for the 2016 Bookathon to start tomorrow and help our Eagles get ready to keep reading skills sharp over our ten days apart. 

Check our our schedule below- and make sure you have a cool costume ready for Tuesday AKA Book Character Dress Up Day!

Book-a-thon: Wrapping Up

Thanks for a great Book-a-thon, Eagles.  We had a great time.  Don't forget to reflect on your reading.  Did you meet your goals?  Did you accomplish what you wanted?  Did you keep your reading skills sharp over Thanksgiving break?  

Mrs. Bordic, our interventionist, was proud to send me a photo of these lists.  3 of her 4th grade students did a lot of great reading over Thanksgiving break!  You go, readers!

Book-a-thon: Reading Recommendation Tree

Each student at Forest North got a leaf.  Each leaf had a book title on it.  Each book title was something someone wanted to read over Thanksgiving break.  Thanks to teamwork, all of our amazing Eagle readers helped make this beautiful tree!

Special thanks to Mrs. Mills, former FNE staff member, for volunteering her time to sculpt the trunk and cut out the leaves!  Year-round, but especially at this time of year, I am so thankful to be surrounded by so many amazing educators and community members who will spend their time and energy making sure our Forest North students are getting the best education possible.  Thanks for putting our kids first!

Book-a-thon: Book Character Dress Up Day

Book Character Dress Up Day was so much fun!  Tons of students and staff dressed up like a favorite book character to promote reading over our Thanksgiving break.  Check out some of the staff's costumes!

Book-a-thon: Share Your Reading Life

Part of our reading celebration this week is to share our reading life.  Check out these photos of students reading at home and at school to show us how they do!

 

Book-a-thon: Share Your Reading Life Family Event!

Wednesday, 11/18, was our Share your Reading Life Family Event at the Forest North Library.  It was part of our weeklong Book-a-thon to get kids pumped up to read over Thanksgiving break. We were thrilled to welcome over 50 Forest North guests!  We had Sophia Chin, our Parent Community Specialist, on site giving away each student a free book to take home, and tips and information about our services to help parents increase their child's reading at home.  We also had the Northwest Austin Rotary on hand (including our RRISD former superintendent Dr. Jesus Chavez!) helping sign children ages 0-4 up for Dolly Parton's Imagination Library, which mails a free book once a month home to your child from birth until their 5th birthday.  It's an amazing program with high quality books that we're so happy to bring to our community.  Snacks were graciously provided by our PTA.  Jeff Brewton, our Instructional Technology Specialist, was also on hand to help train students on using our brand new Kindles, won with a grant submitted by our PTA Treasurer Amy Pieper.  Thanks so much to the many people who helped make this event special for our students.  We are so lucky to have such an amazing staff and community at Forest North Elementary!

Check out this Animoto video made by Mr. Brewton documenting our event!

Book-a-Thon 2015!

It's almost here, Eagles - Thanksgiving break!  We have 9 days of food, fun, and family. Don't forget to keep your reading skills sharp over the break.  To make sure we're ready to keep reading over our week off, Forest North students will be participating in a Book-a-Thon the week before Thanksgiving break.  Check this Prezi out for more information, and take a look at the flyer below!

Winter Bookathon!

Well, Eagles, it's the last week before winter break.  We're busy making plans for our 18 day vacation- what are you going to read in those 18 days?

To encourage reading over break, we made some cute winter bookmark raffle tickets for you.  On Thursday, we will be drawing numbers on our morning news show to give out reading prizes!

Parents, please email photos of your student reading over winter break to Mrs. Fournier, Librarian, or your classroom teacher, or post them on the Forest North Facebook page!

Bookathon Success

We had so many students come to tell us how many books they read over Thanksgiving break, and how it was the most reading-filled break they've had since they started school.  Way to stick with your goals, Eagles!  We have another opportunity in a few weeks to try again.

Here are some photos of students reading over break that they submitted.  Thanks, Eagles, and keep reading!

Bookathon Friday: Thanksgiving Reading Plan

Alright Eagles, we're here!  It's go time.  We've been talking about it for a week now, but it's finally time to write down your Thanksgiving Reading Plan, and get going.  What's the plan?  You'll reflect on this in 9 days, so make sure it's something reasonable and something you can get done.  I can't wait!

Don't forget to also snap a photo of yourself Bookathon Reading during our nine days off, and email it to me, post it as a comment here, or email it to your classroom teacher.  We'll air those photos on morning broadcast, and post them to our school Facebook page!

Bookathon Thursday: Your Reading Resolution

Eagles, what's your reading goal for the rest of 2014?  We already got started on these during your Bookathon Orientations in the library, but today we will put it to paper.  Want to read more nonfiction?  Finish a book that's been on your bedside table for months?  Help your baby brother like books? Qualify for the Texas Bluebonnet Award Voting Party?  This is going to be different for everyone!