This is a fantastic idea and one I will store away for the future. It wouldn't work at my current school because 'the book has to be at the just right level' for every reader!!!! I can't imagine having to DRA all the parents as well!!! I can imagine how easily this could become a yearly event and a focus for the community with the school. It's a great idea. Thanks for sharing.
--- On Sun, 7/12/08, kim lum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: kim lum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] community book > To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" > <mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> > Received: Sunday, 7 December, 2008, 12:56 PM > Hi Susan, We did not put anything on the school site since > we spent all our > time making the project work. We did send out news/press > releases and did > not get any action from our Grand Rapids Press or others. > Boo hoo. > > Also some students helped me create a display of our > activities which we > took to our local library. Then we took a similar one to an > independent > library in the inner city along with maps of Michigan and > four copies of the > book for their use. > > I did write a grant to our Service Learning program which > funded some of it > and then our district Title monies bought copies of the > book. We even bought > small books from the Mackinac Island school to give to our > families so they > would have insider knowledge of life on the island as they > solved the > mystery through reading. > > We learned that we need to shorten up the time frame from > two months to just > one. Our kick off for last year was an author /illustrator > from Michigan who > does books using Michigan as the setting. He came to our > school and > presented his work. This was funded by monies for career > education. > > This year we are having a magician and want to call the > event - Discovering > the Magic of Learning. We hope to create some kind of tee > shirt with this > theme logo as a fundraiser too. > > > On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 8:16 PM, Susan Cronk > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Kim this sounds like an awesome idea. Do you have a > link to your school to > > show some of what you all did? I love this idea. > > susan > > > > On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 4:44 PM, kim lum > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Last year our second - fifth grade school did a > book for all families > > > to read. It was the Mystery on Mackinac Island. > We had many activites > > > including a film and fudge night with a sing > along. We did this in > > > part to encourage all our families to read at > home. March is reading > > > month in the state of Michigan so we culminated > this project with an > > > open house. Familes came to school again to see > our writing displays, > > > art displays and to enjoy an ice cream social. > > > > > > We are looking for a title for our next book. > Someone suggested the > > > Zack File books since they are exciting and easy > to read. Does anyone > > > know these books or have a different suggestion? > Thanks for your > > > thoughts. > > > > > > Kim > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Mosaic mailing list > > > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > > > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please > go to > > > > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > > > > > Search the MOSAIC archives at > http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Mosaic mailing list > > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > > > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > > > Search the MOSAIC archives at > http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at > http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. Start your day with Yahoo!7 and win a Sony Bravia TV. Enter now http://au.docs.yahoo.com/homepageset/?p1=other&p2=au&p3=tagline _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
