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A lot of reading happening at Valley View |
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December 6, 2017 |
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| Lexie Wells, left, and Sydney
Hinthorn were “caught reading” at Valley
View and had their picture taken under
the giant’s cloud castle, next to Jack’s
beanstalk! |
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By Julie Colson
What tales do you remember from childhood? Any
fables come to mind? How about folktales? Well,
here at Valley View, we celebrated Idaho Family
Reading Week during November with this year’s
theme of “Tell me a Tale” featuring Jack and the
Beanstalk.
We had a beanstalk with a giant climbing down it
as a photo prop, and all the kids who were
“Caught Reading” by their teachers had their
pictures taken with it. Our week was filled with
contests, readers, popcorn and read-ins.
Seventy-seven industrious students completed a
story for our story contest. Each story started
with the words “The night was cold and dark, and
I couldn’t …”
They had to figure out what came next in their
short story, and each one is unique! However,
after reading all of them, I detected a common
theme: kids do not like being lost and they
don’t like the dark!
All of the stories have been included in a book,
which will be available for check-out in the
library.
During the week, we were visited by employees
from nearby government agencies. They came by
Monday and went into classes for 30 minutes to
read and chat about their jobs and the
importance of reading. The kids were very
excited to see the officers in their uniforms
and to have someone read to them.
Wednesday brought out the Mystery Readers, who
were relatives of students or school employees
past and present, and they also read to classes
throughout the day.
By Thursday, we were ready for some more fun.
Our PTO made popcorn for each class by noon, and
then the parties began.
As far as we could tell, these were pretty quiet
parties, because there was a lot of reading
going on!
Our literacy events at Valley View are sponsored
by the Bonners Ferry Rotary, the Lion’s Club,
the Eagles Aerie, LiteHouse Dressing, Inc.,
Super One and Safeway. Our next event will be a
visit from author Ms. Kelly Milner Halls. She
will be with us January 24 for an entire day of
assemblies and more! |
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