1. How Sugar Creek Elementary Became the First School in South Carolina to Participate in… ONE SCHOOL ONE BOOK Families Reading T O G E T H E R Every Day Kim C. Nees, MLIS neesk@fort-mill.k12.sc.us

2. What is it? Annual Family Literacy Initiative Created by Read to Them Foundation Unite an entire school community of parents, teachers, staff and students by choosing a single chapter book to read, aloud TOGETHER at home, over the course of one month.

3. What's the Point? Encourage parents to READ ALOUD to their children everyday Children who are read to at home, read more on their own. Children who are read to at home or at school make superior gains in reading comprehension and vocabulary. Its never too late! Researchers also recommends reading aloud to middle and high school students to help improve literacy skills. Krashen (2004) Zehr (2010)

4. How to Make it Happen In 5 easy steps… 1.Join Read To Them Foundation 2.Form a committee 3.Choose a book 4.Communicate 5.READ 6.Have Fun!!

5. Step 1: Join Read to Them  Lifetime Membership is $500.00 (Think GRANT!)  Provide scripts, sample trivia, book recommendations  Significant discounts on recommended titles  We saved over $1500.00 on 700 books

6. Step 2: Form a Committee  Literacy Facilitator, Vice Principal, ESL Coordinator, Media Specialist Once you have your principal on board………..

7. Step 3: Choose a Book  The Trumpet of the Swan, by E.B. White The Trumpet of the Swan  The Indian in the Cupboard, by Lynne Reid Banks The Indian in the Cupboard,  Because of Winn-Dixie, by Kate DiCamillo Because of Winn-Dixie  The BFG, by Roald Dahl The BFG  Love That Dog, by Sharon Creech Love That Dog,  Heartbeat, by Sharon Creech Heartbeat  Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, by Robert C. O'Brien Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH  Shiloh, by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Shiloh,  Dominic, by William Steig Dominic  A Cricket in Times Square, by George Selden A Cricket in Times Square,  Frindle, by Andrew Clements Frindle,  A Barrel of Laughs, A Vale of Tears, by Jules Feiffer A Barrel of Laughs, A Vale of Tears  Bud, Not Buddy, by Christopher Paul Curtis Bud, Not Buddy  The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, by Kate DiCamillo The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane  Island of the Blue Dolphins, by Scott O'Dell Island of the Blue Dolphins  In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson, by Bette Bao Lord In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson  The World According to Humphrey, by Betty G. Birney The World According to Humphrey  My Side of the Mountain, by Jean Cragihead George My Side of the Mountain  The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, by C.S. Lewis The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe  The Lemonade War, by Jacqueline Davies The Lemonade War  The Enormous Egg, by Oliver Butterworth The Enormous Egg

8. Step 4: Communicate  Meet with teachers  Kick-off assembly  All-call announcements  Create a logo  Letter  Posters  Invitation to district officials  Photos of teachers reading to their children

9. Logo

10. T-shirts

11. Banner ALL OF OUR GRAPHICS WERE DESIGNED BY PARENT VOLUNTEERS!

12. Posters

13. Invitations for VIP

14. Email Invitation

15. Modeling Posters

16. Paint the Rock

17. Assembly Skit

18. Modeling

19. Humphrey

20. Step 5: READ!

21. Schedule

22. Build the Hype!  Afternoon announcements  All call announcements  Morning news show  Book fair & parent education night  Media center & classroom projects  Great opportunity for collaboration Art, Music, Technology, PE  Trivia  Prizes

23. Daily Trivia

24. Prizes!

25. Creativity

26. aMAZEing!

27. Book Fair

28. Goodies for Humphrey

29. Bring Characters to Life  Does she really dislike Humphrey, or is it all an act?

30. Summer Reading

31. Response

32. Budget