Imagine inspiring an entire community of school families to read the same book - a chapter book! - at the same time. Picture those families reading the book at home, students discussing the book at school, parents discussing the book on the playground or parking lot or grocery store. Envision an entire community embracing the same book - the conversation spreading from students and teachers and parents to include other members of the community - even custodians, bus drivers, cafeteria personnel. Anticipate, from that simple premise, said families acquiring the habit of reading aloud together on a regular basis.
If you can imagine all that, then have we got a program for you...It ís called One District, One Book and the program kicks off on January 27th in Sauk Rapids-Rice!
All K-8 families in the district will come home from school on Jan. 27th with the book "The Cricket in Times Square" by George Selden along with the reading calendar for the month and their first edition of "Cricket News". The "Cricket News" will include information for the week about the book, vocabulary, and even some fun at home activities you can do as a family. There will also be some information regarding some Community Family Night Events that will be held three times during the month. Please check out the One District, One Book website @ http://www.isd47.org/arndtlau/ODOB for all the information you will need for the month plus more!
We hope you join us in this Literacy journey with your family!!
More information about the Family Nights!
Mon. Jan. 30th- Family Night @ SRR High School from 6:00-7:00
Come to the High School to do some fun activities related to The Cricket in Times Square. Families will be learning more about crickets and cricket cages. There will be live crickets to observe and some cricket art projects to complete. This is also a wonderful way to talk with other families about the book!! Some members of the SRR Storm Football team will be there to help out as well! This is a FAMILY event.
Mon. Feb. 6th - Family Night @SRR High School from 6:00-7:00
Come to the High School to do some fun activities related to The Cricket in Times Square. Families will be learning more about Chinese New Year and the Year of the Dragon. Families will need to bring an empty egg carton for each person interested in making an egg carton Dragon. All other supplies will be provided. Families will also have the opportunity to make a chinese lanterns to bring home. This is also a wonderful way to talk with other families about the book!! We are hoping some SRR HS athletes will join us for the night to help out.
Fri. Feb. 24th- Community Night @ SRR High School from 6:00-8:00
Come to the High School to do some fun activities related to The Cricket in Times Square and celebrate the end of the book! There will be pizza and pop for sale so come for dinner. The Cricket in Times Square movie (30min.) will be showing all evening in the PAC as well as some other projects and entertainment that are related to the book. More information to come!
