Reading Connections

Many schools in our district already have activities planned for Read Across America Week, including kicking it off with a celebration of Dr. Seuss' birthday (March 2). If you're looking for ideas, here are links to numerous resources. Please contact us if you would like to coordinate any additional activities with your school library.

14 Big Ideas For Celebrating NEA's Read Across America

25 Read Across America Ideas for School

31 Ideas for teaching Dr. Seuss Read Across America (Not all items on this site are free, unfortunately.)

Teachers, don't forget that students and you have access to LEARN 360, a platform for multimedia educational resources. LEARN 360 includes texts, videos, printables, games, and lessons for all grade levels. Teachers and students can login to LEARN 360 through Clever.

The following list was taken from bookfluke.com (August 3, 2020), describing why we become bibliophiles (book lovers). Hopefully, as you read through them, you will relate to them yourself, but also want to continue to instill the love of books in your students.

1. People fall in love with someone or things that make them happy and alive.

• "A good book is an event in my life." - Stendhal

2. Reading makes you more creative.

• "Think before you speak. Read before you think." - Fran Lebowitz

3. Books are a source of inspiration and motivation.

• "Today a reader, tomorrow a leader." - Margaret Fuller

4. You simply grow with each book you complete.

• "Reading is essential for those who seek to rise above the ordinary" - Jim Rohn

5. Books make you forget.

• "Books are good company, in sad times and happy times, for books are people- people who have managed to stay alive by hiding between the covers of a book." - E.B. White

6. Books make you remember.

• "Books are uniquely portable magic." - Stephen King

7. Books are friends.

• "There are no friends as loyal as a book." - Ernest Hemingway

Gwen Hudson, x. 7360 District Library/Media Specialist

Shelly Malott, x. 6331 District Library/Media Assistant

Kristi Steinhiser, 4432 MCHS Library/Media Assistant

Email: ghudson@mcas.k12.in.us
Website: https://www.mcas.k12.in.us/Domain/74
Phone: 219873-2000