Good News!
The National Education Association (NEA) and Renaissance Dental have awarded a $1,000 Read Across America 2014 Grant to Walker Elementary School's Read Across America activities! The Authors, Illustrators, and Journalists (AIJ) Academy students and parents at Walker Elementary School are excited about the news, too! Special thanks to NEA, Renaissance Dental, California Teachers Association (CTA), the San Diego Education Association, Walker Elementary School's Parent Teacher Organization and Student Council for their support and encouragement! Visit NEA's Read Across America's website and view Walker Elementary School's pledge. Go to "United States," Next, "California." Then, , click on to "San Diego."
http://www.readacrossamerica.org/?page_id=171
The Read-a-Thon kicks off our Read Across America activities and it begins on Monday, January 27th and will continue on to Thursday, February 6th. Students will be turning in their reading logs (verified by parents) to their teachers on Friday, February 7th. The top readers who have gone "above and beyond" their grade level's reading goals are selected as Student V.I.P.s. Our school's Read-a-Thon encourages the love of reading in all genres.
Join us in the Reader's Oath
http://www.nea.org/grants/readers-oath.html
I promise to read
Each day and each night.
I know it's the key
To growing up right.
I'll read to myself,
I'll read to a crowd.
It makes no difference
If silent or loud.
I'll read at my desk,
At home and at school,
On my bean bag or bed,
By the fire or pool.
Each book that I read
Puts smarts in my head,
'Cause brains grow more thoughts
The more they are fed.
So I take this oath
To make reading my way
Of feeding my brain
What it needs every day.
http://www.readacrossamerica.org/?page_id=171
The Read-a-Thon kicks off our Read Across America activities and it begins on Monday, January 27th and will continue on to Thursday, February 6th. Students will be turning in their reading logs (verified by parents) to their teachers on Friday, February 7th. The top readers who have gone "above and beyond" their grade level's reading goals are selected as Student V.I.P.s. Our school's Read-a-Thon encourages the love of reading in all genres.
Join us in the Reader's Oath
http://www.nea.org/grants/readers-oath.html
I promise to read
Each day and each night.
I know it's the key
To growing up right.
I'll read to myself,
I'll read to a crowd.
It makes no difference
If silent or loud.
I'll read at my desk,
At home and at school,
On my bean bag or bed,
By the fire or pool.
Each book that I read
Puts smarts in my head,
'Cause brains grow more thoughts
The more they are fed.
So I take this oath
To make reading my way
Of feeding my brain
What it needs every day.