March is reading month

There are tons of reading celebrations in March!

With Dr. Seuss' birthday on the 2nd (Read across America day), World folktale and fables week (3/17 -3/23) and United Nations World Poetry day (3/21), we have plenty to celebrate. 

In our library, we are going to participate in a Dr. Seuss reading challenge. (I can't take credit for this idea, I came across it while scrolling through Pinterest, but I am putting my own twist on it. Here is the link to the original). 

I am going to encourage the kids to complete the challenge and bring it back with a parent's signature for a bookmark and pencil (picture below) and the opportunity to win a free book. 

As further motivation for the students, I also wanted to award each class to complete 10 of these challenges an award that will be displayed on our "Reading Wall of Fame." 

In addition to the reading challenge, I like to offer the student's various monthly activities to do in the library that support literacy and encourage reading. 

One of these activities is what I'm calling "Rhyme Time." This activity also sticks with the Dr. Seuss theme as Dr. Seuss was the "King of Rhymes." 

I bought some dollar store* sight words, cut them and sorted them into rhyming pairs. I'm going to tape them in separate spots around the library. Students will have a sheet of paper to find rhymes and will have to write down each word pair they find. 

I will also have additional games available to play - a Dr. Seuss word search, word scramble, matching game and sight word game. 

*Dollar Tree has some excellent and affordable options for librarians!