The last week and a half has seen an amazing increase in excitement and enthusiasm about reading – especially in the Learning Hub. We have students eagerly reading during every break and recess and the Hub has been packed with students taking advantage of the special collections highlighted for this celebration of reading.
Along with reading books, our ES students have been spending some of their free time exploring the interactive projects that some classes have completed online. All of the links to these enticing projects are posted on the Read On Readers wiki. Check it out to see some of the new tools our ES students have been using to enhance and support our reading curriculum!
Over the course of the week a number of teachers participated in the “virtual readers” campaign where by they picked their favorite book and were filmed reading it. These clips where then put onto ISB’s very own IPTV network and were streamed into classrooms across the ES. This was a new and interesting way to broadcast the love for reading and books across the school.
As our readers enjoyed the casual Starbooks Café’s around campus, many were “caught reading” on tape by Mr. O’Neil. These fun, short clips have also been posted to the IPTV network to continue to promote a love of reading in the ES.
The week was a great success thanks to all the hard work from the staff and students. It was great to hear from the kids how much fun it was to get “caught reading.”
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