Read Across America Ideas

This year’s Read Across America Celebration is going GREEN as it highlights Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax, and the new Lorax movie that opens on March 2nd!

Planning a Read Across America celebration for your students? Don’t reinvent the wheel!  Check out these ideas:

• Share your plan and see others’ ideas at http://www.readacrossamerica.org/
• The Lorax Project: http://origin-www.seussville.com/loraxproject/
• The Lorax Reading Sheets: http://bit.ly/LoraxSheet
• Educator’s Kit with all kinds of writing & reading ideas: http://bit.ly/RAAEducKit
• Lorax Activity Booklet for students: http://bit.ly/LoraxStudent
• Lorax Stickers: http://bit.ly/LoraxStickers
• Read Across America’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/neareadacrossamerica
• Play the pajama game. Invite parents and students to don their pajamas and snuggle up and read in an overnight readathon.
• Aim high. Who says high school students won’t get involved? High School students love reader’s theater and poetry slams, and middle school students can organize book fairs and read to elementary students, or create blogs to engage their peers.
• Tip your hats to hometown heroes. Have students write to local heroes and ask them about their favorite books. Showcase these hometown heroes and their choices in your reading celebration.
• Put reading on parade or hold a book lovers’ ball. Invite local authors and illustrators and showcase their  books and characters in style.
• http://bit.ly/NEA More from NEA
• http://bit.ly/JCo Ideas collected by Jefferson County Schools