Cunniff Literacy Week-2023!
June 5-9, 2023
We Are So Excited!
Literacy Week at Cunniff begins Monday, June 5! Highlights include...
- Door Decorating
- Two Author Visits!
- School-wide Read Aloud of Stacey’s Remarkable Books by Stacey Abrams and Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpre by Anika Aldamuy Denise.
- Special days to wear hats, socks, and t-shirts.
- Community Readers
Literacy Week at a Glance-More Details Below
Author Janet Costa Bates Visiting on 5/31/23
Janet Costa Bates will be reading her book, Time for Bed, to our students in Kindergarten and First Grade. In Grades 2-5 she will use her book, Rica Baptista, to help students learn to develop a character and a story.
Monday - Reading Makes a Difference!
- Teachers will surprise students by dressing up as their favorite book character. We would love for students to join in but this is optional.
- Every classroom will get to read either Stacey’s Remarkable Books by Stacey Abrams or Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpre by Anika Aldamuy Denise.
- Teachers and students will talk about ways reading makes a difference in our lives. Students will share their ideas in writing and images and we will hang these up around the school.
- Door Decorating has been happening since the week of 5/29. Teachers and students have decorated their doors to express their feelings about reading. We will share pictures soon!
- Families, students should wear a favorite hat and pajamas on Tuesday!
Tuesday - Hats Off to Reading and Pajama Day!
- Wear your favorite hat today and your pajamas!
- Teachers and staff will switch classrooms for a half hour in the morning and read to students in a different grade!
- Member of our community will sign up to read in our classrooms all week!
- Families, make sure students have their favorite socks ready for tomorrow.
Wednesday-Reading Knocks Your Socks Off!
- Wear your favorite socks today!
- Author Visit from Phaea Crede, author of Jet the Cat. She will read to all of our students in the morning!
Thursday-Read My Shirt Day
- Wear your favroite shirt with words on it today
- We will visit the decorated doors and go on a scavenger hunt to find things on the doors.
FRIDAY-FIELD DAY
- Our exciting week ends with Field Day!
- When students are resting in classrooms, we will project a campfire so they can curl up with a good book