Literacy Week for Families 2024
March 4-8, 2024
Start a New Family Literacy Tradition
This Literacy Week we celebrate literacy traditions at home and school.
Only 39% of parents nationally read to their children on a regular basis. We also know that literacy development begins at home before students even enter school and that a strong relationship with books and reading in the family provides a strong foundation for learning. By promoting family reading practices throughout our community we help create a culture of literacy in any language or format.
Some ways to read as a family;
- Set a time for reading each day with your family.
- Listen to a great audiobook at home or in the car (available from the WFPL)
- Visit the Watertown Free Public Library and choose books in many formats and languages.
- Read a cook book and make a recipe.
- Visit a local museum.
- Take a Story Walk in Watertown.
Family Events Preview
- Literacy Night: Thursday, March 7, 2024 6-7:30pm @ Lowell School
- Upcoming: April 26- May 3, 2024 Scholastic Book Fair in the Learning Commons
Literacy Night
Lowell School Literacy Night Thursday, March 7, 2024 6:00-7:30
All families and family members are welcome!
Events include:
- Mystery Readers.
- Photobooth.
- Make a story puppet with Ms. Chroneos.
- Join our Reading Teachers for Reading Fun and Literacy Games.
- Spanish Read Aloud with Mrs. Quesada and students.
Lowell ALL School Literacy Night
Thursday, Mar 7, 2024, 06:00 PM
J R Lowell Elementary School, 123 Lowell Ave, Watertown, MA, USA
UPCOMING: Book Fair: April 26, 2024
Lowell Book Fair April 26, 2024
Friday, Apr 26, 2024, 11:00 AM
J R Lowell Elementary School, 123 Lowell Ave, Watertown, MA, USA
In School Student Only Activities
Sarah Lynne Reul: Author in Residence
Tuesday, March 5th, 2024
This experience is brought to us thanks to a generous grant from the Watertown Community Foundation.
Juana Martinez Neal: Virtual Visit
Virtual Visit: Friday, March 8, 2024
This experience is brought to us thanks to a generous grant from the Watertown Community Foundation.
First grade art students worked with Ms. Chroneos creating an image based on a family tradition. Here are some examples of work you may see throughout the building.
Family Tradition: Hiking
Family Tradition: Birthday Party
Family Tradition: Diwali
James Russell Lowell Elementary School
Email: kelly.mccollum@waterrtown.k12.ma.us
Website: http://lowell.watertown.k12.ma.us
Location: 175 Main Street, Waltham, MA, USA
Phone: 781.899.3701
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JRLowellElementary
Twitter: @jrlowell_ma