{"id":6308,"date":"2017-03-31T20:00:55","date_gmt":"2017-04-01T00:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/?p=6308"},"modified":"2017-03-31T16:44:27","modified_gmt":"2017-03-31T20:44:27","slug":"opening-doors-reading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/opening-doors-reading\/","title":{"rendered":"Opening doors to reading"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some people wear their love for reading on their sleeve. Newtown Elementary School students show their passion for reading on their classroom doors.<\/p>\n

Newtown Elementary School used the month of March to celebrate literacy. As part of the celebration, students were challenged to participate in a classroom door decorating contest. They were encouraged to decorate their classroom doors based on a book that they read in school or at home. More than half of the school\u2019s classrooms participated.<\/p>\n

In first place was Ellen Shackley\u2019s third-grade class. Their door was based on the \u201cWhat If You Had Animal Parts\u201d series. The students explored why certain features help animals to survive. Students then added those parts to avatars they had created for themselves and posted them on their door.<\/p>\n

\"Newtown<\/a><\/p>\n

Karen Holl\u2019s second-grade class was runner-up with a reflection from a Skype visit with Laura Murray, author of \u201cThe Gingerbread Man Loose in School.\u201d The students created book covers for their own \u201cGingerbread Man\/Girl Loose in the School\u201d stories and wrote a synopsis of what their stories would be about. The door was decorated to resemble a blog with their ideas.<\/p>\n

\"Newtown<\/a><\/p>\n

Students in Jennifer Blais\u2019 second-grade class grabbed third place honors with their interpretation of \u201cWodney Wat\u2019s Wobot\u201d by Helen Lester. After reading the story, students wrote letters to the book\u2019s characters or the author. They then turned their letters into the body of their robot, or \u201cwobot\u201d as Wodney would say as he had problems saying his R\u2019s. The door hosted the robots.<\/p>\n

\"Newtown<\/a><\/p>\n

In addition to the door contest, the school hosted a variety of other activities throughout the month. According to Crystal Felton, school reading specialist, some of the ideas were downright novel.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe students dressed like a character from a book. We had a hallway reading marathon where they read in the hallways of the school and then summed up their story to a partner. They wore words on Wednesdays. Our students love to celebrate reading.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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