Celebrating the right to read
Lincoln students have fun with special week
Kindergarten students look for clues to find a hidden treasure. Photo by EMILY CANNING-DEAN
WADSWORTH – There was a flurry of excitement in Autumn Reeves’ kindergarten class at Lincoln Elementary School the afternoon of March 17.
The lights in the classroom were turned down low and the kindergarteners were triumphantly showing off “gold” coins they had found after a leprechaun had reportedly left them hidden throughout the school.
“He left us clues,” one little girl said. “Come see the footprint he left.”
“It’s all part of Right to Read Week,” Reeves said. “We had a treasure hunt and we had to figure out each clue.”
“The kids got to read a story about St. Patrick’s Day and the shamrock and this tied right in to the holiday and Right to Read Week,” Lincoln Principal Steve Brady said. “All of the classrooms here have been doing different activities all week. It has been very exciting.”
Brady said Right to Read Week, which has been observed in the Wadsworth School District for many years, is meant to establish a lifelong love of reading.
“Last night we had our open house and an ice cream social,” he said. “We also had a book fair where students could go in and pick out a book.”
Brady said Lincoln worked to change up the curriculum during Right to Read week with fourth-grade teachers reading to kindergarteners and kindergarten teachers reading to students in the higher grades.
“We also did some book buddies where kindergarteners got together with fourth graders to read and second and third graders read together,” he said. “I think it is all beneficial and I hope they do have a love of reading.”
Students and teachers decorated their respective classroom doors to honor featured authors. Kindergarteners focused on Dr. Seuss while fourth graders learned more about Shel Silverstein.
“On Thursday we actually had an author come in and speak to the kids about how he comes up with ideas for writing poems,” Brady said. “The kids were very excited about that.”
Brady added that the whole week was a lot of fun for everyone in the school.
“We even enjoy it as a staff,” he said.
The lights in the classroom were turned down low and the kindergarteners were triumphantly showing off “gold” coins they had found after a leprechaun had reportedly left them hidden throughout the school.
“He left us clues,” one little girl said. “Come see the footprint he left.”
“It’s all part of Right to Read Week,” Reeves said. “We had a treasure hunt and we had to figure out each clue.”
“The kids got to read a story about St. Patrick’s Day and the shamrock and this tied right in to the holiday and Right to Read Week,” Lincoln Principal Steve Brady said. “All of the classrooms here have been doing different activities all week. It has been very exciting.”
Brady said Right to Read Week, which has been observed in the Wadsworth School District for many years, is meant to establish a lifelong love of reading.
“Last night we had our open house and an ice cream social,” he said. “We also had a book fair where students could go in and pick out a book.”
Brady said Lincoln worked to change up the curriculum during Right to Read week with fourth-grade teachers reading to kindergarteners and kindergarten teachers reading to students in the higher grades.
“We also did some book buddies where kindergarteners got together with fourth graders to read and second and third graders read together,” he said. “I think it is all beneficial and I hope they do have a love of reading.”
Students and teachers decorated their respective classroom doors to honor featured authors. Kindergarteners focused on Dr. Seuss while fourth graders learned more about Shel Silverstein.
“On Thursday we actually had an author come in and speak to the kids about how he comes up with ideas for writing poems,” Brady said. “The kids were very excited about that.”
Brady added that the whole week was a lot of fun for everyone in the school.
“We even enjoy it as a staff,” he said.