TCMS+Reading+Committee+Wiki

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 * Linda Sue Park Visit: **

Thursday, October 20th 2011 Assembly Schedule, shared by Team Leaders, Debby Baker generous support: speaker fees, purchased 75 books Kids who have read putting names on shoes in cafeteria Videos on Morning Show? Fund Raiser Ideas: Buy a Drop of Water, Get to Dunk Mr. Thomas TCMS Long Walk to Water Water Drop Necklaces

Can each department submit digital10 articles? (1 per month)
 * Article of the Week: **
 * Proposed at Faculty Meetings, Followed up with Team Leaders
 * Departments who are “In”: Science, Social Studies….

Identify struggling/reluctant readers. Match appropriate texts. Through weekly RtI meeting with Sue Witter?
 * Supporting SSR: **

Magazine Reading, Gallagher’s Newsweek example For faculty use online papers, NYTimes, NPR, LATimes, Wallstreet Journal, teaching journals, Use Gallagher’s “canned” assignments from page 50. (See back)
 * Other Readicide Ideas: **

Posters promoting Reading, Kids and Faculty reading favorite items, posted around the school
 * PR for Reading **

Vocab cards into teachers hands, promote on Morning Show
 * Word of the Week **