March is designated as “Reading Month” in schools all around Michigan. Our goal is to promote a love of reading and to help our students learn that one way to build knowledge is through reading. We want to encourage our students to make good habits by reading every day! Our theme for this year is “Under the Sea”.

Here are some fun things we have planned for the month:

Logs: Starting Saturday, March 1st, students will need to start keeping track of how many minutes they read on their logs. Students need to turn in their logs with a parent/guardian signature every Friday (the 7th, 14th, 21st, Monday the 31st).

Logs that are due on March 28th will be accepted on the 31st.

The school is divided into 3 teams: Starfish, Jellyfish, and Squid. All classrooms on the team with the most reading minutes will earn a prize! One Y5-2 and one 3-6 classroom with the most minutes will get to schedule a time before the end of the school year for a movie and popcorn party in the Media Center or their classroom. Also, students who read at least 300 minutes during our Reading Month will be receiving a free ticket to a USPBL baseball game at Jimmy John’s Field in Utica!

Teams:

Starfish: Makowski, Kowalkowski, Sally, Boskovich, Lasater, Armstrong, Smith

Jellyfish: Amigliore, Dixon, Browe, Gutow, Monette, Edmunds, Jenks, Mackezyk

Squid: Sarah, Gallagher, Hawkins, Filie, Herrera, Budnick, Gutc

Spirit days: We have a whole month of fun spirit days to get students excited about reading! Please encourage your students to participate!

Reading Month Calendar

Parent USPBL Letter