Last spring I gave the K-5th grade students a reading challenge for the summer. It was similar to what public libraries do in the states, with the students keeping track of the time they had read for, etc. I also gave the older students (2nd-5th) an extra challenge of reading 8 different genres. I think I had about 30 students complete the reading challenge and 8 completed the genre challenge.
To celebrate we had an after school Ice Cream Party in the library. The students that completed the extra genre challenge got bag of different little gifts as well.
I asked a mom to come and be our guest reader for the party and she came up with a theme- Rainy Day. We don't have fall, but we are in the rainy season! I had fun coming up with different ideas to go along with the book theme!
The kids loved their mini umbrellas and actually didn't totally overdo it with the toppings:)
This student said her ice cream was like the parting of the Red Sea (strawberry sauce on either side)!
Serving the ice cream in my rain poncho...boy did it get hot!
What to put on the ice cream? Too many choices!
Reading The Umbrella by Jan Brett
Making umbrellas
Our finished bulletin board! The umbrellas all have raindrops hanging from them with the students' favorite books/authors/series written on them.
Some students were already talking about next year as they left!
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You're so creative! What fun for the kids!!
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