Tucker Valley students recently finished up the month of March reading over 74,169 minutes. Why is this goal so significant?
Today, the average student reads only seven minutes per day outside of instructional time. The results of these seven minutes tend to land students in the bottom percentile of the national average. Here at Tucker Valley, we are striving each year to add fun and exciting motivational activities to get our students to want to read. Our solution is to spend more time practicing reading! An hour of additional reading practice every day will produce a dramatic increase in our school’s reading growth!
During our March madness month students were encouraged to read at least 20 minutes a night and then record their results on a goal sheet. They could then bring their completed sheet to school every Friday and be entered into a drawing for one of 12 prize baskets containing books and fun surprises. Then each class’s entries were tallied up as a class and school wide to determine the highest class and the school wide goal. The school exceeded last year’s and this year’s goal by more than 34,169 minutes! The class reading the most minutes was awarded a popcorn party. This was won by Mrs. Stout’s Second Grade. We also had a number of weekly winners including:
Week 1 include: Maddy Helmick , Jaden Moore, Cheyenne Gooden
Week 2 include: Daleray Ross, Ariona Plumley, Saria Pennington
Week 3 include: Sydney Lambert, Hazel Godman, Olivia Keeler
Week 4 include: Mikaila Lawrence, Abbie Warner, Anna Louk
The whole school was decorated with animations on the walls, floors, and hallways! Students also enjoyed numerous Dr. Seuss activities such as: movies, books for bingo, a visit from the Cat in the Hat and Thing One, a coloring contest, reading café’, art projects, and a meal of Green Eggs and Ham. The school project was spear headed by the Title 1 staff of Kellie Crosten, Tracy Harlan, and Kim McCrum, but was joined in with the help from numerous individuals including: Sandie Shaffer; librarian, Olivia Snyder; art teacher, Carol Pennington; educational aide, parent volunteers, cafeteria staff, and school counselor; Ronda Adkins.
