[CASL-L] creating a literacy committee

[Leslie Poulos]

We have had a literacy committee for a long time (13 years?) at Silas Deane MS but last year we did not meet. Hoping to get started again next month.

Agenda to start-We look at prior events, decide what to keep or change, and plan at least one activity a month for the year. We have invited and looped in our public teen librarian and have at times had a few students join us and help plan. We have had health, science, social studies, art, and ELA teachers on the committee in the past.

Some of the activities we’ve done are: fall into a good book (apples, cider, drop everything and read) cafe, literary pumpkin painting, hot cocoa cafe (virtual fireplace, hot chocolate), recycled book art, author visits, book discussions, love a book cafe (valentine themed), march madness brackets, read across america events, nutmeg battle of books, digital escape rooms and more. Most are done after school.


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> On Sep 20, 2021, at 12:34 PM, Margarida Alves <malves at npsct.org> wrote:
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> We have a Literacy Committee at my school and our focus is to really try to plan some sort of literacy activity for each month, so for our first meeting, we are using it to brainstorm the different activities for each month.  We are at the elementary level, but some of the activities include an author visit, a writing contest, one book one school, etc.  Hope this helps.
> 
>> On Mon, Sep 20, 2021 at 9:14 AM Musket, Kimberly <kmusket at wallingfordschools.org> wrote:
>> Good morning-
>> I'm in the process of forming a school literacy committee for a middle school. As of right now, there are 11 of us (very exciting)! Our first meeting is this Wednesday. I'm trying to create an agenda for the first day. 
>> 
>> I'm wondering if anyone else has an existing literacy committee and is willing to share how you got started. 
>> 
>> I was thinking I could add the events I usually run during the school year but would also like to allow for some brainstorming about how we can promote reading in our building. 
>> 
>> Does anyone have any suggestions or can you point me to some good resources for this? 
>> 
>> Thank you!
>> Kim
>>  
>> Kim Musket
>> School Librarian
>> James H. Moran, Sr. Middle School
>> 
>> Currently reading:
>> The Shattered Castle by Jennifer A. Nielsen 
>> It's Trevor Noah: Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah (Young Readers' Edition)
>> 
>> Current listening to:
>> The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise by Dan Gemeinhart
>> 
>> Recently finished:
>> Good Enough by Jen Petro-Roy
>> Cleo Porter and the Body Electric by Jake Burt
>> The First Rule of Punk by Celia C. Perez
>> Sanity and Tallulah by Molly Brooks
>> Tell Me Who You Are: Sharing Our Stories of Race, Culture, & Identity by Winona Guo, Priya Vulchi
>> Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah
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