Party in my office!

I'm having a little party in my office today while eating my favorite school lunch (chicken nuggets and fake mashed potatoes!).

Okay, back to the party...

Today is World Read Aloud Day and it also happens to be Wednesday, the day all of the students and teachers in our school read silently for enjoyment for 20 minutes. Earlier this week, I invited teachers to take a few minutes today to celebrate World Read Aloud Day. Let me repeat-INVITED, not required, not demanded, not requested. 

Here's what happened:

• a choir teacher had his students each read aloud one line from their own books
• a science teacher asked students to read one paragraph from their own books
• a health/P.E. teacher read a picture book aloud to her class
• a guidance counselor viewed a video of someone reading Oh, the Places You'll Go!
• striving junior high readers Skyped with elementary students down the block and read Shel Silverstein poems to them (one young man even got a surprise Skype visit from his little sister!)

I work with awesome people.