October 5th-9th, 2009 Students in grades K-6 were introduced to the “Read League” characters with a short animated video. These are the characters created to promote our reading incentive program sponsored by Pizza Hut called BOOK IT! Students in grades 1-7 also filled out a Reading Interest Profile to give me some background information concerning their interest in reading. 1st Grade A and B Students completed the activity “Keys to Reading Success” in which they had to identify good and bad book behaviors. They also checked out books. Grade 2 Students completed the worksheet "Wait a Second!" to practice putting words in alphabetical order and to help understand that fiction books are put on the bookshelves in alphabetical order by the author’s last name. Students also checked out books and were given the opportunity to take Accelerated Reading tests using the library computers. Grades 3-7 While taking turns checking out books, students completed the “Reading Interest Profile” and worked on any activities that were not completed and we had not checked. Students were also given the opportunity to take Accelerated Reading tests using the library computers. PreK and Kindergarten We talked about their trip to the library and their visitors to school this week. I showed them pictures of different kinds of police that they might not see often: Bicycle Patrol Officers, Motorcycle Police and Mounted Police, and officers who use police dogs. We read the story “Clifford, the Firehouse Dog” by Norman Bridwell. Kindergarten students also viewed the online book “The Fire Station” by Robert Munsch.