Moffat County 4th and 5th graders get Passports to Reading
Moffat County 4th and 5th graders get Passports to Reading
Librarian Bonnie Thompson, of Sunset Elementary School, hangs a sign and sets up a display in anticipation of the Passport to Reading program. The program, for fourth and fifth graders, aims to encourage students to read books from different genres, and not just ones they are comfortable with. Upon reading books, students receive stamps in their "passports."
September 6, 2012
- Moffat County fourth and fifth graders are going places.
Their passports are covered in stamps, but not stamps from countries, rather stamps that represent books they have read.
Through the new Passport to Reading program, developed by librarian James Neton, of Moffat County High School, students in those grades across the district are being encouraged to read books of all different genres. For their efforts, students will receive a stamp in "passports" they are given as part of the program.
The passports have pages for different genres. With 33 genres in all, students must receive stamps on 20 of the 33 pages during the course of the school year to be eligible for an end of the year party/barbecue at Loudy Simpson Park.
Neton said he had principals asking him for ideas on how to get teachers and librarians to interact over curriculum. The program is his answer, which he hops encourages cooperation and communication between the peer groups.
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