Children’s Book Week
-Our annual Scholastic BOGO Book Fair
-Family Night at the BOGO Book Fair (Please bring a
nonperishable food item to donate to the East Texas Food Bank.) You can enter a raffle to win a basket full
of books!
-An “Unusual Reading
-A Book Float Parade
Scholastic BOGO Book Fair and Family Night:
Each class will have an opportunity to visit the book fair once as a class
during the week of May 12th-16th. On Friday, May 16th, students will
have an opportunity to visit the book fair individually. The book fair hours will be from 9:00-2:00 Monday-Thursday. On Friday, the hours will be from 8:30-12:00 . Parents
will not be permitted to shop at the Book Fair during school hours. We
will have a Family Night on Thursday, May 15th from 4:30-6:30 .
Please bring a nonperishable food item to donate to the East Texas Food
Bank during Family Night. When you
donate a nonperishable food item to the East Texas Food Bank in Tyler ,
your name will be entered into a drawing to win a basket full of books!
-An “Unusual Reading Spot” Contest: The Gilmer Elementary
School library will have an “Unusual Reading Spot” contest. Help your child find an unusual spot to read
a great book. Students might be found
reading on a tractor, in a dugout, in a tent, or any place imaginable! Each
photo should show students visible reading a book. (See examples below.) The winners will have their photos enlarged
to 8”x10” photos which will be displayed in our G.E.S. library. Prizes will be given to winners!
Who: Any student attending Gilmer
Elementary School
When: Pictures can be submitted from May 5th-May
13th. Voting will be held
on May 16th.
How: Participating students must submit a 4x6 photo print of
their contest entry between May 5th-May 13th. Students must bring these submissions to Mrs.
Reneau in the library. Please complete a participation form in the
library and attach to your contest entry picture. (Form is attached.)
G.E.S. Unusual Reading
Student name ______________________________________________
Grade _______________ Teacher _____________________________
Parent Name ______________________________________________
Parent Phone Number _______________________________________
Parent Signature ____________________________________________
Title of Photo Entry: __________________________________________________________
How did you think of the idea for your photo entry?
Buckeye Book Float Parade: Students will read a book of their choice and
create a “book float.” This “book float” will be created using a shoe box and
various other materials. (Be
creative!) Students will decorate the
shoe box to go with the book and it will be a float in our school book parade held
on Thursday, May 15th at 8:30 . Only students and faculty will attend the
parade. Prizes will be given to the “Most Creative” floats in each grade!
Directions for
Creating a Book Float:
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Choose a book of your choice to read.
Gather a shoe box and materials that represent that book to use on
your float. |
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Decide what color(s) you want
your float to be.
Cover the outside of the shoe box with colored
paper, foil, gift wrap, Sunday comics, brown grocery bag paper -- or paint
the box. Do not cover the inside of the box (it will not be visible). Cover
the entire lid. |
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Turn the shoebox upside-down.
This will be the base of your float. Attach the lid of the shoebox to the end
of the upside-down box (this will form a backdrop for your float). Glue,
staple or tape the lid in place.
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Decorate your float! Arrange the
items on your float. Glue them in place.
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Use markers or paint to write
the title of your chosen book and the author’s name on the side of the float.
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Book Float directions
retrieved from enchantedlearning.com.
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