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Middle School Literacy Night Activities

The document announces the activities for a Literacy Night event at Creative Minds International Public Charter School on March 5th from 5:30-7:00 pm. There will be over 30 activities for students of all grades, including read-alouds from authors, book swaps, writing prompts, word games, movement activities, and opportunities for families to learn about literacy resources.

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Middle School Literacy Night Activities

The document announces the activities for a Literacy Night event at Creative Minds International Public Charter School on March 5th from 5:30-7:00 pm. There will be over 30 activities for students of all grades, including read-alouds from authors, book swaps, writing prompts, word games, movement activities, and opportunities for families to learn about literacy resources.

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  • Reading Activities
  • Writing & Story Activities
  • Visual Art Activities
  • Games & Fun
  • Conversations & Collaborations
  • Learning Resources

 

Literacy Night 
Activities 
March 5, 2020​ ​•​ ​5:30 p.m.–7:00 p.m. 
Creative Minds International Public Charter School 

Reading ​&​ Books  


Book Restaurant  Choose a book from the menu and hear 
Middle School  about it from middle school students. 

Book Swap  Starting February 24, donate used books 


All Grades  you’re no longer reading; find a donation 
box in the lobby. On Literacy Night, 
students can choose books to take home 
with them—for free! 

Decoding   Use the critter strategies to figure out how 


to read words you don’t know.  
Strategies 
Lower School 

Instagram Book  “Like” and comment on book posts on our 


reproduction of an Instagram feed. 
Surveys 
All Grades 

 
 
 
Read-Aloud:  Listen to author Nina Halper read aloud 
one of the books she’s written and ask her
English  questions about being an author. 
Lower School 
5:30 p.m.–6:00 p.m.  

Read-Aloud:  Listen to author Miguel Coppedge read 


aloud one of the books he’s written and 
English  ask him questions about being an author. 
Middle School 
6:00 p.m.–6:30 p.m. 

Read-Aloud:  Listen to your teachers read books aloud 


in Spanish! 
Spanish 
6:30 p.m.–7:00 p.m. 
Lower School 

Reader’s Theater  Students choose a part to read aloud for a 


All Grades  short performance. 

Rhyme Zone  What rhymes with ​book​? Come find out! 


Lower School 

Writing ​&​ Stories 


Inference Trash  What can you tell about a person from 
All Grades  looking through their trash? Take a look 
and make an inference! 

 
 
 
Picture-Prompt  Interesting pictures create interesting 
stories! Write a story one line at a time 
Writing  and build off others’ ideas! 
All Grades 

Story Endings  Write your own ending to some of your 


All Grades  favorite stories and some new ones. 

Tracing   What’s the grass line? What’s the plane 


line? Practice forming your letters! 
Activities 
Lower School 

Word Work  Learn how we practice our words in the 


Lower School  classroom, using fun things like play 
dough and letter tiles. 

Visual Art: Drawing ​&​ Painting 


Imagery  Authors use descriptive language to help 
All Grades  us see the picture in our head. Try to draw 
what you see in your head after reading 
part of a text! 

Painted Essay  Paint an essay to learn about its 


All Grades  structure. 

Poetry Writing  Write and illustrate a poem to take home 


All Grades  or hang in the school. 

 
 
 

Games (​&​ Fun) 


Boggle  Play this word game in which you score 
All Grades  points by finding words that appear in a 
scrambled mess of letters. 

Crosswords  Use clues to fill in the missing letters of 


All Grades  words that are all connected. 

Quiddler  Play this word game in which you spell 


All Grades  words with cards! It’s just like rummy, only
with letters. 

Scrabble  Play this word game in which you score 


All Grades  points by building words with letter tiles. 

Movement 
Jumping Word  Figure out how to get through the maze 
by jumping to each related word! 
Maze 
All Grades 

Word Hunt  Find the words posted all around the 


Lower School  school. Bring them back to the Main Hall 
and sort them into their correct category. 

 
 
 

Conversations ​&​ Collaborations 


Our School   Share your thoughts: What types of books 
do we have in our school library? What 
Library  books would you like to see in our future 
All Grades  library? 

Thought Webs  We can get the best ideas by working with 


All Grades  others. Build on others’ ideas by adding 
on to a thought web! 

Would You  Would you rather swim in a pool full of 


chocolate or a pool full of juice? Let’s talk 
Rather?  about it! 
All Grades 

Family Resources ​&​ Information 


Book Lists  What books should you buy? Learn about 
All Grades  award-winning books, books by black and 
women authors, sports books, and more! 

DC Public   Join a representative from DCPL to learn 


about libraries and summer reading. 
Library 
All Grades 

Extra Help  Gather information on reading and 


All Grades  tutoring programs around DC. 

 
 
 
Fundations  Learn about our phonics curriculum and 
Lower School  explore the materials. 

March Book  See our brackets for March Book 


Madness and check out the books we’ll 
Madness  be reading. 
All Grades 

Online Learning  Get information about websites you can 


All Grades  use at home with your children to build 
their literacy skills. 

Reading with   Watch videos of teachers reading with 


children to get ideas for helping your own 
Your Child  children while reading with them. 
Lower School 

What Good   Practice the reading strategies your child 


is learning in class. 
Readers Do 
All Grades 

Writing across   Discover how students’ answers to a 


writing prompt change as they grow to 
the Grades  see what writing should look like at every 
All Grades  grade level. 

    Literacy Night  Activities  March 5, 2020​ ​•​ ​5:30 p.m.–7:00 p.m.  Creative Minds International Public Charter School 
    Read-Aloud:  English  Lower School  Listen to author Nina Halper read aloud  one of the books she’s written and ask her q
    Picture-Prompt  Writing  All Grades  Interesting pictures create interesting  stories! Write a story one line at a time 
    Games (​&​ Fun)  Boggle  All Grades  Play this word game in which you score  points by finding words that appear in a  sc
    Conversations ​&​ Collaborations  Our School   Library  All Grades  Share your thoughts: What types of books  do we have
    Fundations  Lower School  Learn about our phonics curriculum and  explore the materials.  March Book  Madness  All Grades

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