“Team Reading Day” Students and staff wear their favorite sports shirts for the day. You begin Revved about Reading™ during announcements with the famous racing command of “Ladies and Gentleman, start your reading!” and practice team reading in the classrooms.

“Be an Author Day” Students write stories and take turns reading each others’ books.

“Cuddle Up and Read” Students and staff wear PJs and bring their favorite stuffed animal.

“Don’t Judge a Book by its Cover” Students learn a valuable lesson. They will realize although a book cover might look uninteresting, it’s the words inside that make the story come to life. Likewise, students and staff dress in mismatched clothes. The lesson learned is not what is on the outside that counts, but rather, what is on the inside.

“Favorite Book Character Day” Students and staff wear clothing related to their favorite story book characters—Little Red Riding Hood, Clifford, Junie B. Jones, Cinderella, and Harry Potter always make excellent choices.

“Community Reading Day” Invite the Mayor, Fire Chief, and other community leaders to read to the students.

“Mystery Reader Day” A teacher, principal, or parent comes to each classroom with a book to read. No one knows who it will be until they walk thru the door. Make this extra special by the mystery reader dressing up to go with the book or bringing a treat that goes along with the story. This doesn’t have to be a “real” person. See the photo on right where Stewie Griffin brought a book and visited a 4 th grade classroom. Students had fun “helping” him turn the pages.

“Reading is No Sweat Day” Have teachers and students wear sweat suits to school.

“Family Literacy Day” Set up reading stations and invite parents, grandparents, and caregivers to read to students for 20 minutes during the day.

“Snuggle Up for Reading Night” Open the gym so families can read together. You can make it for a set time period such as 4-8 pm, or make it an overnight campout with tents, sleeping bags, pajamas, and flashlights!

“Poster Contest” Invite students to make posters to advertise Revved about Reading™. A local bookstore or the Parent Committee might provide books as prizes for the winners and bookmarks for all participants. Hang the posters all over town to get community businesses involved in supporting the students.

“Open the Door to Reading” Decorate your classroom door as a book. At some point during the reading week conduct a “Book Walk” to view and discuss the other decorated doors. This also works well with classroom and hallway bulletin boards.

“Advertise, Advertise, Advertise” Have your teacher’s association run an ad on your city TV or cable calendar of events. Don’t forget to call the local radio and TV stations to see if they will do an interview with you. The more the community knows about what you’re doing, and how both the students and your school will benefit, the greater your participation will be!

“Take a Bite Out of a Good Book” Students are invited to bring a snack to school to enjoy while they listen to a “book talk”.

“Buddy Read” Students will buddy read at school with a friend.

After the week has concluded and the students and staff have enjoyed a week filled with reading excitement, it might be time to present a reward in addition to the great books they will receive.

Our favorite is an ice cream party for the classrooms that reaches their $300 goal. Don’t forget to include some Gumdrops!!

Favorite Book Character Day

Mystery Reader Day

Poster Contest

Open the Door to Reading

Open the Door to Reading

Buddy Read