Learning becomes a game for one night
By Mary Ellen Day, Special Writer
Weston School held its first Loving Literacy Night on Thursday, Nov. 13, to give about 120 students and their families a chance to learn more while having fun.
Teacher Laura Landau organized the free event a night of fun language arts activities for all grades.
"Weston staff knows how important it is to have students engaged in language arts activities and learning to love literacy," she said. "We are thrilled to be able to share our love of learning with all the Weston families. I want to personally thank all of the ABIS students who came to help and the Manville teachers who volunteered their time to make this special night successful."
Students in each grade received a card with 18 activities for their level. They were to complete 9 of the activities and if they did students received a free language arts word study homework pass. If they brought a can of food for the needy that night, they received an extra stamp toward gaining a free language arts word study homework pass.
The Kindergarten Activity Card included activities of Tell a story; Rhyming Jars; Alphabet Letter sort/create words and a Listening Station and more. Some of the first Grade Activity Card activities included Letter Hang; Retell Rope; Rhyming Hoops; and Alphabet Memory Letter Sound Bingo. For the second graders some of their activities included Contraction Memory; Hangman; Vocabulary Stretch a Sentence; Appy IPads and Bottle Cap Vowels. Third graders were able to play Scrabble Spelling; Let’s Make Sentences; Verb Race and Prefix & Suffix Checkers as well as other activities.
Principal Nicholas Diaz was pleased with the event.
"I am so proud of the hard work and effort our teachers have put into making our first Loving Literacy Night a great success," he said. "Whenever we are able to strengthen the bridge between school and home we view that as a great success. Our goal tonight was to continue to build upon our students’ academic foundation that will lead to a lifetime love of literacy. Mission accomplished."