The Enchanted Forest Read-a-thon

The Enchanted Forest Read-a-thon

Learning Objective

At the end of the lesson, you will understand the objectives of the Enchanted Forest Read-a-thon and know how to participate.

Introduce the learning objective and explain how students can participate in the read-a-thon.

What do you already know about the Enchanted Forest Read-a-thon?

The Enchanted Forest Theme

The read-a-thon has an Enchanted Forest theme. This means that there will be magical characters hidden around the school for you to find!

Explain the theme of the read-a-thon and how students can participate by looking for hidden characters.

Daily Reading

Every student is encouraged to read daily and get sponsors to raise money for the school. The more you read, the more money you can raise!

Emphasize the importance of daily reading and explain how students can raise money for the school.

Finding Characters

Around the school, there will be daily new characters that will appear for children to find. They may be hidden on trees, or on walls, etc.

Explain how students can find the hidden characters and encourage them to participate in the scavenger hunt.

Librella the Reading Fairy

Librella the reading fairy will make magical appearances throughout the read-a-thon. Keep an eye out for her!

Introduce Librella the reading fairy and encourage students to keep an eye out for her.

Raising Money

To raise money for the school, students can ask family and friends to sponsor their reading. The more sponsors you get, the more money you can raise!

Explain how students can raise money for the school and encourage them to ask for sponsors.

Reading Tracker

Keep track of your daily reading on the reading tracker sheet. This will help you keep track of how much you've read and how much money you've raised.

Provide students with a reading tracker sheet and explain how to use it.

Conclusion

Now that you know all about the Enchanted Forest Read-a-thon, it's time to participate! Remember to read daily, find the hidden characters, and raise money for the school.

Review the main points of the lesson and encourage students to participate in the read-a-thon.

Write down 3 things you learned in this lesson.

Have students enter three things they learned in this lesson. With this they can indicate their own learning efficiency of this lesson.

Write down 2 things you want to know more about.

Here, students enter two things they would like to know more about. This not only increases involvement, but also gives them more ownership.

Ask 1 question about something you haven't quite understood yet.

The students indicate here (in question form) with which part of the material they still have difficulty. For the teacher, this not only provides insight into the extent to which the students understand/master the material, but also a good starting point for the next lesson.