Reading Night Stimulates at Jefferson School

Jefferson Primary School’s recent Reading Night proved to be a very effective vehicle to jump start students as they go about cracking open books and embarking on a reading frenzy.

Jefferson Reading Night as a collaboration involving the school’s PTA unit, faculty and staff members. “Families were invited to join us in our classrooms for a range of engaging literacy activities,” Principal Valerie Capitulo-Saide said.

The activities included:

• Finger Monster: Participants were encouraged to either point to words or scoop them up while engaging with text.

• Monster Puppets: Activities included a “Slap-a-Word” game or discussions through Monster Book Talk sessions.

• Feed the Monster: Children had the opportunity to feed letters, trick words and vocabulary words to a monster, fostering interactive learning experiences.

• Monster Writing: Students utilized a graphic organizer featuring adjectives as a foundation for their writing projects.

• Monster Journal: Participants were encouraged to document their thoughts and experiences related to reading in their journals.

Additional activities included readings of monster-themed books, a Scholastic Book Fair and a bake sale organized by the Jefferson Leadership Team to support the Helping Hand Rescue Mission in Huntington.

The event attracted a crowd of about 250, “highlighting the strong community support for literacy initiatives at Jefferson Primary School,” Ms. Capitulo-Saide said.