Tuesday, February 16, 2016

EHMS Literacy Week, Feb. 22-25



EHMS Literacy Week

Sponsored by EHMS Jr. Tome Society Book Club

February 22 – 26, 2016

ALL WEEK LONG – Vote for your favorite Tome It Lists Books at http://www.tomesociety.org/vote




Win all week!  Bring the scavenger hunt and proof of your activity each day to the Library Learning Commons and the first 100 students will WIN each day. PLUS, every student who participates each day will be entered in a drawing for a $50 Amazon Gift Card.  You can be entered up to 5 times, once for each activity completed Monday – Friday.


See the GREEN SHEET you got from your ELA teacher to ENTER each day and win prizes!!




Monday - Information Literacy
Research the 1956 Presidential Election (see green sheet for details) 
 

Tuesday - Visual Literacy
Create an InfoPic. Use a free phone app like Typorama or free website like picmonkey.com to create a picture with text.  Your picture should represent one cool thing you learned at school today.  Post the picture to Instagram and tag @ehmiddlelc #tlw16 #ehmsliteracyweek OR submit a link to your picture at tinyurl.com/ehmsLit

Wednesday - Print Literacy
Create a “Book Print”.  Use Word or Google Docs to create a one-page flyer with pictures of the covers of your five most favorite books you have read. Print your flyer OR submit a link to your flyer at tinyurl.com/ehmsLit

Thursday - Creative Literacy
Make It. Make something new and unique out of random materials.  Your creation is as limitless as your creativity -- It could be a bookmark or origami, something useful or a piece of art. Come by the library learning commons and show off your creation.  (Also, we will have a makerspace with supplies in the library if you want to come and create in the library). We will take a picture of your creation in the library and post to our Instagram @ehmiddlelc

Friday - Student Holiday - What I am Reading Now!

I Am Reading Now! Read a book at home and enjoy! (Need book suggestions? Try one from the Jr. Tome It List at http://www.tomesociety.org/books). Let us know the read your book by taking a picture of your book and tagging @ehmiddlelc on Instagram with the hashtag #ehmsliteracyweek #tlw16 OR submit a link to your book picture at tinyurl.com/ehmsLit