One of the highlights of the month was the visit by Mr. Nick Lively, children’s book author and illustrator.  Mr. Nick answered our questions about writing and publishing books. This visit was a great opportunity for students to interact with a professional writer and learn about the creative process behind the books they love to read. The best part of this experience is listening to him read his books!

Another popular activity during Reading Month was the reading buddies program, where older students paired up with younger students to read together. This not only helped younger students to improve their reading skills, but also fostered a sense of community and friendship among students of different ages.

Parents were also invited to participate in Reading Month by acting as guest readers for their children’s classes. This provided a great opportunity for parents to engage with their children’s learning and to instill in them a love of reading from an early age.

The school also organized a pajama day, where students were encouraged to come to school dressed in their favorite pajamas and bring their favorite books to read. This fun and relaxed atmosphere allowed students to get comfortable and fully immerse themselves in their reading. Before the students read, we watched “The Gruffalo” movie to spark discussion amongst the students.

Finally, the school’s beautiful garden was transformed into a special reading space. Reading outdoors is a new experience for some of us. This outdoor space provided a perfect retreat for students to enjoy their books in a new setting.

Reading Month is not just a time-limited event, but rather a stepping stone towards building a lifelong love of reading.

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As part of March reading month, the early years building at Wells Bang Na created a fun and interactive book morning for our young learners. There were five activities for the kindergarten students to engage in.

Station One- A variety of Dr. Seuss books was available for our students to read and explore. The kids were able to listen to the teacher’s read the books aloud. They were also able to read the picture books independently.

Station Two- In the second station, the students made book marks using different implements. The kids were able to utilize their fine motor skills while stamping, sticking, and coloring their bookmarks. They were even able to take the bookmarks home to mark their favorite books.

Station Three- In station three, the students chose different stories to roleplay. Students were able to practice cutting and slicing fruits and vegetables, wear animal masks, or pretend they were the three little pigs. It was a great way for the children to use their motor skills to ignite their cognition and brain development and develop literacy through play.

Station Four- In the fourth station, the students learned about characters in stories while creating their own art. The kids were able to choose from a variety of coloring sheets and mediums to color. Some children chose crayons, others chose markers, colored pencils or watercolor paints to create their artwork.

Station Five- In the fifth station the kids read aloud together using the overhead projector and Epic. The kids loved to read new stories on the big screen!

Overall, the early years’ students had a great time engaging with books! This activity and reading month helped to instill a love for reading, literacy and books with our students! Wells loves reading month!

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Every year March is reading month at �ۿ۴�ý. At our Bang Na campus, on March 20^th, we invited our families and teachers to be “mystery readers”.  The mystery readers arrived at the classrooms in their disguise with their favorite books. They read aloud to the kids. Reading aloud is the single most important activity to promote reading development in early learners. It stimulates cognition, ignites curiosity and develops language skills. At Wells Bang Na, our teachers engage in read alouds daily. We highly encourage our parents to read aloud at home as well.

The idea behind mystery readers is to effectively engage our community of learners and instill a love of literacy.  Our parents were also very excited to dress up and read to the kids. Some students immediately guessed who their mystery reader was while others were not so sure. The kids loved the event and the parents were happy to spend quality time with their children at school. The activity continued to promote literacy in a fun and interactive way at our school. We love reading month!

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March is an exciting time at Wells Bang Na! Our first official event celebrating literacy was the whole school read. Our early learners and primary students are at different developmental stages. In order to accommodate this, we had two activities supporting reading.

Primary

Sustained silent reading, (SSR) is independent, quiet reading. A block of time is regularly devoted to recreational reading at Wells Bang Na. Our teachers incorporate this activity in their classrooms so our students learn independent reading.

As part of reading month, we had a whole school silent sustained reading activity to encourage reading. Our students wore their pajamas, brought their favorite books, and snuggled up in our gymnasium to read.

Early Years

The students in early years (K1-K3) enjoyed a read-aloud story time by their teachers. The students wore pajamas, brought their favorite books, snuggled up with their stuffed animals and listened to stories.

Our whole community had a wonderful time!

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This year we had many exciting events at �ۿ۴�ý including pajama day accompanied by our whole school read, book character dress up day, poem in your pocket, a poetry slam, guest readers in our classes, a school visit from Jose Ortega, the illustrator of “Leo’s Pet Bug”, reading buddies, and a reader’s theater by On Nut high school students and Wells Bang Na’s Parent Teacher Organization.

Pajama Day and Whole School Read

Our early years and primary students enjoyed our whole school read and pajama day. Our students snuggled up with their favorite blanket or stuffed animal in our primary gymnasium and read together.  The purpose of silent sustained reading is to promote reading by allowing children to read books they are interested in, increase vocabulary and comprehension, and improve writing skills.  Our primary students also engage in silent sustained reading in their classrooms.

Book Character Dress Up Day

For book character dress up day, our students came to school as a book character of their choice.  The kids loved parading around school dressed as their favorite characters and our teachers and staff had a great time as well. The goal of character book day is to promote reading.  Research suggests that children who read for pleasure are more likely to be successful students.  Wells encourages our young learners to read for enjoyment every day!

Poem in Your Pocket and Poetry Slam

Our students from kindergarten three to grade 3, we had a poetry writing session, shared our poems for our “poem in your pocket” activity and had a poetry slam.  Our students were able to get up in front of their friends and perform their poem. The kids did a wonderful job presenting their poems while building their presenting skills, stage presence and poise.  Poetry is a wonderful medium for our kids to write as it does not have prescribed rules and our young writers can be as creative.  Reading poetry is a great way for reluctant readers to build their confidence.

Visiting Illustrator

Mr. Jose Ortega, the illustrator of “Leo’s Pet Bug” came to talk about his book with our students on March 26th. He spoke about the importance of reviewing and revising characters when illustrating a book. He walked our children through the process of creating a storyboard and gave our students time to create their own.  He also signed the book that he wrote for our students!

Read Alouds

In our early years classrooms, our teachers welcomed parents as guest readers in various languages in order for our kids to understand that books can be written in any language, not just English or Thai. Grade 2 and K1 classes joined together once a week for the month for our reading buddies program.  The grade 2 kids read to the younger children which helps to build oral reading fluency and once again, confidence. The younger kids enjoyed listening to our primary students and realized how good they will become at reading if they practice daily.

Reader’s Theater

The culmination of our reading month was a reader’s theater put on by Wells On Nut high school students and Wells Bang Na Parent Teacher Organization (PTO).  Our high school students showcased three books and did a wonderful job reading on stage. Our PTO took a different approach and recorded their voices and acted out the play. Wells Bang Na had no idea of the acting skills that our parents and our high school students possess! The reader’s theaters were amazing and the perfect way to end our reading month!

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March is reading month at �ۿ۴�ý!  On March 16th, Bang Na campus students from kindergarten 2 up until grade 3 participated in our school’s “Relax and Read”.  Our “Relax and Read” was a time for our students and teachers to enjoy silent sustained reading.  All grade levels joined together in our gymnasium for this event.

Benefits of Silent Sustained Reading

Silent sustained reading (relax and read) is great for children because it enhances reading enjoyment and increases reading comprehension. It also strengthens fluency skills, improves writing, and builds vocabulary.  Independent reading allows children to explore which topics they are interested in. Silent reading also helps students gain independent working habits.

To add a level of fun and excitement for our students, our kindergarten and primary students dressed up in our pajamas for the day! Some grade levels built reading domes in order to create their own private reading area. The students were able to read quietly and privately within the group!

The goal of “March Reading Month” is to encourage literacy skills and instill a love of reading in our students. This activity was a great way to build a community who loves reading together!  The students and teachers had a wonderful time!  Stay tuned, reading month has many other exciting events coming up.

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