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The Literacy Committee is pleased to announce an exciting home-school reading program, called //One School, One Book//. The program has been modeled on All City Reads, and many schools across the United States have participated. The program encourages reading together at home by providing the school community with a shared experience. A chapter book is chosen, every child in the elementary school receives a copy, and every family reads that book at home over the course of a single month. Activities at school promote and enrich the shared reading experience. After extensive research and collaboration with the teachers and principal of Salem, the book that has been chosen for our school is //The Cricket in Times Square//, by George Selden. T his Newbery Honor Book tells the story of Chester, a cricket from Connecticut, and his friendship with a little boy named Mario, a mouse named Tucker, and a cat named Harry in New York's Times Square. Our One School, One Book program was kicked off yesterday at Salem! The cafeteria and student entrance were decorated to look like the Times Square subway station, which is the setting of //The Cricket in Times Square//! Students were given a sneak peek of the book when they viewed an iMovie book trailer of //The Cricket in Times Square//, made by one of Salem’s former students! Today, a “famous” member of the Port Washington community read the first chapter of the book in your child’s class. Ask your child who their special reader was! The culminating project for One School, One Book will be our Parent-Child Book Club on Thursday, February 6, at 7:00pm. We are excited to bring this shared reading experience to Salem! If you have any questions, please contact Wendy Milcetic, wendy.milcetic@gmail.com, or Nicole Asselta, nagovino@aol.com. Sincerely, The Friends of Literacy Committee
 * The Salem HSA has been most generous and has purchased one copy of this book for every child in our school. Your child received his/her copy today. This book is yours to keep and enjoy. **
 * We ask you to continue reading the book, with a goal of one chapter each weeknight ** . Every Monday, children will bring in their answers to a trivia question based on the previous week’s chapters. We will also have a fun activity that children will complete and bring into school each Monday of January. The attached pages list the reading schedule and activities, and trivia questions.

This website is created and run Mrs. Koukoulas on behalf of the Literacy Committee. If you have any questions please contact me: jkoukoulas@portnet.k12.ny.us