Welcome to Jessie Clark Middle School’s second annual Family Literacy Night

where we are LEARNING THE VALUE OF LITERACY !

We are so excited to have students and families join us this evening for fun and educational activities

related to a variety of literacy skills. We hope you learn and grow in your understanding and

appreciation for literacy across content areas. Please review the information below to get the most

out of this event and THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

Brochure and Envelope

These items will be used throughout the evening as you visit each booth or classroom. The brochure

will give you information about the teacher and community activities. After participating in each

activity, you will earn Literacy Loot that can be used for prizes, raffles, and school rewards.

Literacy Loot

Literacy Loot can be spent in the following ways:

Spend it! Go to the Literacy Bank to buy small prizes like candies, pens/pencils/markers,

notepads, stickers, and community coupons.

Take a chance! Fill out the information on the back of the Literacy Loot ticket and drop it

in a raffle bag for a teacher’s favorite book or for the larger prizes displayed in the front

hall.

Save it! Collect five tickets to redeem in class for school rewards like extra credit, homework and hall passes, dress down days, and free athletic admission (see disclaimer

on the back of each Literacy Loot ticket).

Food

Each member of your family will receive a meal – hot dog, chips, carrots, and a drink – for attending

this event. Please have your hand stamped, gather your food, and eat at the tables provided near

the gym when you are ready to eat. No foods or drinks should be taken out of that area.

We greatly appreciate the donations from school and community sponsors for

helping make our Family Literacy Night a success!

Books as Bridges

Books as Bridges will be included in Literacy

Night by representing our partner countries

to help culturally educate students, while

encouraging them to read. Participating in

the JCMS Literacy Night also brings

awareness of the International Book Project

and our cause and gives us a chance to give

back to our local community.

Carnegie Center The Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning: Where Learning Lives

The Carnegie Center is a non-profit family learning center devoted to

helping all citizens improve their quality of life. Our open-door policy invites

people young and old to learn something new. We offer seasonal classes in

Writing, Computer Literacy, graphic design, and Language; tutoring for

students grades K-12; vibrant youth and family programs and exhibits,

readings, and other arts-related events designed to encourage among

Central Kentuckians an appreciation for all art forms and for learning in

general.

Many classes and events at the Carnegie Center are free, and wherever

low-cost registration fees are required, scholarships are available to help

those in need. The Carnegie Center has long been a haven for writers, and we

have built on that tradition to become a home to diverse groups of people

who love to read, to discuss, to explore, to play, to create, and to learn.

There’s something for everyone at the Carnegie Center, where learning lives.

Please stop by and visit the Carnegie Center booth! All visitors will be

encouraged to add a sentence or two to an unfolding short story written right

there at JCMS by JCMS students and parents. There will also be goodies and

more information available about fun summer classes and camps for middle

school students. Looking forward to seeing you there!

Love on a Leash

Read to a Therapy Animal

According to studies performed by researchers at Tufts University…

“Pets can be considered a source of support”

“Human-animal interaction can make the learning process more

comfortable and enjoyable for children”

Love On A Leash is a non-profit organization which dedicates itself to

reaching out to the community through therapy animals to brighten

someone’s day. For the most part, our therapy pets are dogs; however, occasionally we have certified cats and rabbits who have

shown that they like people and have the temperament to work with

them. Therapy pets and their owners visit nursing homes, hospitals,

and schools to provide emotional support. They put a smile on

someone’s face, make their day a little brighter, or bring back a cherished memory.

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Book Swap

Nothing to read for Summer Vacation?

Bring your gently used book and

swap it for a book that you haven't

read. All ages are welcome! It is

like getting a new book for free!

Bring one, take one!

Charge Your Brain

Compass Learning

Put an end to Brain Drain!

Summer brain drain is a real concern for teachers and parents.

Students who are not actively engaged in some form of academic

activity during summer can lose up to two months of knowledge. The

good news us that it can be prevented. (Gundlach, Marlene, 2011)

JCMS recognized the impact this can have and responded by

purchasing a research-based program. Compass Learning Odyssey®

enables us to meet the needs of our struggling students, as well as

accelerate the rate of learning for our advanced students.

Encourage your child to keep their brain charged this summer by

getting on Compass Learning Odyssey® and working within his or her

Language Arts or Math folders at least one hour each week.

Maps From Books Where Location is Everything!

Do you love maps? Moreover, do you love

maps from novels? Sometimes authors include

maps in their novels to help readers visualize

multiple story settings. Test your geography

skills and your knowledge about story

setting! See if you can guess the correct novel

titles by examining detailed maps from various

novels! Cities, countries, physical features are

all important details in stories!

Rhyming & Rapping

Rhyming,

it’s in poetry and music hooks,

as well as Dr. Seuss books … but not always as easy as it looks.

In the rap-rhyme room

words will zoom; as we lower the boom

and let our creativity bloom. Lyrics and verses will be dropping like rain;

for self-expression and to entertain!

Memory Game

with Parts of Speech

Come test out your knowledge of

the different parts of speech in this

fun, interactive game of Memory.

Think quickly and match the

correct cards, if you want to earn

yourself some Literacy Loot!

Content Alpha-Wall

Who is the master of content

vocabulary? Students and families

can display their knowledge of

literary terms on the JCMS Alpha

Wall.

Chocolate QR Codes

Come put your reading, smart device and QR

code reader skills to the test and find

out “Where in the world is all the chocolate?”

At this booth you will read to learn about the

growing, harvesting, and production of

chocolate.

Chocolate treats for ace readers!

Digital Literacy

The Digital Literacy sessions will provide parents and students with an overview of the online ILP (Individual

Learning Plan) that all middle and high school

students are required to update annually. Parents

and students will learn more about ILP features that

help students and their families make plans for future education and training and focus attention on

career exploration. Parents and students will be able

to explore ILP activities, career information, and ask

questions.

Kentucky Author Visit

Reading is a journey--into other times and places. Travel

through time and space to frontier days in the wilderness

that would later become the state of Kentucky with "Sarah's

Courage: A Kentucky Frontier Kidnapping" or peek into life in

Central Kentucky 150 years ago when war tore through our

nation--experience "Civil War Lexington, Kentucky: Bluegrass

Breeding Ground of Power." Join Karen Leet, author and

lover of books, in this wondrous journey.

Opportunities for book signings for students who pre-

ordered “Sarah’s Courage” and opportunities to support

future literacy events at JCMS by ordering “Sarah’s

Courage” and/or “Civil War Lexington, Kentucky.”

Never Ending Stories

Join us for a writing activity that

will challenge your creative side!

All you need to bring is yourself

and an ability to generate stories

that will intrigue, shock and terrify

your readers! We look forward to

seeing you there!

Project Displays

Come discover student creation first hand …

with the Ancient Greek Projects!

Some of this year’s seventh grade projects will

be on display in the following categories:

Greek Warships Art

Architecture Fashion Pottery

Mosaic’s and Fresco’s Trojan War

Poetry Supermarket

Let’s Shop for Poems!

Students will enjoy browsing or “shopping” through walls of different posted

poems while determining their own likes and dislikes about specific forms of

poetry and poets. Poetry Supermarket encourages students to identify poems

they “like” and “dislike” while responding to poetry in a meaningful way.

Students will:

1) choose at least one poem that they like and one poem that they dislike from

many poems posted around the classroom using the poetry shopping list.

2) take a copy of the chosen poems from the wall.

3) respond to the poems using the Poetry Supermarket Response Guide

located at tables.

Extension:

Write a poem using the provided guidelines for extra credit in your

Language Arts class!

Literacy Games

Literacy is FUN!!!!!! Come by this booth to try out some great board games and

IPAD apps that you can also play at home! You will find that

the family that plays literacy games together can increase

their child’s reading abilities.

Catch Phrase

Scrabble

Blurt

WordWarp Extreme

Little Riddles

Hangman

Word to Word

Red Herring

Word Jewels 2

What Phrase

Bluster

Bananagrams

Summer Reading

This booth will offer all grade level 2016

Kentucky Bluegrass Award lists for K-12, and

discuss what this award entails and how it

works. This booth will also discuss summer

reading for every grade level. Next to this

booth, Joseph Beth will have a mini KBA Book

Fair with books from the 6-12 grade lists at

10% off the cover price!

This booth is a must visit!

Joseph-Beth Booksellers

Joseph-Beth Booksellers invites you to join us

and write “flash fiction” with the help of Rory’s

Story Cubes. To be good writers you have to

first be good readers!

Learn how to register for JBB’s Adventure to

Summer Reading Program and what to expect

at this year’s exciting Camp Joseph-Beth.

Bounce-back Coupons will be given to each participant!

The Feather JCMS’s Literary Magazine

Student Booth

Come see what we have been working on

during our Lit Mag meetings each month! We

have published our first edition of writing and

artwork that we created ourselves! We’d love

to have more students join us in our meetings

and submit their work for future publications.

Lexington Public Library

Information available about events

and opportunities at your local

library!

Special Thanks to …

Bourbon & Toulouse

Champs

Gattitown

Half-Price Books

JCMS PTSA

Joseph-Beth Booksellers

Karen Leet

North Lime Coffee & Donuts

Orange Leaf

Palmer Tires

Peking Bistro

Sky Zone

The Cheezy Mac

Yogli Mogli