Meeting+Minutes+9-27-11

**September 27, 2011**
 * Literacy Activities Meeting**

Minutes submitted by: N. Dupont
 * Attendance**: 8:00-8:40 Kim N., Haley W., Sandy D., Janet G., Annie W., Anita F., Karen M., Nancy D., Sara M. (PTA Representative), Karen L. (8:10)
 * **Comments:** || **Action:** ||
 * Theme for the year needed. Suggestion: Reading is Fun

Ted Arnold on June 4th

Artist in Residence who is a cartoonist visits in March. ||  || Suggestion: Each book gets a star, stars are hung around the school. Each star represents a certain amount of minutes. || Ask PTA members to help with recording the information. ||
 * Introduction of our PTA Representative Sarah McQuade ||  ||
 * Hayley discussed the Monthly Student Spotlight Assemblies. Monthly Literacy Activities performances could take place at these assemblies. Performances or showcasing literacy connections at these assemblies should be optional. ||  ||
 * Karen Landsman shared a conversation she had with Ralene that we might want to rethink Literacy Night and consider moving the focus from the product to the process. Ideas were brainstormed. ||  ||
 * Exhibition night will be the last week in March or the first week of April ||  ||
 * Reading for the Record. A Jumpstart program. Karen M. Pledged our school to read the book Llama, Llama Red Pajama on October 6th for a world record. Teachers can read the book to their students and she will confirm the count. Certificates are available. ||  ||
 * Read for a Million. Our school can try to read for a million minutes, at home and school. This may be better to do in the spring when our 1st graders are reading.