1. Welcome to our Reading Fair Parent Academy Created by: Jennifer Andrus

2. History and Purpose
THEN: The purpose of the competition was to provide students in K-12 grades the opportunity to share their favorite fictional book through a project/storyboard display.
NOW: With the implementation of the MS College and Career Readiness Standards (MS CCRS)- a new emphasis to read complex texts, write texts using evidence, and participate in collegial discussions about texts.
MS CCRS places a value on reading both literary fiction and informational texts.

3. Connected to Standards
The MS Reading Fair is now aligned to the MS College Career Readiness Standards
1. allowing the option of completing a reading fair project with an informational text or a literary fiction or non-fiction text in order to provide a balanced approach to the reading of texts.
2. including informational texts in order to promote the shared responsibility of reading across content areas.
3. creating elements of the project/storyboard
that embody the skills and concepts embedded in the
standards.

4. MS Reading Fair Goal
To enhance and encourage reading at all grade levels and to allow students to collaborate with their peers.
We want students to experience a deeper enjoyment from reading and develop a life-long love of reading.

5. Levels of Competition School Reading Fair-October 8th
Only the first place winner of each division at the school level will advance to the district level.
District Reading Fair- January 13th, 2020

6. Categories & Divisions
Family project -is only for grades K -2nd
Student should have an active part in the project
Group project-classmates or students at the same school. (group projects have to be placed by the oldest student.)
Only 2 to 3 students in a group.
3rd-6th graders only

7. Categories & Divisions
Students in 2nd -6th grade can complete Literary Fiction (Division D-H)
Students in grades 2nd -6th grade have the opportunity to share their favorite non-fiction book. (Individual category-Divisions I-M)
2nd grade-6th grade-can complete a digital media project (max. 3 mins.)

8. The Wonderful Ms. Weaver
Helpful Hints

9. Helpful Hints
When choosing a book for the reading fair, make sure it is at your child’s reading level and grade level. Example: Kindergarten/First grade should not choose a Harry Potter book and upper grade students should not choose a Clifford book.
The book does not have to be an A.R. book.
Neatness is very important, so write in pencil and trace over in marker or pen.
Items on the project board may be handwritten or typed. Younger students may require assistance in writing, typing, spelling, cutting, etc. This is permissible; however, if a student of any age has extensive assistance, please enter the project in
the group/ family category.

10. Helpful Hints
The student must do most of the work. It should look like the student completed the project. A parent can help - just not do all of the work. Especially true for upper grades!
Projects should be colorful and interesting. Examples: Models, shadowboxes, illustrations, etc.)
A tri-fold board must be used for the project, following all guidelines.
Any art work, lettering, or accessories cannot be above or project further out front than the edge of the tri-fold board. (36” W x 14” D x 36” H of table space)

11. Be colorful, clean, and creative!
Dress it up!!
Glitter
Feathers
Pebbles
Tin foil
Plastic toy
Photos
Beads
Ribbons Fuzzy
Pencils
Markers
Crayons
Rulers
Colored paper
Stencils or
Printer
Be colorful, clean, and creative!

12. Helpful Hints
Projects must be able to withstand through both levels of competitions. Students will NOT be able to rebuild the project if it falls apart.
Nothing alive, valuable, or dangerous, including dry ice and electrical cords are allowed.

13. According to Mississippi Department of Education
Storyboard size
According to Mississippi Department of Education
A standard tri-fold board that unfolds to be approximately 36” H x 48” W.
***Boards should be FULL-SIZED and NOT EXCEED the approved height and width guidelines.
Boards that do not meet the size requirements will be disqualified.

14. Reading Fair Boards
K-2nd grade (optional but encouraged to complete a reading fair project)
3rd-6th grade (Mandatory to complete a reading fair project this year)
***Tri-fold boards will be provided for our 3rd-6th graders****

15. BACK of the Reading Fair board
Display
BACK of the Reading Fair board
Name of student
Category and division
Student’s grade level
Homeroom teacher’s name
School and district name
{If any information is placed on the FRONT of the storyboard, the project will be disqualified. }

16. Copyright Laws Do not photocopy the book.
Pictures should be the work of the student. 
Now if they want to use pictures to decorate the board you may, but they should not be photocopies.
Project is written in the student's own words and information has not been directly copied or plagiarized from any source: websites or books.

17. Literary Fiction Project
Literary Fiction- a story about fictional characters and events
Examples: short stories, narratives, or novels

18. Must Haves!! Title Main Characters Name your elements Setting Author
Conflict (problem)
Publisher & Publication date
Solution (Resolution)
Plot summary
(Include message or theme)

30. Informational Non-Fiction Project
Non-Fiction- the intent or purpose of the writing.
Five main genres of non-fiction:
1. Instructional: Describes how something is done or made.
2. Explanatory: tells what happened or how something works, with defined reasons.
3. Report: tells how things are discovered
4. Discussion: Looks at both sides
5. Opinion/Argument: Decides on a point-of-view and
Has reasons to support the view.

31. Non-fiction categories
Autobiographies
Biographies
Book/movie reviews
Consumer Reports articles
Debates
Editorials
essays
Interviews
Journals
Observations
Presentations
Proposals
Reports
speeches

32. Must Haves!! Title Name your elements Graphic Author organizer Student
Type of Informational text
Name your elements
Graphic
organizer
Author
Student
connections
Publisher & Publication date
Author’s
purpose
Text summary

33. Look at pg. 13
Graphic organizers and thinking maps

34. Student Connections How did you connect with the book?
Text to self (my dad is in the military)
Text to text (reminds me of “Civil War on Sunday”)
Text to world (reminds me of the war in Afghanistan)

35. Author’s Purpose Why did the author write the book?
Entertain (to amuse you?)
Inform (to teach you something?)
Persuade (to make you think a certain way?)
Explain (to explain something)
Describe (to describe in detail)
Answer a question

38. Be Proud of Your Project! Encourage a lifelong love of reading!
Last, but not Least…
Do Your Best!
Be Proud of Your Project!
Encourage a lifelong love of reading!