Corpus Christi IRA Reading Council Fall/Winter
Volume I
Happy Holidays! Don't forget while you are shopping to pick up some
board baby books for our literacy project "Board Books for Babies".
We have ordered drawstring bags for each mother at the Teenage Mother's
School (TAMS) here in Corpus. Our goal is to have at least 2 books per bag
with some information on the value of reading to your child. We are expecting
to hand out 60 bags. This is our third year to work with TAMS in promoting
literacy and the response of the mothers in the last two years was encouraging.
We are about halfway to our goal, and would like to hand out the bags in
April. Thanks for your help.
Year in Review
September
Dr. Dee Hopkins, Dean of the College of Education at Texas A & M-CC
spoke to us on "The Power of Story"
October
Luncheon co-hosted with the Student Reading Council at Texas A &
M CC. Mrs. Galen Hoffstadt, National Distinguished Principal of Texas
shared her vision on her work as a principal in a Texas Mentor School.
November
We met again with the Student Reading Council at Texas A & M CC
to help with their Scholastic Book Fair. Six thousand dollar's worth of
children's books were purchased.
Mark your calendars for the third Thursday of January (16th). We will
be honoring the Elementary Teacher of the Year, who will share her views
on reading. Remember to bring your baby board books to Jones Elementary,
7533 Lipes, CC, TX at 7:00 PM for an extra chance for our door prizes drawings.
See you there!
Tena Beanland
CCIRA President
