Kick Off the Week

• Download all the tools you will need.
• 4-6 weeks prior to National Young Readers Week, send a National Young Readers Week Celebrity Read-In Invitation to local celebrities, inviting them to come and read to your students.
• Promote the week to students and parents by highlighting it in the school newsletter and sending home a National Young Readers Week Bookmark with each student.
• Notify your local media of the events of the upcoming week.
• Send a friendly Celebrity Reader Reminder to the celebrities who have agreed to come, noting the date and time for their reading.
  
  Throughout the Week
• Welcome each celebrity reader with a Celebrity Reader Nametag.
• Briefly introduce the celebrity to the class and allow the celebrity a few moments to talk about what they do and why reading is important in their career and life.
• Provide a comfortable chair for the celebrity reader, as well as a bottle of water.
• Allow a few moments after the reading for the students to ask the celebrity questions.
  
  Wrap Up the Week
• Present each celebrity reader with a Certificate of Participation.
• Have your students complete the National Young Readers Week Celebrity Review worksheet. Two versions are available, depending on student level. Alternate version
• Send each celebrity reader a Thank You note, signed by the class.

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