Page 22 - Middle School Ideas Guidebook Fall 2018

Book Fair Preview
Give your teachers and volunteers a sneak peek of the Book Fair.
Benefits
• Allows time for teachers to make Classroom Wish List selections
• Gives staff and volunteers the inside scoop on book titles to share with students
• Helps volunteers familiarize themselves with the Fair and their roles
GREAT Ideas
• Use the Fair Planner in the Toolkit to coordi-
nate event details and keep you on task.
• Plan your Preview during a time that is suit- able for most or all faculty members.
• Include the principal and other staff members as well!
• Advertise the Preview with items found in your Planning Kit: Book Fair Preview Poster, Preview Invitation/Shelf-Talker, and more.*
• Hang the Book Fair Preview poster in the faculty lounge.
• Ask Crew members to deliver invitations to teachers.
• Encourage 100 percent teacher participation in the Classroom Wish List. See page 22 for details.
• Feed them and they will come!
• Offer door or raffle prizes to teachers, paid for
with Scholastic DollarsTM.
• Distribute or read aloud booktalks using the preview packs and scripts found in the Chair- person’s Toolkit**. Toolkit keyword: BOOKTALK
Front: Preview Invitation
Back: Shelf-Talker
p Look for ready-made Book Fair Preview invitations/shelf-talkers in your Planning Kit.
p App for that. Encourage teachers to download the Book Fairs app to create and share a wish list. It’s useful beyond the Book Fair, too! See insert for details.
Go green. Invite teachers and faculty to your event with notes inserted into tiny potted plants. Toolkit keyword: PREVIEW INVITATION
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Get Everyone Excited Book Fair Preview
*Materials vary for Tabletop and Buy One, Get One Free Book Fairs. **Not available to Buy One, Get One Free Book Fairs.