Aliens, unicorns and a baby shark invaded Holtville Elementary School on Friday. It was a celebration to finish up Read Across America Week and reveal mystery readers.
Throughout the week students heard mystery readers read children’s stories. Friday, they got to see who was behind the inflated costumes.
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“We tried to make reading fun for the students,” librarian Natalie McLemore said. “We posted videos of the mystery readers throughout the week for the students.”
Friday’s program was a pep rally. Students stomped on the bleachers as their favorite characters marched in. McLemore asked students who they thought were behind the suits. Some were easy and others a little more difficult.
One by one, teachers and staff revealed themselves to students. Finally Baby Shark came up. It came in chomping up students, careful not to leave behind any teeth.
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The students had no problem naming principal Tanya Boone as the voice behind the Baby Shark mystery reader.
“This has been so much fun,” Boone said before the pep rally. “I’ve had fun and the students have had fun. I hope it encourages them to read.”
Before Boone could step out of her costume, she quickly got the students singing.
“Baby shark, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo.”
And they finished with “Safe at last.”
