INSTRUCTION

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Title
Headings
Introduction
Every first sentence in a
paragraph
Visuals and vocabulary
End-of-chapter questions
Summary

READING INCENTIVES
Genre Reading Challenge: Read a Scary Story or a Mystery. (Fiction and Nonfiction)

October Author Birthdays:
8          R. L. Stine
19        Phillip Pullman
20       Gennifer Choldenko
23       Gordon Korman
27       Jonathan Stroud
31        Katherine Paterson

Reading Incentive Celebration - First Semester
Remember, if you participate in 3 months of challenges, you will be invited to the celebration in December!

SPECIAL EVENTS

TeenTober Activities
Let's celebrate reading throughout the month of October!

Drop Everything And Read (DEAR)
Our first DEAR is on Friday, October 2, 2026.

Book Cover Emoji Puzzle
Each week the library will provide a set of emojis representing book titles. Figure out the correct titles, and win a prize! See the bulletin board in the
media center for more details.

Guess the Number!
Guess the number of candies in the jar, and you will win the candy!

CHECK IT OUT!

Scary Reads for October:

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz
Scary Nonfiction
398.25 SCH

More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz
Scary Nonfiction
398.25 SCH

Hide and Don't Seek and Other Very Scary Stories
by Anica Mrose Rissi
Scary
F RIS

UPCOMING EVENTS

November:
--Fall Book Fair
--Class Spelling Bees
--Veteran's Day*

December:
--OMS Spelling Bee
--The "Winter Break Give and Take" Book Swap

January:
--Clover District Spelling Bee