A Read-a-Thon Day is an event where teachers, students, and community members read excerpts from their favorite books aloud continuously all day to promote reading.
No! The model can be adapted to fit any schedule.
Various classes attend the Read-a-Thon Day event throughout the day and listen to a schedule of readers. Each period or block showcases three to four readers sharing for no more that fifteen minutes (this, of course, depends on the overall schedule of your day).
That's up to your school. At a junior or senior high school level, selecting one subject area (English Language Arts perhaps?) and scheduling all of those classes to attend during the times/periods when they typically meet seems to work best.
Your stakeholders make the best readers - those individuals invested in your school and community. Invite teachers, parents, school and district administrators, school board members, and community leaders.
Absolutely! They make the best readers!
What should a reader read during their time on a Read-a-Thon Day?
Anything at all! Above all, readers should share a passage from a book that is meaningful to them in some way. Readers are also encouraged to share this significance to the audience to provide context and share how being a reader has impacted their lives. Alternatively, a theme for the readings could be established to fit a specific learning need.