they ask children to make a reading diary. Every child choose a book he or she likes, reads it and writes in a diary some information: title, author and every day he writes how many pages he has read, he can write important events from the book too. A parent puts a signature to show that the child really has read it. Once a week or two a teacher checks the diaries. In the end of the term the teacher asks some children to tell the stories they �ve read.

We have themes in our school. On Halloween, we read under makeshift tents with flashlights, at Easter, kids have to find pieces of a story in Easter eggs and with partners, they have to replace it in order. When they are done, the principal comes to the classroom, sometimes dressed up as a rabbit, and they read their story to him.  In the coldest time of the year, we do beach reading. We dress up as if it is the middle of summer, bring our sunglasses, towels and beach music and we read, spread out every where in the school.