Great Song For Right To Read Week

Submitted by J.D. Benson, Marietta, Ohio

Idea posted April 18, 2005

Recently our school was celebrating "Right To Read" week, and the committee asked me to teach the students a song to kick off our celebration. Of course, I started with Music K-8. Unable to find anything right away, I decided to write my own words to a song in the current issue. My song is entitled, "Read, Read, Read." It is to the tune of "Green Green Green" found in Music K-8, Vol. 14, No. 4. What a hit! Thank you Music K-8. Here are my words:

Chorus

Read Read Read. Let's read something today.
Grab a book, a magazine, or anything.
Read Read Read.

Verses

Read of a spider who spun a cool web,
read of a boy who had a very bad day.
Read of a dog named Winn Dixie,
read of Jack and Annie and their mys'tries today.
Matt Christopher writes great books about sports,
animals made Eric Carle number one.
Beverly Clearly had a friend named Ramona,
Dr. Seuss taught us that reading can be fun.
Read a novel, read a poem,
read the newspaper or an article from one.
Read a chapter book or one with a few words.
Just read something you like for fun!