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Reading Programs
Reach kids with a free online reading activity that
is motivating, fun to do, and easy to manage. READ 100,000 is a year-round program that works well within a school’s annual reading plan and ties in nicely with other programs like What Would You Do for Reading?®. Students join a school team and attempt to read 100,000 minutes or more, tracking their minutes online at scholastic.com/minutes. The friendly competition keeps kids reading as they follow their progress online.
Bene ts
• Motivates kids to read independently
• Makes it easy for schools to track reading
minutes by student, grade, and school
Track your progress. The READ 100,000 u website features a dashboard for educators
to manage classes and track reading progress.
Check out these additional family programs we offer you and your school, at no cost, as a way to encourage a reading culture within families. For program guides and activity ideas, look in the Toolkit under Enhanced Reading Programs, or scholastic.com/bookfairs/schools.
Make the most of parent involvement. Chil- dren who are read to for at least 20 minutes a day dramatically increase their reading abil- ities. Raising Readers focuses on three ways adult family members can read to and with their children — “I READ TO YOU, WE READ TOGETHER, AND YOU READ TO ME.” This inter- active workshop models simple effective ways for families to make the reading experience successful.
Reach out to parents of rising preschoolers with the Kindergarten Readiness family event program. Simply invite those families to your Book Fair, introducing them to your school and its reading culture. Then share preschool-to-kindergarten transition tips plus curriculum, class routine, teacher’s expectations, and pre-reading skills infor- mation.
Parents and students at your school can try this no-cost program together. They’ll learn how to be detectives by investigating information-
al text in a fun, interactive way. This program shares strategies for finding pertinent informa- tion in nonfiction text by scrutinizing sources that all family members will enjoy. For more information, talk to your Book Fair consultant.
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