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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 this additional family program 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.
Parents and students at your school can try this no-cost program together. They’ll learn how to be detectives by investigat- ing informational text in a fun, interactive way. This program shares strategies for finding pertinent information 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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