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well within a school's annual reading plan and ties in nicely with other programs like What Would ‘ ‘ 0 0 0 0
You Do for Reading’.7@ Students join a school team and attempt to read 100,000 minutes or more, ’— '
tracking their minutes online at scholastimcomlminutes. The team effort and tech—appea| keep

kids reading as they follow their progress online.

. . . . . SUMMER
Students can continue the fun throughout the summer, maintaining their current reading levels
with the exciting scholastic summer Reading Challenge. This time, school teams track their C HALLENGE
reading minutes in an attempt to set a new global world record. Visit soholastimcomlsummer
for details plus educator support, advice for parents. and more,
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0 Introduce students to the program website during library time. I? Manage classes

- Promote your school's goal and progress during morning announcements. as “‘” '““”

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Make the most of parent involvement. Children Reach out to parents of rising preschoolers Parents and students at your school can try
who are read to for at least 20 minutes a day with the Kindergarten Readiness tamily this no-cost program together. They'll learn
dramatically increase their reading abilities. event program. Simply invite those families how to be detectives by investigating infor-
Raising Readers focuses on three ways adult to your Book Fair. introducing them to your mational text in afun, interactive way. This
family members can read to and with their school and its reading culture. Then share program shares strategies for finding pertinent
children — “l READ TO YOU, WE READ T0- pre-school-to-kindergarten transition tips information in nonfiction text by scrutinizing
GETHER, AND YOU READ TO ME." This inter- plus curriculum, class routine, teachers sources that all family members will enioy.
active workshop models simple effective ways expectations, and pre-reading skills infor- For more information. talk to your Book Fair
for tamilies to make the reading experience mation. consultant.

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