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motivating, fun to do, and easy to manage. READ 100,000 is a year—round program that works \ ,rr—\[“\\ I/_| ‘M if
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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 O ’
You Do for Reading?® Students join a school team and attempt to read 100,000 minutes or more, ' '
tracking their minutes online at scholastic.comIminutes. The team effort and tech-appeal keep
kids reading as they follow their progress online.
Students can continue the fun throughout the summer, maintaining their current reading levels SUMMER
with the exciting Scholastic Summer Reading challenge. This time, school teams track their
reading minutes in an attempt to set a new global world record. Visit scholastic.comlsummer CHALLENGE
for details plus educator support, advice for parents, and more.
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Ideas and Best Practices: Educator Dashboard
- Introduce students to the program website during library time. Manage Classes
- Promote your school's goal and progress during morning announcements. 5, W ~~=-~—~-
- Share your school's reading goal and timeline with parents. ~c:—m;—* WIN
o Create a goal chart to track your reading campaign progress. :1: ‘ : .2: : Z’.
- Schedule a faculty member stunt once students reach the goal. W Z Z: :
- Initiate a challenge among grade levels or with another school. :‘_:f:__K : : : if
V The READ 100,000 and Scholastic Summer “""“"““"””“
Reading Challenge website features a dash—
board for educators to manage classes and
track reading progress.
Benefits
Motivates kids to practice reading 0 Makes it easy for schools to track
reading minutes by student, grade, and school
Check out this additional family program we otter to 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.
Parents and students at your school can try this no—cost program together.
They'll learn how to be detectives by investigating informational text in a
fun, interactive way. This program shares strategies for finding pertinent in-
formation in nonfiction text by scrutinizing sources that all family members Fo,READ100y000«Sh0w_t0 and
will enjoy. For more information, talk to your Book Fair consultant. ® 'eP'°dUClb'9le€1dlll9 '°93vC9”lllC3i€S-
and ilyers, look in the Toolkit. Fair
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