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Winter Recess Book Project

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Winter Recess Book Project


Over the winter recess, it is important to make sure that your child reads for one hour each day.  Please make sure you are signing your child’s reading log daily.  Remember one hour equals four steps! Also, you can read books that are not part of the 100 Book Challenge. Along with reading, we are also requiring that the students complete two book projects.  Please select two from the list below.  In order to complete this assignment, your child will need: pencils, crayons, markers, paper and any additional supplies you may wish to use.  Please return to school on Monday, February 27th.  

Book Projects

1.  Design a new book cover:  include title, author, illustrator
2. Write a letter to the author of the book telling them what you liked about the book and what you would change.
3. Draw your favorite scene from the book and write about why it was your favorite.
4. Write a different ending to the story.
5. Retell your story using a flow map using words and pictures.

Thank you for your cooperation and enjoy reading!

10 Ways to Be a Better Reader

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10 ways to be a better reader......read REad rEAD REaD reAD read read rEad ReAd READ!!!! 

It doesn't matter the amount of books your child reads, it's the amount of quality time spent reading books on their independent reading level that's important. We measure the amount of time spent reading in steps. Every 15 minutes your child reads independently, they achieve 1 step. Some children may read 1 or 2 books during the 15 minutes, and others may read more. However, it doesn't matter how many books they read, as long as they are reading during that time. 

Our reading goal is for the students to read for 30 minutes in school and 30 minutes at home. For a total of 4 steps per day. 

Once they read for the 30 minutes, they choose 2 of their favorite books they read during that time and write the title, date, pages read and reading level down on their log sheet. Then, in the area marked "coaches signature", a parent, guardian or teacher signs their name, verifying that the child did in fact earn their reading steps.



Every night your child will take home his/her blue 100 Book Challenge reading book bag. Inside, your child will have 5 books to read as well as a reading folder which contains their reading log.  

Every 20 steps, your child receives a special reading prize to reward them for reaching their independent reading goals. 

Thank you for helping your child achieve great independent reading behaviors that will help him/her reach their reading goals!





WHY READ 30 MINUTES A DAY?

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WHY READ 30 MINUTES A DAY?

*If daily reading begins in infancy, by the time the child is five years old, he or she has been fed roughly 900 hours of brain food!

*Reduce that experience to just 30 minutes a week, and the child's hungry mind lose 770 hours of nursery rhymes, fairy tales, and stories.

*A kindergarten student who has not been read aloud to could enter school with less than 60 hours of literacy nutrition. No teacher, no matter how talented, can make up for those lost hours of mental nourishment.

*Therefore...30 minutes daily = 900 hours
30 minutes weekly = 130 hours
Less than 30 minutes weekly = 60 hours


Guess you now understand why reading daily is so very important. Why not have family night reading? It is great to just shut off the television for 20-30 minutes and read... and share.







(Source: U.S. Dept. of Education, America Reads Challenge. (1999) "Start Early, Finish Strong: How to Help Every Child Become a Reader." Washington, D.C.)

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