Reading and Recording Minutes. Over the next 11 weeks, your child will read 1,000 minutes aloud to you (see exceptions for 4th-5thgrades), and you will read 1,000 minutes aloud to your child for a total of 2,000 minutes of reading. (Kindergarten students and parents read a total of 1,600 minutes of reading.) Attached are recording sheets in increments of 200 minutes. Whenever a sheet is completed, turn it in to your teacher. (Turning in a sheet every other week is recommended to foster reading improvement and good reading habits.)
Prizes and Medal Ceremony. Students will receive a prize for every sheet that is turned in by 9 a.m. Thursday morning. Volunteers will record minutes every Thursday, so prizes can be awarded on Friday. Those students who complete all of the sheets by Thursday, April 7 will individually receive a medal during a special assembly in front of the whole school, parents, and guests in May.
Mentor Reading. Volunteers have signed up to read to students during lunch recess. (We’re still accepting volunteers. Contact our librarian, Robyn Socal.) Mentor reading offers a great opportunity for students to earn adult minutes during the school day. Students who attend mentor reading will receive a receipt for mentor reading time. It is your responsibility to record the receipt minutes in the “Adult” column of the Recording Sheet.
Dates. Read & Lead will kick off on Friday, January 15, with an afternoon assembly at 2:45 p.m. Each student at school that day will earn their first 50 minutes, giving everyone a great start toward the ending goal of 1,000 minutes (800 for K). The final turn-in day for recording sheets will be Thursday, April 7.
Recording Sheets. A sample sheet is included in the packet of Read and Lead information and recording sheets . A parent signature is required at the bottom of each recording sheet. Please make sure that each column adds up to 200 minutes exactly before turning the sheet in. You are responsible for carrying over additional minutes to the next sheet. Please turn-in the sheets in order.
Additional ways to earn minutes. Discussion of what has been read counts as minutes on either the student or adult side. We will be publishing sample discussion questions in the Discovery newsletter. (Comprehension is a big component of reading.) Audio books count for adult reading—even better: looking at an actual book while listening to the audio book. Spell-A-Thon practice CAN count as part of the student’s reading minutes.
Prizes and Medal Ceremony. Students will receive a prize for every sheet that is turned in by 9 a.m. Thursday morning. Volunteers will record minutes every Thursday, so prizes can be awarded on Friday. Those students who complete all of the sheets by Thursday, April 7 will individually receive a medal during a special assembly in front of the whole school, parents, and guests in May.
Mentor Reading. Volunteers have signed up to read to students during lunch recess. (We’re still accepting volunteers. Contact our librarian, Robyn Socal.) Mentor reading offers a great opportunity for students to earn adult minutes during the school day. Students who attend mentor reading will receive a receipt for mentor reading time. It is your responsibility to record the receipt minutes in the “Adult” column of the Recording Sheet.
Dates. Read & Lead will kick off on Friday, January 15, with an afternoon assembly at 2:45 p.m. Each student at school that day will earn their first 50 minutes, giving everyone a great start toward the ending goal of 1,000 minutes (800 for K). The final turn-in day for recording sheets will be Thursday, April 7.
Recording Sheets. A sample sheet is included in the packet of Read and Lead information and recording sheets . A parent signature is required at the bottom of each recording sheet. Please make sure that each column adds up to 200 minutes exactly before turning the sheet in. You are responsible for carrying over additional minutes to the next sheet. Please turn-in the sheets in order.
Additional ways to earn minutes. Discussion of what has been read counts as minutes on either the student or adult side. We will be publishing sample discussion questions in the Discovery newsletter. (Comprehension is a big component of reading.) Audio books count for adult reading—even better: looking at an actual book while listening to the audio book. Spell-A-Thon practice CAN count as part of the student’s reading minutes.