+ Reading Rewards Be Me lai ORANGE TOWNSHIP PUBLIC SCHOOLS 451 Lincoln Ave New Jersey 07050 ‘Tel: (973) 677-4000 x: 6106 Fax: (973) 677-2509 Website: htt://www.orange.k12.nj.us September 2015 Re: 25-Book Challenge Dear Colleagues, ‘The purpose of this memo is to inform you of a continuing mandated District schools have participated in the 25-Book Challenge for the past three years. This campaign invites students to read a minimum of twenty-five books throughout the school year. As you know, in addition to reading books, students mus? maintain a log using an online database and add a comment after reading. This year, the media specialists and the ELA department will collaborate to make this initiative a success. Each department member will have specific. responsibilities. Media Specialist will use Reading Rewards to set up accounts and provide usemame and passwords for each student in the building. They will also provide training for each staff member. In addition, they will validate each student comment. Lastly, media specialists will run reports once a month so the ELA staff can monitor and encourage their students’ progres ELA teachers must have a manageable accountability system, Students need to know you are serious, and that you are there to support them in reaching the twenty-five book minimum goal. Please note, ELA teachers will be expected to provide evidence that they are monitoring their student progress. The following is a list of suggestions you may use for managing student progress: Reader’s Notebook, Charts and Bulletin Boards, Status of the Class Log, Student Reading Log. Lastly, you may decide to allow students to enter their logs during class using Reading Rewards as long as it does not interfere with instructional time. Research shows that children who read more have higher vocabularies, score better on standardized tests, have expanded world knowledge, improve memories, have reduced stress, and increased empathy. Therefore, I am asking for your assistance, Please encourage our students to log into Reading Rewards and complete the necessary steps. Many of our students will know how to navigate the site from participating last school year. Attached is a copy of the letter you will receive to distribute to your students, a reading log, and a status of the class log. If you have any questions or comments, please email me. Thank you for your assistance, Ms. Rosa Lazzizera Supervisor of 6/7 ELA and Library Media Special “The more you read, the more you'll know. The more you know, the further you"ll go.”Name: Block: “23 95 Book challenge Since you must read twenty (25) books during the school year, this reading log has been created to be sure that you do not fall behind! You must not forget to log your information in Reading Rewards. Please keep in mind that your book must be a minimum of 100 pages. Some books may count as two. Books read during your summer break may count, however, keep in mind that it must be on your grade level. Book Author Genre Date Completed (Fill in the title of the book here.) “The more you read, the more you'll know. The more you know, the further you'll go."Te 12. 13. 14, 15. 16. 7. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. “The more you read, the more you'll know. The more you know, the further you'll go.”To help check in with readers, se each week. Status of the Class -e who you would like to conference with and monitor reading pace of students, I would encourage teachers to keep a status of the class sheet. You would need one sheet for Student Book Title Pas Day Page F Day? Pager Days “The more you read, the more you'll know. The more you know, the further you'll go.”> Reading Rewards rs The Reward is in the Reading ~ ORANGE TOWNSHIP PUBLIC SCHOOLS: 451 Lincoln Ave New Jersey 07050-2202 Tel: (973) 677-4000 x: 6106 Fax: (973) 677-2509 Website: hutp/www orange k12.n.us September 2015 Re: 25-Book Challenge Dear Student, Lam pleased to introduce a new platform called Reading Rewards (25 Book Challenge). You are responsible for recording the books you read on this website. This site also keeps track of how much time you spend reading. Moreover, the Reading Rewards website is maintained by your media specialist if you encounter any problems, please refer to them for assistance. Your account has been set up so please do not create a new one. In addition, you must add a comment in order for your log to be validated. Please make sure that you provide detail/examples in your comment. For example, “I like this book!”, is not a strong comment and will not be validated. You may want to add a prediction, or you may want to explain the conflict/theme. When you complete the novel/text, you must complete the review. Entries that do not have a complete review, will be deleted. Your teacher will receive a report from the media specialist at the end of each month to monitor your reading Here are the directions for you to get started! 1. Go to www.reading-rewards.com. Click on the Log In Link. Enter in your username and password (Your media specialist will distribute this information). 4, Click on Reading. 5. Take some time to familiarize yourself with your Reading Room. 6. Click on the My Reading Log Tab. 7. Every time you read, click on the Log Reading Time button, 8. 9. Your booklist will be empty: click on Add New Book to my library. In the Search for your book box, enter any part of your book title, author or ISBN number to try and find your book. We use the Amazon database, so most books should be there. 10. Enter your reading date. 11, Now you can enter your reading time: put in the number of minutes you read. 12. Click on SAVE. 13. That’s it! You have logged your reading time. If you said you finished your book, you will be asked to review it. Doing so gives you bonus RR Miles! (Please note: Your reviews should be a minimum of four to five sentences or it will not be validated) 14, Notice how your book now appears in your library section. 15, Each account requires validation by your media specialist; they will get an email asking them to validate your reading. = “The more you read, the more you'll know. The more you know, the further you'll g“The more you read, the more you'I! know. The more you know, the further you'll go.”