Reading Counts is a program that all of our 2nd-5th grade students are encouraged to participate in. We will be starting the program next week for the 3rd-5th grades, 2nd grade will start after Christmas Break. Our theme this year is "Pop Open a Book".
The way the RC program works is that a student reads a book in their reading level, takes a quiz about the book on a computer. Students have individual goals based on their reading level, goals may be adjusted as the year progresses. They can only take quizzes on computers at school. If the student answers at least 8/10 questions correct (80%), they earn points. Students are encouraged to check out at least one Reading Counts book each week.
It is recommended that a student take the quiz within 24 hours of completion of the book, when possible. If a child gets less than 8 correct, they may retake the quiz up to two more times. The child is required to wait 24 hours before the quiz can be retaken.
If you would like to find out if the books your child has at hame have a RC quiz for them or not, you can go to this website:
http://src.scholastic.com/ecatalog/default.asp?UID=FFD2FD214960428D9AE46835162A6087&subt=0&Test=NA .
If your child checks out books from the public library, they can use this same web link to find out if those books have RC quizzes or not.
Please don't hesitate to contact me for any questions you may have regarding Reading Counts.
Keep Reading!
Mrs. F
