December 20th – January 31st
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Dear Students & Families,
It’s time for the Read-a-thon Competition! This is a friendly way to encourage Flagg students to read both independently and with their families while also serving as an important fundraiser for the PTG. Our goal this year is to have 150,000 pages read at Flagg Street School between December 20th and January 31st with 100% participation! Students can read or be read to. Please consider pledging!
Here is how it works:
1) Set your goal for the number of pages you are going to read during the Read-a-thon. THINK BIG!
2) Ask parents, relatives or neighbors for a per-page pledge (e.g. $.05, $.10, $.20 per page you read) or a specific donation amount if you reach your reading goal. (If you don’t get pledges, it’s okay, you can still participate and have a chance to win.)
3) Write the names of the people who pledge and the amount pledged on the pledge sheet.
4) Every time you read, write down the date, the name of the book and the number of pages you read in your reading log.
5) On February 1st, add up the total number of pages you read and tell your sponsors.
6) Collect your pledges and bring them in to your teacher by February 15th. Sponsors may also pay via PayPal on our website, make sure they make a note of which student they are sponsoring for the Read-A-Thon. If you don’t have any pledges, still bring your reading log in and we’ll count that towards the prize-winning totals.
PRIZES 🏆
- SCHOLASTIC GIFT CERTIFICATES for use in the book fair this spring for the 3 students who read the most pages at each grade level (K, 1st, 2nd, etc: Three winners per grade level.)
- AWARD MEDAL for the student who reads the most pages in each class. (One per classroom.)
- KNOCKOUT BASKETBALL GAME for Grade 5 and 6 participants with both students and teachers for a grand prize (must read minimum pages to be eligible.)
- BOOKMARK for every participating student with a coupon for our local sponsor, Root & Press, to use at their shop during the duration of the Read-a-thon. *NOTE: the bookmark states for use through 1/31/19 but that is in error – its 1/31/20*
THE RULES: What counts and what doesn’t
What counts:
✅ Reading a book, magazine, online article or story
✅ Reading silently or out-loud
✅ Reading in your classroom during school
✅ Being read to by someone
What does not count:
❌ Reading social media, the mail, cookbooks, songbooks, directions on how to put something together
❌ Texts on a phone, movie subtitles
❌ Directions on how to get somewhere
In order to win a medal or Scholastic gift certificate students must read a minimum number of pages:
- Kindergarten- 50 pages
- 1st grade- 100 pages
- 2nd grade- 200 pages
- 3rd grade- 300 pages
- 4th grade – 400 pages
- 5th grade- 500 pages
- 6th grade – 600 pages
- (For reference, 600 pages is 3 Diary of a Wimpy Kid books.)