CHOOSE YOUR READING: The first, and most important thing you have to do, is read independently. Find whatever minutes--seconds even--you have each day to devote to a book you want to read. It can be an audio book, a comic book, or not a book at all (a magazine, a short story, poems); it should be whatever you choose that engages you. If you want to count your school reading, go ahead, but we'd like you to push yourself towards even the tiniest amount of "for you" reading whenever you can all year.
 

LOG YOUR MINUTES: Once you have your routine going, start logging the time and pages spent reading independently. Make a copy of this Google Spreadsheet and use it to log your minutes/pages read throughout the year. Watch this 'how to' video from Ms. Laverde. 
 

REPORT YOUR TOTALS: On the first of each month, you can share how many minutes you read the previous month with the form that Ms. Laverde' emails the entire school.
 

SOCIALIZE: You can also earn points for attending events and for participating in events. These events will also have special challenges that you can win and you can earn additional points for winning (see below).
 

WIN PRIZES: The grade that earns the most points will win the THHS Cup, announced at Keepers' Day. The students who earn the most individual points will earn a grand prize spot on our Reading Initiative overnight trip in the spring (all expenses paid). There will be other individual prizes drawn throughout the year for students who earn large amounts of points (more info to come as we raise money for prizes).