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What is the 100 Book Challenge Program?

Designed to encourage independent reading by students, 100 Book Challenge is a research-based program that includes professional development and parent support components.

60 Minutes of Daily Reading Practice

Students read 30 minutes in school and 30 minutes at home. Quantity practice targets are set, monitored, and rewarded, ensuring every student adopts the independent reading routines of academically successful students.

Every Student Working at Appropriate Level

Using national standards for reading proficiency, both books and students are leveled based on what readers need to know and be able to do at each of the five developmental stages of reading acquisition, as outlined by No Child Left Behind.

The key components of the 100 Book Challenge in Baltimore County Schools are:

Students selecting fiction and non-fiction books, at their developmentally appropriate independent reading levels, to read at school and at home.

Teachers offering daily Reader’s Workshops to connect classroom instruction to independent reading and to conduct one-on-one conferences with students (focusing on issues such as book selection and reading comprehension).

Schools hosting annual Reading Nights to share information about the program with families and to support parents in serving as their children’s at-home "Reading Coach."

Schools presenting students with rewards (e.g., prizes, ribbons, or certificates) for every 20 “steps” or 300 minutes students read.

100 Book Challenge Tips

1. Reading should be fun, fast and easy! 1. Make sure your child practices reading for at least 30 minutes at home every day. Just like it takes practice to become a better singer, dancer or basketball player, it takes practice to become a better reader. Use the 100 Book Challenge log sheets to keep track of daily reading practice.

2. Know your child’s “Just Right” reading level. Encourage your child to read whatever books he or she wants, as long as the books are EASY enough.

3. If your child is not yet in the habit of reading for fun, set some goals and establish rewards for meeting those goals. For example, “If you read for 30 minutes every night for one month, I’ll take you to____, or buy you_____, or give you____” ..

*****Interested in continuing the challenge over the summer?*****

Click here for a summer log sheet

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