READING CONTEST

We have a reading contest that we began this week. The children are encouraged to read at least 30 minutes each night and on the weekends for homework. The top three children in each class who read the most minutes will win a new book. Time spent reading scriptures as a family, in the library, or when you read to your child can all be counted as reading minutes. A chart to document your child's reading minutes will be sent home each weekend, and needs to be returned on Mondays with the rest of the completed homework. In addition, the children will be asked each morning if they read the night before. Parents are encouraged to remind their child when dropping them off in the morning how much they read the night before. We know that this may not be perfectly accurate, but have found that even the smallest children are pretty good about remembering to read and to tell their teacher how much that they read the night before. The winners will be awarded their new books on Thursday October 7th prior to our Fall Break!