BOOK BUCK$ is your local newspaper's FREE award-winning program that motivates students to build reading skills by using the newspaper with their families.
During BOOK BUCK$ week, May 18 - 22, 2009, students will receive free copies of the newspaper in their classrooms.
When they read the newspaper and complete family activities at home each evening, students will earn BUCK$ (play money) which they can "spend" on prizes offered by stores all around town.
The prizes will be listed in the eagerly-awaited "Cool Stuff Catalog" on Friday, May 22.
This year, your students will be on board to explore The News World. The unique itinerary for this voyage includes exotic ports of call, including Hometown Harbor, Cape Classified, Comics Cove, Showbiz Bay, and more.
K-8 Teachers: Don't wait... sign up now! (see form below.) or your principal should have a Sign-Up Form.
There's not a lot of extra work for you! Here's all you do:
Distribute the newspapers in class daily, May 18 - 22. Use them in class if you wish. We'll provide optional newspaper activities.
Send the newspapers home with your students so they can earn BUCK$ by:
1) Reading or looking through the paper.
Grades K - 3: 15 minutes,
Grades 4 - 6: 20 minutes,
Grades 7 - 8: 30 minutes
and/or
2) Completing a Family Reading Activity - Family reading projects for all grades will be featured daily (Mon. - Thurs.) on the BOOK BUCK$ page. Great homework assignments!
Pass out the BUCK$ that the students have earned each day. (Parents will fill out a "blank check" in the newspaper to verify reading.)
NO RECORD KEEPING IS REQUIRED! Expect excitement when the "Cool Stuff Catalog" comes in Friday's newspaper!
IMPORTANT! Sign up by Wednesday, May 6, 2009.
You will receive additional instructions and program materials by May 14. For more information, please call
Michael Dullaghan at 1-866-444-READ(7323).
Bay Area Newsgroup Educational Services
YES! I WANT TO SIGN UP FOR THIS AWARD-WINNING FAMILY READING PROJECT!
