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Kindergarten Challenge
Welcome to Kindergarten! What an exciting time for your child! This is also a crucial time for your child to pick up early literacy skills that will put them on the path to becoming a reader.
Learning to read takes lots of practice, more than they can get at school, and you can support your child by reading aloud to them often. We have created this challenge with that in mind. We ask you to read 100 books to your kindergartener before the end of the school year. The librarians at the Wadsworth Public Library have suggested some authors to try, but what you read is ultimately up to you! Mix up some picture books, early reader books, or non-fiction books, and the variety will grow your reader.
As you read your way through the 100, keep track on this form by filling in a star for each book read. If there are books you read twice, count it again for the challenge, repetition builds readers! If you can get through 100 books by the end of the school year, we will reward you! Bring the completed form into the library, and you will receive a certificate of completion and a free book!
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READ First!
First Grade Challenge
First grade can be a really exciting time as you watch your child grow into a reader. Many leaps are made in their reading abilities this year.
Wadsworth Public Library wants to help you support your child with this first grade reading challenge! We are asking you to read 50 books with your child by the end of the school year. We have suggested some entertaining series for them to read that are fun, engaging and educational, but what you read is ultimately up to you. Choose books that you can read aloud to your child, or you may find as the year progresses that maybe your child can read them to you!
However the book is read, just make it a positive experience for the child. Make predictions about the book, explore questions that may arise, enjoy the illustrations.
As you read through your 50 books, please keep track of the titles on this form. If you are able to read 50 before the end of the school year, visit the library for a certificate of completion and a free book!
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READ Out Loud!
Second Grade Challenge
As second graders work to become fluent readers, they need lots of practice reading aloud. Our second grade challenge will encourage them to do just that! We challenge your second grader to read aloud 50 books during the school year. They can choose any 50 books that are at their reading level and read aloud to anyone who will listen, family pets included!
Keep a record of all the books and once they have read 50, come to the library for a certificate of completion and a free book!
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READ True!
Third Grade Challenge
Third grade is a pivotal year for reading. This is usually when students flip from learning to read to reading to learn. This is why we are asking third graders to read 25 nonfiction books. We ask that you read 2 books in each of the following categories and 5 of your own choosing.
Space
Animals
Inventions / Inventors
Arts / Music
Science
Poetry
History
Geography
Sports
Biographies
Once you have completed the challenge, please visit the library with your completed list to receive a certificate of completion and a free book!
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READ Diverse!
Fourth Grade Challenge
In fourth grade, we are challenging students to take a walk in other's shoes by reading 5 diverse books. Books can transport us into different worlds and perspectives that teach us new respect for others and deeper appreciation for our own story. Understanding others helps to build a shared sense of community strengthened by the many differences that make each of us unique. And walking a mile in another's shoes can stimulate conversations that help us all to better understand our values, history, experience and our community's shared aspirations.
Since everyone is unique, we ask that you choose books that are diverse to you. Log all five and visit the library when you have completed the challenge to receive a certificate of completion and a free book!
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Middle Grade Reading Challenge
5th through 8th grade is an exciting time full of new activities. However, reading for pleasure is a great way to slow down and learn new things. The Wadsworth Public Library would like to challenge you to read 10 books in different genres during these four years. Just to make it more fun, the Library will reward you with a free book when you complete the challenge!