Books and Beyond
The MT Reading Department and the PTA want to invite our students to participate in our Books and Beyond program which begins October 1st! This will be our 24th year of celebrating literacy with this program. As you can see by the cool graphic at the top of the page (Thank you, Mr. Sicard), our theme is “Pop Open a Great Book!” Throughout the year we’ll encourage students to read with book recommendations by students and staff, and contests designed to spark their interest in books.
For those who are new to MT, Books and Beyond is our incentive literacy program sponsored by the PTA. The goal is to encourage, reward, and strengthen the practice of reading for pleasure. We want to cultivate a love of reading in our learners.
The PTA gives prizes to those who complete their first 5, 15, and 25 hours of reading. Students who have read 35 hours (that’s about 5 hours a month) by May 3rd, 2023, will receive a gold medal at our celebration in June. Each participant will be able to choose a free book at the time as well. Any reading done beyond the 35 hours will count towards a chance in our raffle for prizes such as books, bookmarks with timers, reading lights, and Barnes and Noble gift cards.
This year we will again use a combination of paper and digital log sheets! Families can choose one or the other, paper or digital. You don’t have to do both. When your child reads, is read to, or listens to an audio book, record the amount of time spent reading on a log sheet. Additional log sheets can be downloaded from the teacher’s website. Paper log sheets can be brought to school as soon as they are completed. The Books and Beyond Google Form can be found on the teacher’s webpage as well. Students should submit a Google Form or Log sheet only when they have read a total of at least five hours.
Log sheets will be collected, and Google Forms tallied on the following Wednesdays:
November 2 February 1 May 4
December 7 March 1
January 4 April 5
If you have any questions about the program, please email Lisa Burns.
The MT Reading Department and the PTA want to invite our students to participate in our Books and Beyond program which begins October 1st! This will be our 24th year of celebrating literacy with this program. As you can see by the cool graphic at the top of the page (Thank you, Mr. Sicard), our theme is “Pop Open a Great Book!” Throughout the year we’ll encourage students to read with book recommendations by students and staff, and contests designed to spark their interest in books.
For those who are new to MT, Books and Beyond is our incentive literacy program sponsored by the PTA. The goal is to encourage, reward, and strengthen the practice of reading for pleasure. We want to cultivate a love of reading in our learners.
The PTA gives prizes to those who complete their first 5, 15, and 25 hours of reading. Students who have read 35 hours (that’s about 5 hours a month) by May 3rd, 2023, will receive a gold medal at our celebration in June. Each participant will be able to choose a free book at the time as well. Any reading done beyond the 35 hours will count towards a chance in our raffle for prizes such as books, bookmarks with timers, reading lights, and Barnes and Noble gift cards.
This year we will again use a combination of paper and digital log sheets! Families can choose one or the other, paper or digital. You don’t have to do both. When your child reads, is read to, or listens to an audio book, record the amount of time spent reading on a log sheet. Additional log sheets can be downloaded from the teacher’s website. Paper log sheets can be brought to school as soon as they are completed. The Books and Beyond Google Form can be found on the teacher’s webpage as well. Students should submit a Google Form or Log sheet only when they have read a total of at least five hours.
Log sheets will be collected, and Google Forms tallied on the following Wednesdays:
November 2 February 1 May 4
December 7 March 1
January 4 April 5
If you have any questions about the program, please email Lisa Burns.
