Books and Beyond
Chaired by Casey Hunt
The MT Reading Department and the PTA want to invite our students to participate in our annual Books and Beyond program which begins October 1st! This will be our 25th year of promoting literacy with this program. Our theme this year is, Read for the Win! Throughout the year we’ll encourage students to read lots of books.
For those who are new to MTS, 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 practice and pleasure. We want to cultivate a habit and love of reading in our learners.
The PTA awards 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 8th, 2024, 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. Mrs. Small will include a link to the digital log sheet in her weekly email. 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 or from the Reading Department website. Paper log sheets can be brought to school as soon as they are completed. 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 1 December 6 January 3
February 7 March 6 April 3 May 8
If you have any questions about the program, please email Casey Hunt.
Chaired by Casey Hunt
The MT Reading Department and the PTA want to invite our students to participate in our annual Books and Beyond program which begins October 1st! This will be our 25th year of promoting literacy with this program. Our theme this year is, Read for the Win! Throughout the year we’ll encourage students to read lots of books.
For those who are new to MTS, 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 practice and pleasure. We want to cultivate a habit and love of reading in our learners.
The PTA awards 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 8th, 2024, 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. Mrs. Small will include a link to the digital log sheet in her weekly email. 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 or from the Reading Department website. Paper log sheets can be brought to school as soon as they are completed. 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 1 December 6 January 3
February 7 March 6 April 3 May 8
If you have any questions about the program, please email Casey Hunt.