Welcome to the home of Mr. Coffey's 8th grade Reading Raiders. Students you are the future 8th Graders at Chamberlain Middle School take the challenge.
Goal: to raid the shelves at the Fairview Library and get away with valuable reading knowledge that will aid them in getting ahead in their studies for their 8th grade year and for life.
Assignment:
to read just 4 books from the Library over the summer and report to this site and record their books / info.
Then take AR test in CMS library when they return in August.
to take the Are You as Smart as a 5th Grader Challenge.
4 Facts to Know About Summer Reading
1. All it takes is Four: Did you know?
By reading four or more books over the summer:
kids can avoid the "summer slide," or gap in academic skills, when they return to school in the fall.
2. According to a Scholastic Survey:
91 percent of kids are more likely to finish books they choose themselves.
3. Top of the Tests:
Kids who read a million words a year score in the top 2 percent on standardized tests.
A million words may sound like a lot, but it's only about 25 average-length novels.
4. Big Vocabularies:
Kids learn 4.000-12,000 new words every year reading.
That means three months without books can make a huge difference in their vocabularies and test scores.
--Instructor MagazineHow to Get Started:
Click on the recources listed below and begin the adventure.
