25 Book Campaign
Please take a look at the following information regarding the 25 Book Campaign in fourth grade. The table below may be used as a guide of the reading schedule each student should follow this year in order to meet the goal of 25 books as outlined by the 4th grade Georgia Performance Standards.
ELA4R2: The student consistently reads at least 25 books or book equivalents (approx. 1,000,000 words) each year. The quality and complexity of the material to be read are illustrated in the sample reading list. The materials should include traditional and contemporary literature (both fiction and non-fiction) as well as magazines, newspapers, textbooks, and electronic material. Such reading should represent a diverse collection of material from at least three different literary forms from at least five different writers.
Each student will complete a written response to literature, book review, or AR test for each book he/she completes. I will keep the written assignments in the classroom in order to track each student’s progress and the number and type of books he/she has read. If your child completes a book at home, please make sure he/she completes a response to literature, book review, or AR test at school in order to receive credit for reading that book.
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1st nine weeks
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2nd nine weeks
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3rd nine weeks
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4th nine weeks
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Number of books to be read
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6
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6
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7
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6
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Total books read up to this point
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6
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12
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19
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25 or more
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The books your child reads do not have to be very long, but they do need to be on your child’s independent reading level. For example, most Dr. Seuss books are not
appropriate on-level reading for 4th graders. However, if your child reads lower level books to a younger sibling for at least 20 minutes, I will give him/her credit for one such book per month.
Each student will complete a STAR test to help determine his/her current reading levels for fiction and non-fiction material. These levels will be printed on an index card for your child to reference each time he/she chooses a book to read. Levels can be adjusted (up or down) based on performance. When choosing books outside of the school, please help your child choose books on his/her reading level as well as books that are of interest to your child. We all enjoy reading more when the topic grabs our attention!
It is highly encouraged that your child read more than one type of literature such as magazines, internet articles, and newspaper articles. These types of reading material will be added to the overall reading goal as follows:
5 newspaper articles =1 book
5 internet articles = 1 book
4 magazines = 1 book |