The 2012 Principal Challenge is over, but check back for details about next years challenge!!
This year, the BOOK IT! Program challenged every school principal to "read your heart out" during National Young Readers Week, November 12-16, 2012. The research shows that the single most important factor in raising a reader is reading aloud. And the only way to get better at reading is to do it...
Here's how the challenge worked: |
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Choose one day during National Young Readers Week (November 12-16) as your "read your heart out" day. |
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Commit to reading the entire school day - from the first bell to the last! Get ideas here. |
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Let everyone know that you are taking the Read Your Heart Out Challenge. After all, if you set up camp on the roof, you're going to need food and water. Here's a media alert you may want to use. |
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As soon as the last bell rings, LIKE and POST "I read my heart out today for BOOK IT! at _________(Your School)___________ (Your City and State) on the BOOK IT! Facebook page
*(facebook.com/BOOK IT1985) |
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| Cross your fingers that the following week, you'll receive a phone call from Jeff Kinney, author of The Diary of a Wimpy Kid series and our 2012-13 program partner, letting you know that you've won 100 copies of his newest book, The Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Third Wheel, just releasing on November 13th for your school library as well as one autographed copy for yourself (or perhaps a student who read their heart out?!).
Are you ready to take the challenge and read your heart out?
If so, please pre-register so BOOK IT! can help make sure you are well prepared and have the tools you need to really show your students that you've got heart for reading.
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