2. Anyone under 100,000 words
typically was not passing
assessments.
Cathy Coronado – Atchison Middle School in
partnership with Atchison Public Library
http://www.heatherbraum.info/conferences/kla/placing-a-hold-on-the-love-
of-reading/
Inspiration
3. Achieving a Standard of Reading Excellence in Kansas
By Cindy Pfeiffer
“with the adoption of the Reading Renaissance
principles, students at Pittsburg Community
Middle School have gone from not making
Reading AYP to making the Standard of
Excellence in reading each year since 2007”
Knowledge Quest. March/April 2011
Inspiration
4. The less kids read, the more slowly
their reading skills improve.
Inspiration
ALA 2013: Attracting Reluctant
Male Readers
http://www.yalsa.ala.org/thehub/2013/07/03/
ala-2013-attracting-reluctant-male-readers/
6. Raider Reading
Challenge
• Yearly Reward
• Read over 500,000 words
• Name in Kindle drawing at end of year
• Quarterly Rewards
• Exceed minimum classroom
requirement
• Open seminar time
