Read a Million Words, Seattle

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Read a Million Words, Seattle!

• To have a fun activity linked to daily reading
• To challenge our students to read a million words
  per year, and to encourage reading for pleasure
• To support students in becoming more proficient
  readers
• SPS Academic Vision
• Every student a reader, writer,
• mathematician and ready for college and work.

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Why a Million Words?

• frequent readers showed higher reading
  achievement (1994, Rogers, et al.)
• reading volume predicted reading comprehension
  achievement (1999, Guthrie, et al.)
• The connection between voluntary reading and
  powerful literacy is that people learn to read by
  reading (2006, Reading Matters, by Ross,
  Krashen)

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Why a Million Words?

• Out of School Reading (1988)
• 5th graders, achievement testing
• 90th percentile read 40 minutes/day
• 2.3 million words a year
• 50th percentile read 12 minutes/day
• 600,000 words a year
• 10th percentile read 2 minutes/day
• 50,000 words per year

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So, how much is a million?
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Harry Potter V 214,536 words / 870 pages Harry
Potter VII 759 pages 1 of 25 chapter books for
grades 5 -12
Goosebumps 22,450 words/ 8 words per sentence
Picture Book 600 words
Comic Books 2,000 words 1 a day x 180 days
360,000 words!
I-5 lead article 1,269 words
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1st steps (Teachers Librarians)

• Introduce the Read a Million Words, Seattle! to
  the students
• Provide instruction (details) and/or handouts for
  the students, regarding how to log their reading.
• Provide information and instruction for the
  parents families, so that they can be active
  participants in the Read a Million Words,
  Seattle! project.
• Celebrate the success of reaching the reading
  benchmarks with each student!

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1st steps (Parents)

• Plan time for your child to read a minimum of 20
  minutes every day.
• Document the reading with your signature, if
  required for the reading log.
• Check the Read a Million Words, Seattle! webpage
  for further reading ideas, specifically selected
  for parents
• www.readamillionwords.seattleschools.org
• Celebrate the success of reaching the reading
  benchmarks with your child!

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1st steps (Students)

• Make time to read at least 20 minutes every
  single day.
• Be sure to mark your reading log every day, or to
  log your reading on the Read a Million Word
  webpage
• http//host5.evanced.info/seattleps/sr/homepage.as
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• Check the Read a Million Words, Seattle! webpage
  for further reading ideas, specifically selected
  for student readers.
• www.readamillionwords.seattleschools.org
• Celebrate the success of reaching your reading
  benchmarks!

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PK-5 Reading Recognition Awards

• 125,000 words
• 250,000 words
• 500,000 words
• 750,000 words
• 1,000,000 words Gift Certificate to a bookstore!

Congratulations Certificate
One Million Dollar Bookmark
Reading Bracelet (Read in 5 different languages)
Fun reading pencils
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Read a Million Words, Seattle!

• Questions?
• Specifics regarding the procedures for your
  childs reading log Individual Teachers
• Information regarding the reading research
• Dan Coles, djcoles_at_seattleschools.org, 252-0321
• Read a Million Words, Seattle! program, reading
  recognition awards or sponsorship
• Cathy McLeod, csmcleod_at_seattleschools.org,
  252-0500

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