Reading STAR

Caleb's class tallied their outside-of-class reading today. He came in FIFTH in a class of 18. The class read over ONE THOUSAND books outside of class. Here's the top 5:

Natalie (the class star) - 194
Jonah (Caleb's best friend) - 119
Cameron - 111
Haley - 88
Caleb - 71

Coming in 5th is really great for Caleb. He's a very good reader, but he doesn't like doing the (very short) book report that's required to document the reading. I told him that his goal next year should be 100 books. We'll see.

The school (K-4th grade) also tallies the out-of-class minutes of reading each year. The goal this year was ONE MILLION minutes, but they read over TWO MILLION. As a reward, the principal and some teachers will get SLIMED (a la Nickelodeon) at the school picnic.