Early ACTION Pre-Kindergarten Moving Up to Kindergarten Ready to Read

Read to Me Skills Cards

Skill Cards go home with the children each night, prompting parents to talk with their children about what they are reading.

500-Book Kid Logbook

Just for PreK students, parents, and teachers, the 500-Book Kid Read-Aloud logbooks ensures that every preschooler reads, or is read to, 500 books before entering kindergarten.

Medals for first 500 Steps

Milestone Awards are presented in recognition of effort-based achievements in reading. Each gold medal has the 100 Book Challenge logo on one side and the reading milestone on the other. Colorful ribbons represent which milestone the reader has reached.

Incentive Reading Folders

100 Book Challenge Reading Folders keep your students organized for Independent Reading. Everything they need for reading practice travels with them throughout the day and goes home each night. Students start with the basic Blue folder. As each reader completes 100 Steps of reading, he or she is awarded a new 100-Step Red folder. Students who have not completed the requisite amount of reading practice continue with the aging Blue folders. Teachers and volunteers can see at a glance who needs extra reading practice time. The color folders provide a Karate Belt system for monitoring and rewarding student effort.

The PreK Smart Start Module includes folders to take 30 students to 100, 200, 300, 400, and 500 Steps. Additional incentive folders up to 1,000 Steps are available à la carte.

Take-Home Book Bags

Cool Bags for Smart Kids

Students in grades PreK–5 use these durable book bags to transport all their 100 Book Challenge materials to and from school. The elastic strap will allow the bags to hang over the backs of most classroom chairs. Teachers can easily check to be sure every child goes home with this reading practice kit every night. Parents and younger siblings look forward to the unpacking of this special bag every afternoon, full of new books to read.

PreK Classroom Library

Some children enter Kindergarten with the experience of hundreds of hours of read aloud and other literacy activities in their homes. Children who have not had these experiences enter school seriously behind. Usually children without these literacy experiences are not yet ready to learn to read 2Y books.

These Read to Me (RTM) children will need emergency, read-aloud intervention to catch up in language, vocabulary, and background knowledge.

RTM collections feature the best books for beginning Read Aloud. Including levels 2G through 2R, the books are short and easy to read, making them easy to listen to and a comfortable read-aloud starting point for parents or older students.

The PreK Classroom Library contains 4 Read to Me Baskets of 30 titles each for a total of 120 titles.

25 Librarian-Tested Read Alouds

This special collection represents the best read-aloud books that have been librarian-tested by Miss Kate Perlish of American Reading Company. Miss Kate, children’s librarian, gathers first-hand knowledge as she reads to preschoolers every week in three local libraries.

Early Literacy Teacher Handbook

The Teacher Handbook is a vital and comprehensive resource for any teacher using 100 Book Challenge. The handbook provides blackline masters, instructions for implementation of every aspect of the program, tips for addressing common concerns, detailed descriptions of the book leveling system, and materials to encourage parent participation. Spanish translations of many of the materials for students and parents are also included.

Professional Development

Module includes 30 days of Professional Development instruction for up to 20 participants. This comprehensive, interactive, hands-on introduction to ACTION 100 will provide all participants with the tools and the understanding to successfully implement the program. Master teachers and principals lead all secessions. Teachers always leave this day excited and confident.

Power Word Cards

One Green (1G) and Two Green (2G) Power Word Cards allow students to practice high frequency sight words both at school and at home. Students slide the words they need to practice onto a ring and slip the ring into a plastic pouch that attaches to a lanyard. The ring of cards helps students, teachers and parents focus on the power words that need to be mastered next. The words go everywhere with students throughout the day, always available for turning spare moments into opportunities for partner practice and sight word games.

Skills Cards on a Ring

Have the entire range of 100 Book Challenge Skill Cards at your fingertips! This set includes all 100 Book Challenge Skill Cards making it easy to locate the skills necessary at any reading level. The set is laminated and collated onto a ring for quick reference.