[100 Book Challenge] has greatly served us in bridging the home-school gap by providing a vehicle for a set procedure/routine, materials, vocabulary, and understandable system of measuring progress. Parents are introduced to one system from the first days of kindergarten that carry through for the entire elementary experience of their child. This consistency of skills and strategies provides an obvious link for home follow-up, reinforcement, and further intervention.
—Director of Title Programs, Assessments, and Grant, Chichester School District, PA
The reading atmosphere at our school has drastically changed since implementing Action 100. We read everywhere. Kids and teachers are excited about reading. The two most important pieces are the amount of time that students spend reading and the conferencing that takes place between teachers and students. Parents that are reinforcing this reading at home have said that it has truly changed their students’ lives. One of our parents that has a student with a disability stopped by to tell me that for the first time in her son’s life, he is able to carry on a conversation with her. She truly believes that it is because of all the vocabulary that he has been exposed to in the books he reads every day.
—Angela Gordon, Principal, Oscar J. Pope Elementary, FL
…I relied heavily on 100 Book Challenge during summer school this year and saw amazing results with some of my lowest readers; the confidence boost being able to read independently gives them provides the motivation to work hard at school and at home. Three students even stayed in the room during every single 15 minute break to get extra practice! And these are 17 year olds we’re talking about!
—Amy Long, TX