100 BOOK CHALLENGE® for Elementary School 4-5

Teacher Resource Kit

The Teacher Resource Kit provides teachers with the tools they will need to get started with 100 Book Challenge®.

Includes

• IRLA
• Set of Laminated Skills Cards on a Ring
• On-Target Badge
• Leveling Poster
• Classroom Poster

IRLA: Independent Reading Level Assessment Framework

Formative Assessment Built on the Common Core State Standards for Reading

The IRLA is a unified standard-based framework for student assessment, text leveling, curriculum, and instruction. The IRLA ensures that grade level instruction in reading is appropriately rigorous and that differentiated support effectively meets the needs of all students.

The IRLA allows educators to determine a student’s current level of reading proficiency, diagnose areas of strength and weakness, formulate an Action Plan for next steps, and track progress while becoming an expert in reading instruction and the Common Core State Standards. The IRLA includes Cold Reads and questions used to assess student proficiency with the Common Core State Standards as well as Student Practice Pages to reinforce essential skills.

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.

On-Target Badge

Each 15 minutes of reading practice counts as one Step. Students are expected to read for 11 Steps a week, for a minimum of 800 Steps (200 hours) per year. Teachers, administrators, and office staff, wear the weekly target number of Reading Steps around their necks. This simple gesture makes it clear that every student in the school is expected to do enough reading practice every day to get good at it. It is soon very clear which students in the school are not getting enough reading practice in time to do something about it.

Leveling Poster

ARC’s standards-based color leveling system organizes all of your leveling tools into one simple standards-based gradient that students, teachers, and parents can understand and use. The leveling poster is a handy reference defining the text characteristics at every color level and providing the correlation to other popular leveling programs.

Classroom Poster

Teachers can keep track of students’ reading milestones. This 39" × 27" colorful glossy poster has spaces for the teacher to write in the students’ names and the dates on which they reached reading milestones—from 100–1000 Steps.

Teacher Resource Kit

The Teacher Resource Kit provides teachers with the tools they will need to get started with 100 Book Challenge®.

Includes

• ENIL
• Set of Laminated Skills Cards on a Ring
• On-Target Badge
• Leveling Poster
• Classroom Poster

ENIL: Evaluación del nivel independiente de lectura

American Reading Company’s ENIL provides core national standards for reading proficiency, grades PreK–8. The ENIL allows educators to determine a student’s current level of reading proficiency in Spanish, diagnose areas of strength and weakness, formulate an Action Plan for next steps, and track progress on a daily basis using books the students has chosen to read.

Students need to know where they stand in relation to grade-level expectations. The ENIL will help teachers show students where they are, where they should be, and what skills and behaviors lie in between. Through regular conferences, teachers and students outline and track a course of correction, acceleration, or maintenance for each student and his or her family.

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.

On-Target Badge

Each 15 minutes of reading practice counts as one Step. Students are expected to read for 11 Steps a week, for a minimum of 800 Steps (200 hours) per year. Teachers, administrators, and office staff, wear the weekly target number of Reading Steps around their necks. This simple gesture makes it clear that every student in the school is expected to do enough reading practice every day to get good at it. It is soon very clear which students in the school are not getting enough reading practice in time to do something about it.

Leveling Poster

ARC’s standards-based color leveling system organizes all of your leveling tools into one simple standards-based gradient that students, teachers, and parents can understand and use. The leveling poster is a handy reference defining the text characteristics at every color level and providing the correlation to other popular leveling programs.

Classroom Poster

Teachers can keep track of students’ reading milestones. This 39" × 27" colorful glossy poster has spaces for the teacher to write in the students’ names and the dates on which they reached reading milestones—from 100–1000 Steps.

Instructional Framework

The Instructional Framework 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.

Elementary Reading Skills Cards

Tailored to the needs of students at each level of reading acquisition and color-coded to the standards-based leveling system, 100 BOOK CHALLENGE Reading Skills Cards help teachers and parents identify a student’s level and teach the appropriate reading strategies for that level. The Skill Cards make explicit what each student must practice in order to move on to the next level. A set of cards appropriate for Elementary 2-3 reading levels are included in the module.

Elementary Spanish Reading Skills Cards

Tailored to the needs of students at each level of reading acquisition and color-coded to the standards-based leveling system, 100 BOOK CHALLENGE Reading Skills Cards help teachers and parents identify a student’s level and teach the appropriate reading strategies for that level. The Skill Cards make explicit what each student must practice in order to move on to the next level. A set of cards appropriate for 1st Grade reading levels are included in the module.

Milestone Awards

Milestone Awards are presented to students by the school principal 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.

100 Book Challenge modules include folders to take 30 students from 0-800 Steps. Additional incentive folders up to 1,000 Steps are available à la carte.

Home Coach Magnets

Colorful refrigerator magnets will remind home coaches to support their students’ 100 BOOK CHALLENGE Reading, providing a fun way to encourage families to turn off the TV and make sure their child reads for 30 minutes.

The magnets are available in both English and Spanish.

Home Coach Magnets

Colorful refrigerator magnets will remind home coaches to support their students' 100 BOOK CHALLENGE Reading, providing a fun way to encourage families to turn off the TV and make sure their child reads for 30 minutes.

The magnets are available in both English and Spanish.

Super Reader Cape

The Super Reader Cape is an incentive tool with which K-1 teachers can honor students' effort and achievements. The cape is intended to be awarded in the classroom for students who have hit either a step milestone or reached a new reading level.

500-Book Kid Logbook

Students who are unable to use the pattern in Yellow books to figure out how to “read” the rest of the book are working at the Read-To-Me (RTM) level. This indicates that they are not yet ready to read independently. Listening to massive amounts of books read aloud develops RTM students’ interest in reading. The 500-Book Kid Read-Aloud logbooks ensures that every RTM student experiences 500 read alouds.

500-Book Kid Logbook

Students who are unable to use the pattern in Yellow (Amarillo) books to figure out how to “read” the rest of the book are working at the Léeme-A-Mí (LAM) level. This indicates that they are not yet ready to read independently. Listening to massive amounts of books read aloud develops LAM students’ interest in reading. The 500-Book Kid Read-Aloud logbooks ensures that every LAM student experiences 500 read alouds.

Incentive Kit

Rewards for Readers Who Achieve

Research shows that extrinsic rewards help students sustain behavior that is initially challenging but with experience becomes intrinsically rewarding. Your avid readers don’t need the prizes, but students not used to reading at home every night on their own do. The 100 Book Challenge Module includes a package of small incentives to get all of your readers started on lots of reading every day.

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.

Professional Development

ARC Professional Development is highly adaptable and flexible to meet the needs of the district and/or school. The total number of Professional Development days, time of year, and recommended service types of PD can all be modified to best serve the district and/or school.

Classroom Library

Master educators hand-select only the best trade and reading company multicultural titles to include in the Kindergarten Libraries. Collections are balanced to include fiction (including best selling series) and nonfiction across multiple genres and come leveled, organized and ready to read. Each classroom receives ten baskets (30 books each), totaling 300 unique titles, and each classroom’s set is different. The baskets circulate among participating classrooms creating a continuous stream of up to 15,000 titles moving through participating classrooms.