Going by the number of pages your students read last year and the way our local library does their reading program, I came up with the following calculation:
Books must be age appropriate-no picture books for 3rd graders and such.
1 book =30 pages(Our library does 10 books or 300 pages to reach each step of the program and the program last 2 months with 6 steps. You didn't say how long your program last).
500,000 pages/30 pages = 16,667 books
I'd set a goal of 20,000 books to get an increase over the previous year's activity.
Thanks Brandi,
I will figure out the math and let you know. We are k-6, I will let you know what we come up with for the final number.
Thanks for the input,
Ellen
I would think about making the goal more for the older children and less for the younger. Have K-2 have to read 10 books a week and have 3-4 read 20-30 books a week. ( depending on your grade levels of course). Then I would figure up how many books that came up to and that would be by goal. I don't think that they could read a million books. If your school goes for 180 days ( approx 26 weeks ) the lower grades would end up reading ( splitting your total students in 1/2) 68,900 books. If your upper grades read 30 books a week, they would read 206,700. I would probably set the goal at 300,000. It's workable. (I also hope my math is right!!! LOL) Email me w/ what you come up with, I would be interested to see what your school does. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Hope this helps!
Brandy
Hi Everyone,
I am putting together a reading challenge for our elementary school for next school year. This last year we challenged the kids to read 500,000 pages, which they did, and the principal had to kiss a pig. For next year we want to challenge them to read a certain amount of books. My question is this, how many books would be a reasonable goal for 530 students to reach? One teacher said a million, I am not so sure about that. I do not want to put the goal so high that they can't reach it or I end up fudging numbers for them. Your input is much appreciated.
Thanks,
Ellen
