Literacy
Counts

Student Participation

By participating in our Read-a-thon, you will not only improve your own literacy skills, but will improve those of your fellow students. The monies that you raise through pledged donations will benefit your school’s educational programs, and will promote deaf literacy nationwide.

To participate is simple – here’s how you get started:

Requirements:

1. Set a Daily Reading Goal – Each student sets a daily reading goal – how many minutes they will read between October 1- 31, 2010. Include all time spent reading outside of school. The time parents or others read aloud to a student also counts.
2. Secure Sponsors – Using a Pledge Sheet, each student is encouraged to secure sponsors – parents, relatives, friends, and neighbors – people who will pledge money for each minute that student reads. (A pledge might be $.02/minute, .10 per page or a one-time pledge of a set amount.)
3. Track Reading Time – Each student tracks how many minutes he/she reads each day at home using the Calendar Tally Sheet.
4. Collect Pledges – After collecting his/her money, each student places the money /checks and forms into an envelope marked Give Literacy a Hand Read-a-thon. Envelopes are due back to the classroom no later than November 6, 2010.