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Do You Want to Be A Reader Leader?

Who: Grades 3, 4 and 5
What: Sakura Picture Books
Why: Share your love of reading with the school community and demonstrate your oral reading fluency.
When: February 27th – April 7th (during a recess)
Where: Grade K, 1 or 2 classroom.
- Read ALL five required Sakura picture books for your grade level.
- Rate and log each book in your Sakura Reading Log.
- Sign-up to be a Reader Leader ONLY after you have completed all 5 required books.
- Pick one of the 5 books to read aloud.
- Practice reading your book aloud with a friend using the Reader Leader Checklist.
- Practice reading your book aloud to Ms. Pretz or Mrs. Fields.
- Once you demonstrate that you are reading with fluency and expression you will be assigned a classroom.

And the winners are…
NEW Kindle eBooks
Best Books of the Year 2016

American Library Association
Amazon Best Books of the Year
Bank Street
Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books
- Guide Book to Gift Books – This is a 27 page annotated listing of books that would make great gifts for children of all ages.
Geisel Award (best beginning reader)
Goodreads
Kirkus Review
National Council of Teachers of English
National Pubic Radio
National Science Teachers Association
New York Times
Parents’ Choice Awards
Publisher’s Weekly
School Library Journal
