Manti Elementary School Reading Newsletter

Readers are Leaders at Manti Elementary!

At Manti Elementary, we believe that cultivating a love for reading creates leaders. To support this, we encourage students to read 20 minutes each night, aiming for a total of 400 minutes per month. This initiative is not only about building reading skills but also about fostering a proactive and engaged learning community.

School-Wide Goal

Together, we aim to reach an incredible 1,000,000 minutes of reading by the end of the school year. If we achieve this goal, Mr. Ipson has promised to sleep on the school roof! It's a fun and exciting challenge that requires synergy from everyone at Manti Elementary.

Monthly Reading Challenge

Students who prioritize their reading by logging their minutes on their teacher's log and submitting them on time will earn a special ticket to a monthly celebration! Let's recognize and celebrate those who are "putting first things first" and demonstrating proactive reading habits.

Parent Involvement

Parents, your support is crucial in helping your children succeed. Encourage them to be proactive in their reading and in turning in their monthly minutes. The benefits of reading are immense: it helps children build language skills, expands their understanding of the world, and develops empathy and emotional awareness. Plus, reading together is a wonderful way to bond and connect with your child.

PBS Kids Read-a-Thon in November

Our school was awarded a mini grant from PBS Kids to sponsor a Read-a-thon during the month of November.  Students who read 20 minutes each day for the entire month (600 total minutes) will receive an Adventure Pass that includes tickets and/or discounts to places such as the Hogle Zoo, Thanksgiving Point, Utah Natural History Museum, and others!  In addition to this, students will receive incentives based on a tiered system!  Please turn in all your child’s reading minutes each week or month (depending on how your child’s teacher asks for minutes to be turned in).  More information is found on the other side of this page.

Thank you for your continued support and involvement in making Manti Elementary a community of readers and leaders!

Let's make this a fantastic month of reading at Manti Elementary! 📚

Dear Parents and Guardians,

We are thrilled to announce our upcoming PBS Kids Read-a-thon for the month of November!  Our school applied for and was awarded a mini grant that allows our students to participate in the "Paws and Read" Read-a-thon!  We are excited to encourage all of our students to participate in this fun, engaging, and rewarding reading adventure.

How It Works: Students will track their reading minutes throughout the month, and for each milestone they reach, they'll earn fun rewards and recognition. This read-a-thon is open to all students from preschool through 6th grade. At the end of the month, students who reach 600 minutes or more will earn an Adventure Pass, which gives them tickets and/or coupons to exciting museums, zoos, and other attractions across Utah!

Adventure Pass Partners Include:

• Natural History Museum of Utah
• Discovery Gateway
• Thanksgiving Point
• Clark Planetarium
• Utah Symphony | Utah Opera
• Hogle Zoo, and many more!

Please fill out your child’s reading log from their classroom and send it back to school.  Reading trackers need to be submitted during December to receive the Pass. We encourage you to help your child set reading goals, support them in tracking their minutes, and submit their completed reading trackers at the end of the month.

School Read-a-thon Incentives: Using the mini grant funds, we’ve created a tiered reward system to keep the motivation high and the reading minutes rolling in:

1. Bronze Level (250 minutes): Animal/pet bookmark
2. Silver Level (500 minutes): Bronze reward + pencil and animal eraser
3. Gold Level (750 minutes): Bronze + Silver rewards + Zoo Animal Safari Coloring Book (K-2) or animal sticker sheets (3-5)
4. Platinum Level (1,000 minutes): Bronze + Silver + Gold rewards + Pizza with the Principal
5. Diamond Level (1,500 minutes): Bronze + Silver + Gold + Platinum rewards + Movie party during school with an animal-themed G-rated movie, popcorn, and pajamas!

Mr. Ipson and Bryant, our custodian, are getting ‘pied’ this Friday to celebrate our progress in recorded reading minutes as a school.  During this assembly, Mr. Ipson will introduce the Read-a-thon, incentives, and Adventure Pass.  

This is an amazing opportunity for your child to grow their love for reading while earning exciting rewards! We can’t wait to see the reading progress all of our students will make!

Thank you for your support, and happy reading!