KiiT-IS Reading ​Challenge Program

I welcome you all for the new academic session. I hope you will enjoy the library and it services for the year 2024-25. We would like to introduce many engaging activities for whole year. Your participation is very important to make yourself ready to face the future challenges in the 21st century. 

Registration

  • Registration starts on Monday, 22/07/24
  • Reading Challenge Starts on 31/07/24
  • Duration: 20 Weeks, 31st July to 20th Dec 24
  • Place: Library Circulation Counter

Points to be Remember

Inspire students through joyful, successful reading experiences with engaging texts and relatable characters who grow and learn by you.

  • From  Mid of July to Mid of December, 20 Weeks
  • Maintaining the reading log book is must
  • Books need to come along with Reading bags
  • Reading Bag will have the user name/S.No. in the address pouch
  • Book mark you will get in the beginning of the year.
  • You need to take the sign on Reading log book from your parents, teacher and the librarian to make the proper authentication of your reading progress.
According to a survey conducted by Scholastic India, more than 77% of children believe reading books for fun is extremely or very important. This includes leisure books or storybooks and not the books that are part of their curriculum.

Younger kids like reading short stories that contain pictures. They tend to lean more towards comic books and fairy tales. The survey finds younger kids to read more for leisure while the older kids read more for learning.

children aged 15–17, engage themselves with video games or outdoor games. Others may like watching a video on YouTube or spending time on their mobile phones and computers. These kids emphasize that strong computer skills and acute thinking skills are equally essential.

​As per the survey, around 30 per cent of children consider themselves “good” readers and this confidence surge with age. 32 per cent of children report that they are frequent readers, but overall, nine in every ten kids i.e 92% say that they read books for fun at least one day a week.

Reading Challenge Programme
  1. Library Reading Medal
  2. School’s Reading Medal
  3. Principal’s Reading Medal
  4. Chairperson’s Best Reader Medal
  5. Founder’s Reader of the Year Award
Books can borrow by Students: Students will be issued to a maximum of TWO books for a period of SEVEN DAYS.

​What Do Kids Like To Read?

Kids aged 6-8 years like to read books that make them laugh.
Kids aged 9-11 years like books that tell a true story.
Kids aged 12-14 years want books that are a little scary.
Kids aged 15-17 years want books that let them forget about real life for a while and have smart or brave characters.

1. Library Reading Medal

​Participants need to read 15 age appropriate Books
Early years: 200 pages, Participant’s need to read in the library (Nursery to UKG)
Pre Primary: 500 pages, Participant’s need to read in the library (Grade 1-2 )
Primary: 1000 Pages, Participant’s need to read (Grade 3-5)
Middle years:  1500 Pages, Participant’s need to read (Grade 6-8)
Participants
  • Out of fifteen Books, you will submit 6 book reviews,
  • “Promote a book like an author” Activity for 2 Books.
  • Up to Grade 2 Kids need to take part in Read aloud 

School’s Reading Medal

Common Criteria for the participant
Participants need to read 25 age appropriate Books
Early years: 350 pages, Participant’s need to read in the library (Nursery to UKG)
Pre Primary: 750 pages, Participant’s need to read (Grade 1-2 )
Primary: 1500 Pages, Participant’s need to read (Grade 3-5)
Middle years:  2000 Pages, Participant’s need to read (Grade 6-8)
Participants
  • Out of 25 Books, they need to submit 12 book reviews,
  • 15 Books has been read by reader interest and 6 books compulsorily read non fictions from 25 books
  • ​“Promote a book like an author” Activity, for 5 Books.
  • ​Up to Grade 2 Kids need to take part in Read aloud 

Principal’s Reading Medal

Common Criteria for the participant
Participant need to read 32 age appropriate Books
Early years: 450 pages, Participant’s need to read (Nursery to UKG)
Pre Primary: 900 pages, Participant’s need to read (Grade 1-2 )
Primary: 1800 Pages, Participant’s need to read (Grade 3-5)
Middle years:  2500 Pages, Participant’s need to read (Grade 6-8)
Participants
  • Out of 32 Books, they need to submit 18 book reviews
  • 22 Books can read with their interest but last 10 books compulsorily they have to read non fictions.
  • “Promote a book like an author” Activity, for 7 Books. ​
  • Up to Grade 2 Kids need to take part in Read aloud 

Chairperson’s Best Reader medal

​Criteria for the Best Reader

We select the best reader from each section of the class
  • The person who reads highest books or more number of pages will be the automatic choice during 32 weeks or 8 months.
  • He or She has to write reading travelogue
  • His or her conduct in the library is very important and observes keenly.
  • Proper library transactions are must

Founder’s Reader of the year award

Criteria for the Reader of the year award
  • We select the reader of the year Award from the bunch of Best Readers.
  • Presenting the Reading travelogue of the winner of the reading Challenge. ... " Reader of the year award" to inspire reading community of the school.
  • Winner is on our Reader Wall of Fame for the year 2024-25.

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