3rd-Grade Class Named Oregon Reading Champions at McKay Elementary
McKay Creek Elementary is proud to announce that Teacher Noele Mead’s 3rd-grade class has been crowned Oregon State Reading Champions for READBowl 2024.
READBowl is a free global reading competition where Pre-K through 8th-grade teams around the world compete to read for the most minutes over four weeks. This year’s seventh annual competition was held from January 8 (the day of the American College Football National Championship Game) through Super Bowl Sunday in February. The program is organized by Read with Malcolm, the youth literacy initiative of NFL Super Bowl Champion and children’s book author Malcolm Mitchell.
In a press release from READBowl, Mitchell said, “Winning a state championship is always prestigious. However, this year is especially notable, as there were more than 280,000 students from all 50 states and 14 countries on the reading field for the big game this year. I am so proud of every student who competed and congratulate our state and national champions.”
Overall, students from across the globe read for more than 180 million minutes during READBowl 2024.
Mead’s class read a total of 102,788 minutes to become the Oregon champions!
“We were completely shocked!” Mead said. “There was an uproar of WOO-HOO’s when I read the email out loud. As a teacher, it is such an honor to have my students recognized for their hard work and dedication to reading. Not everyone enjoys reading and for every student to be excited to participate was a highlight.”
Each day, students counted the reading they did while at school – reading instruction, reading silently, group reading, and anything they read during the day. They also kept track of the minutes they read at home. Mead said she saw an increase in her students completed weekly reading logs, which made her book-loving heart happy. Her students were the most excited when she told them the class was getting a box of books. One student stated that they were excited to have a prize they could keep forever.
McKay Teacher Shelby Cook’s 2nd-grade class also participated in READBowl 2024.
