[kids-lib] Reading is an Investment Has Begun

[Jennifer Maurer]

Please pardon the cross-posting.

If you offer children's programming or services at your library, you may be interested in Reading is an Investment, a program designed to promote literacy and financial education among K-5 elementary students in Oregon. Further explanation and details are below, but I wanted to note that there are several ways you could promote this at the public library:


*         Create a display of some of the books on the recommended reading list, which was updated over the summer.

*         Post about the program on your website.

*         Have printed reading lists and/or reading logs on hand.

*         Promote the program with the homeschooling community.

*         Focus a storytime or two on books that deal with money or finances.

Thanks,
Jen

Jennifer Maurer
School Library Consultant
Oregon State Library
250 Winter Street NE
Salem, OR 97301
503.378.5011
jennifer.maurer at state.or.us

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From: Jennifer Maurer
Sent: Monday, October 31, 2011 4:37 PM
To: Posting to OASL Listserv (oasl-all at oema.memberclicks.net)
Subject: [Elementary] Reading is an Investment Has Begun

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This year's Reading is an Investment (RII) program is now in full swing. Sponsored by the State Treasurer and the Oregon College Savings Plan, it aims to promote literacy and financial education among K-5 elementary students in Oregon.
http://www.ost.state.or.us/Read/About.htm
As part of RII, your elementary school library will receive two free books: Pigs Will be Pigs: Fun With Math and Money by Amy Axelrod and Rock, Brock, and the Savings Shock by Sheila Bair. Homeschoolers and students in private elementary schools are welcome to participate, but they do not receive donated books.
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The biggest program component is encouraging kids to read or be read to, and the books should relate to money and finances. Students must read at least 3 books from the recommended reading list, and they will track their time in increments of 20 (read-to-me kids) or 40 (independent readers) minutes. Participants may fill out a reading log up to 10 times, and log counts as an entry for the Oregon College Savings Plan drawing.

For resources such as curriculum tie-ins and the recommended reading list, visit http://www.ost.state.or.us/Read/Teachers.htm. FYI, the reading list was updated this year.
The second page of the reading log has a detailed explanation of how to participate. http://www.ost.state.or.us/Read/Reading_Log.pdf
For students to be eligible for one of the fifty $500 college savings plan scholarships, their entries must be received by March 31, 2012.
http://www.ost.state.or.us/Read/Register.asp (Did you know that the winners' school also receives $500?)
Need the program information in Spanish?  http://www.ost.state.or.us/Read/Espanol/
If you have any questions about Reading is an Investment, contact Nicki McMillan, Executive Assistant in the Office of the State Treasurer, at 503.378.4329 or reading.investment at ost.state.or.us<mailto:reading.investment at ost.state.or.us>
Finally, in a summer Tidbits email I suggested that schools that really want to focus on financial education could try to combine Reading is an Investment with Banking on Our Future, a financial skills program for 4th - 8th graders. If you're interested in pursuing that, here's information about the latter program from http://financialbeginnings.org/youth-programs.asp: "This fun, engaging and relevant program is taught by professionals in our community who really connect with our youth around these important topics. This free program covers four important topics listed below [budgeting, credit, accounts, and savings & investing] in a four hour program that can be scheduled to fit each teacher's needs."

Thanks,
Jen
Jennifer Maurer
School Library Consultant
Oregon State Library
250 Winter Street NE
Salem, OR 97301
503.378.5011
jennifer.maurer at state.or.us<mailto:jennifer.maurer at state.or.us>

OSLIS || www.oslis.org
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