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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">I am forwarding this reminder on behalf of Stephanie Swetland who coordinates the Reading is an Investment program. -- Jen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue">Jennifer Maurer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue">School Library Consultant<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue">Oregon State Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue"><a href="mailto:jennifer.maurer@state.or.us">jennifer.maurer@state.or.us</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#595959">The Reading is an Investment (RII) program sponsored by the Oregon College Savings Plan is a great way to encourage students to read
during Spring Break. Parent/guardians who submit an entry form/reading log on behalf of a child are automatically entered into a drawing to win one of 50 Oregon College Savings Plan accounts, worth $529 each.
<b>Additionally, the schools of winning entrants will receive $500.</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#595959">The RII program aims to promote literacy and financial education among K-5 elementary students in Oregon</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#595959">
Annually, two books are featured, and this year they are <b><i>Earning Excitement</i></b> by Paul Nourigat and
<b><i>Isabel’s Car Wash</i></b> by Sheila Bair. The books are tied to the applicable state standards, with class activities designed around these standards. Lesson plans are available for use in the classroom, and teachers can access them at
<a href="http://ReadingIsAnInvestment.com"><span style="color:#595959">ReadingIsAnInvestment.com</span></a>, as is the full recommended reading list.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#595959">The biggest program component is encouraging kids to read or be read to, and the books should relate to money and finances. Students
are encouraged to read at least 3 books from the recommended reading list. Their time is tracked in increments of 20 (read-to-me kids) or 40 (independent readers) minutes on the entry form/reading log.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#595959">For entrants to be eligible for one of the $529 Oregon College Savings Plan accounts, their
<b>entries must be postmarked by April 30 and received by May 5, 2014. Online entries must be submitted by April 30.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#595959">Spanish entry forms are available online.</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#595959"> To access them or get more information
about the Reading is an Investment program, please visit <a href="http://ReadingIsAnInvestment.com">
<span style="color:#595959">ReadingIsAnInvestment.com</span></a>. If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact Stephanie Swetland at 503.373.1903 or
<a href="mailto:reading.investment@ost.state.or.us"><span style="color:#595959">reading.investment@ost.state.or.us</span></a>.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#595959">Financial literacy is emphasized in the Oregon Social Sciences Standards</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#595959">
which were adopted in 2011: <a href="http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/page/?id=1802">
<span style="color:#595959">http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/page/?id=1802</span></a>. These are the three core financial literacy standards, which are then more specific by grade level:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Acquire the knowledge and economic reasoning skills to make sound personal financial decisions to meet long and short term goals.
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Understand and apply key concepts of personal income potential, risk management, and investment.
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Examine individual responsibility and the impact of decisions on personal, local, regional, national and global economies.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#6E2F9D">Stephanie Swetland<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#6E2F9D">529 Plan Specialist<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#6E2F9D">Oregon 529 College Savings Network<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#6E2F9D">Tel: 503-373-1903<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#6E2F9D">Fax: 503-373-7933<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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