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AMERICA READS CHALLENGE: READ*WRITE*NOW! |
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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Washington, D.C. 20202 - _______ |
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Dear Educators, Parents, and Learning Partners: Welcome to SPIDER-MAN IN AMAZING ADVENTURES -- high-interest Supplemental language activities to engage more young children and families in reading activities. This master copy was developed jointly by the U.S. Department of Education and the National Dairy Council as part of the AMERICA READS CHALLENGE: READ*WRITE*NOW! initiative. President Clinton has proposed the AMERICA READS CHALLENGE to help children read well and independently by the end of third grade. SPIDER-MAN IN AMAZING ADVENTURES provides a range of activities for educators, parents, and learning partners to do with children from kindergarten through sixth grade. These activities engage children in fun with words, help sharpen their reading skills, and improve their oral and written communications skills. Children learn about nutrition, problem solving, and team building as they work through the booklet. The activities are arranged in this booklet from simple to more complex, and their flexibility invites you to adapt each one to the needs and abilities of your children. Children may work on activities alone, or in a team with other classmates, friends, and family members. They can work on one activity a week, or do several activities in the same week. By using the ideas in the "Try It!" box, activities can be extended to reinforce and enrich skills and knowledge. Since the activities in this master copy are not copyrighted, we encourage you to copy them for use in your classroom, library or home. We hope that you and your children will find these high-interest activities a perfect supplement to your programs, and that you will share your master copy with other teachers, librarians, and parents. Working together, we can reach President Clinton's AMERICA READS CHALLENGE to have many more children reading well and independently by the end of third grade. Sincerely, |
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| Richard W. Riley Secretary U.S. Department of Education |
Thomas P. Gallagher President National Dairy Council |
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