Freedom Elementary School Media Reading Challenge Winter Quarter - Monthly and Quarterly Rewards Media is doing a reading challenge for students in Kinder through 5th grades. There will be two challenges. One is monthly and one is quarterly. Since it is already at the end of January, we will be doing February and March for this quarter. • Freedom Elementary has a book vending machine from which your child could earn a free book! • One of the requirements of the reading challenge is earning Accelerated Reader (AR) points. o AR is a program Freedom uses where students can read a book and take a quiz. Passing quizzes gives the students points. o Students can log in to their single sign on page and access AR by clicking on RENAISSANCE. o See below for more specific requirements for the grade levels. (1st and 2nd also need to complete a passport) KINDERGARTEN Earn 4 brag tags per month by reading a Sunshine State Young Readers Association JR book (SSYRA JR) and turning in a signed brag tag slip by parent/teacher. (I give out slips when students check out SSYRA Jr. books) FIRST AND SECOND GRADE students will receive a passport (PINK) and will need to complete it by the end of the month to get a free book. Parent/Teacher will initial completed reading task then student will bring passport to Media to receive a stamp in their passport upon completion of that task. Required AR points within the passport are: Monthly Book Vending Machine Reward: 1st grade – 3 points plus February passport 2nd grade - 6 points plus February passport Quarterly Media Party Reward: 1st grade – 6 points plus February and March passport 2nd grade - 12 points plus February and March passport THIRD, FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADE students need to earn points on AR as follows: Monthly Book Vending Machine Reward: 3rd grade – 10 points 4th grade – 15 points 5th grade – 18 points Quarterly Media Party Reward: 3rd grade – 20 points 4th grade – 30 points 5th grade – 36 points

February 5, 2026

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Freedom Elementary School

📚✨February has started with a Monthly and Quarterly Reading Challenge! 🎉
Encourage your child to dive into some great books and earn awesome rewards along the way!
👉 Check out the flyer for details on:
⭐ How your child can earn a token for our Book Vending Machine to pick out a FREE book!
⭐ How to qualify for our Quarterly Media Party, a celebration your child won’t want to miss!
Let’s get reading! ❤️📖