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1 Where the Adventure Begins, myon Adventure Guide ADVENTURE 17 myon Adventure Guide #myonadventures

2 DEAR EDUCATORS, The school year is here! This fall, myon is asking your students, What adventures do you take when you read? Our fall reading campaign, Where the Adventure Begins, offers educators across the globe resources to engage their students in reading. You ll find book lists, goal sheets, family engagement resources, literacy tips, and templates to start ramping up your school year reading immediately. Students will explore different adventures based on different hats they recognize. They can pull on a baseball camp and explore a sports adventure, or strap on an aviator hat and take to the skies. The adventures in reading on myon are truly limitless! As always, if you have any questions feel free to contact us at support.myon.com. Here s to another adventurous school year full of reading! Sincerely, The myon Team P.S.: Share your reading adventures on social media! Find us on Facebook or Twitter. Use the hashtag #myonadventures to see amazing educators sharing their success stories, best practices, and literacy tips. ADVENTURE 17 myon Adventure Guide #myonadventures

3 X EDUCATOR RESOURCES District/School Goals Student Goals Login Cards Social Media Build Your Own Reading Contest Ideas for Incentives Completion Certificate ADVENTURE 17 myon Adventure Guide #myonadventures

4 Goals As a school/class, we are committed to collectively achieve the following goals for the school year. Collective Reading Goals: TIME SPENT READING WORDS READ BOOKS READ Way to go! We have completed: TIME SPENT READING WORDS READ BOOKS READ Below is how much we have left to read to complete our reading goals! Almost there: TIME SPENT READING WORDS READ BOOKS #myonadventures

5 Every time you read, you are participating in a learning adventure. Go on a myon adventure and read to travel to new, exciting places! Make sure to challenge yourself with your reading goals. Be realistic and think of how you can achieve these goals. My personal reading goals: Number of books I want to read this school year: Minutes per week I am committing to read outside of school: Top 3 ways I will achieve my reading goals: (ex: read with sister, set aside 20 minutes at home every night, read on the bus to school, etc.) Student Teacher #myonadventures

6 Your Reading Adventure Awaits! Go to and start reading Enter School Name: Enter Username: Enter Password: Your Reading Adventure Awaits! Go to and start reading Enter School Name: Enter Username: Enter #myonadventures Your Reading Adventure Awaits! Go to and start reading Enter School Name: Enter Username: Enter Password: Your Reading Adventure Awaits! Go to and start reading Enter School Name: Enter Username: Enter #myonadventures

7 Your Reading Adventure Awaits! Your Reading Adventure Awaits! Go to: Log in with: For questions contact: Go to: Log in with: For questions #myonadventures Your Reading Adventure Awaits! Your Reading Adventure Awaits! Go to: Log in with: For questions contact: Go to: Log in with: For questions #myonadventures

8 Follow us on Social Media! f i t X YouTube: myonreader Follow us on social media to stay informed of new information and share stories from schools that are using myon. When you follow us, you will get great tips and tricks on how to better utilize myon in your classroom throughout the school year. FACES of myon! Submit a photo of your student wearing one of the cut-out hats and use the hashtag #FACESofmyON. Then direct message us the first name and last initial of the student and the school you are located at and we will send that student a pair of myon sunglasses or a myon beach ball! One lucky student will be randomly chosen to win a Kindle Fire HD! Become a Guest Blog Poster! Contact marketing@myon.com to submit a blog post to be featured on our website students, parents, educators, administrators anyone is welcome to submit! We LOVE hearing from people in the myon community that have an immense passion for reading and literacy! ADVENTURE 17 myon Adventure Guide #myonadventures

9 CREATE YOUR OWN READING CONTEST We want to give you the tools to create your own, personalized back to school reading contest in your school or district. Here you will find contest ideas, reward ideas, and a template which will encourage your students to read on myon! READING CONTESTS Top Reader in the District or School Report to Use: Time Spent Reading Top Reader in the Grade or Class Report to Use: Time Spent Reading, Books Read or Lexile Growth Top Class in the District, School or Grade Report to Use: Time Spent Reading Top Grade in the School Report to Use: Time Spent Reading Top School in the District Report to Use: Time Spent Reading, Books Read or Lexile Growth READ ON myon FOR A CHANCE TO WIN! Back to School Reading Contest Reading Contest #myonadventures Contest Reading Dates: REWARD IDEAS Top Reader Principal for the Day Breakfast with Teacher Top Class Pizza Party Extended Recess Ice Cream Social Movie Day and Popcorn Party Top Grade Read-a-thon - set up camp and read all day long! Dodgeball tournament Top School Theme Day - Dress up of your choice Principal will dye/shave hair Top Reader in District Recognition in school newspaper KindleFire HD giveaway Are you unsure of how to run reports to find this data? Go to Educator Resources online at prodev.myon.com. Log in > myon in School > Using myon > Reports Video ADVENTURE 17 myon Adventure Guide #myonadventures

10 READ ON myon FOR A CHANCE TO WIN! Back to School Reading Contest Reading Contest #myonadventures Contest Reading Dates:

11 Completion Completion Successful of cate Certifi Todd Brekhus President, myon Presented to For successful completion of the myon Reading #myonadventures

12 X FAMILY RESOURCES Letter to the family What is myon? At-Home Reading Goals Family Reading Ideas Cut Out Hats ADVENTURE 17 myon Adventure Guide #myonadventures

13 DEAR FAMILIES, Welcome to the School Year! This fall, we are asking your child, What adventures do you take when you read? We are excited to engage students in reading through myon, our digital library with thousands of books for your students to enjoy anytime, anywhere. In our Where the Adventure Begins reading campaign, our students will explore different adventures based on different hats they recognize. They can pull on a baseball camp and explore a sports adventure, or strap on an aviator hat and take to the skies. The adventures in reading on myon are truly limitless! Please see the enclosed family resources to help you take advantage of myon and our school reading campaign. We encourage all families to actively participate reading at home has a huge impact on reading success. Let s work together to show our students an adventure is only a book away. Thank you! P.S. Students are participating in the Where the Adventure Begins reading campaign across the globe. Share your reading adventures with your child on Facebook or Twitter using the hashtag #myonadventures to see students everywhere engaging in reading! ADVENTURE 17 myon Adventure Guide #myonadventures

14 WHAT IS myon? myon is a learner-centered online literacy environment that provides unlimited access to thousands of enhanced and engaging digital books* on a wide variety of topics. With myon, children can read independently or together with family members, anytime and anywhere. The following key features make reading enjoyable, while helping young children gain the early literacy skills they need to become proficient readers by third grade, and supporting all children to become lifelong readers and learners. An intuitive, age-appropriate dashboard provides access to the myon library and enables all readers to choose and read books that match their interests and reading levels. Flexible reading supports audio, highlighting, an embedded dictionary and a zoom feature encourage new and struggling readers. Always on, 24/7, on weekdays, weekends, holidays and over the summer so youngsters and families can access myon whenever they want or need to read. There s no limit to the number of times a book can be read and no waiting for books to become available so children and families can always access the books they want to read. Online reading is supported on any web-enabled device desktops, notebooks and tablets wherever readers may be, including at home, in school, at the library and community centers. Readers can download up to 20 books at a time for offline reading with free mobile apps for ipad, Android devices, Chromebooks and Kindle Fire HD. ADVENTURE 17 myon Adventure Guide #myonadventures

15 AT HOME READING GOALS My at home reading goals are: The ways I will meet these goals: The ways my parents or guardians can help me meet these goals: Reader Parent/Guardian Date ADVENTURE 17 myon Adventure Guide #myonadventures

16 FAMILY READING ADVENTURES Don t miss out on the fun! Join your students on a reading adventure with myon. Here are a few activities that will help kick-start a family journey: A D V N E T U R E DVENTURE GUIDE Tell your student about one of your favorite adventures you have been on. Where did you go? What did you see? Why were you there? Next step is to look up different myon books to learn more about that place that you went and the things you saw! ESIGNATE Designate an area in your house for a reading corner! Set up a fort specifically meant for reading with your child! Create a sign to hang on the fort Readers ONLY Past This Point! ISIT Travel to a park, zoo, mall, etc. and create a story with a great adventure where your student is the main character and you are along for the ride. When you are done creating your great adventure, look up books about the subject that you are your student can read together. AT Ask your child where they would like to travel in the world. Set up a dinner with the food shared in that area and research more about the climate, culture, animals, etc. that live in the area of the world of their choice. EW HOBBY Start a new hobby with your child. Whether it be cooking or playing the piano, to hiking or collecting baseball cards, there is a myon book that will help you along the way! Learn more about that hobby on myon! RACK Track your student s progress. Ask them to explain what is on his/her reading dashboard, what their Lexile level is and where they want it to be in the future. NDERSTAND Reading outside of school is of the upmost importance for your student to enhance learning growth. Try to set aside 20 minutes a day to read with your student. EWARD Set reading goals and reward your kids when they accomplish these goals with fun family activities! A trip to a waterpark, a picnic with lunch of their choice, family trip to the beach, etc. XAMPLE Lead by example! You students look up to you and want to emulate your actions. So if you set a good example by reading, they will want to as well! Other Ideas: Alternative Ending: Before you finish reading a book with your children, write what you think should happen in the end and compare it to what actually happens. Picture This!: Have your children take pictures and write stories about the pictures. Create a storyline based on different locations. Read to an Audience: Reading to an audience is fun! Have young children read aloud to their stuffed animals, siblings, or you. Choose a scene from the book and act it out. Starring: Talk about the book you are reading. If you were the main character in the story, would you make the same choices as the protagonist? Reminisce: What was your favorite story when you were your student s age? Can you find that book on myon? Is there a tale of similar story line? Book Review: Create a personal book review. Know what your student is reading and ask your child if they enjoyed the book and what their favorite parts were. Ask them if there were parts of the book that they did not like and what they would change about it. Weekly Check-In: Smaller reading goals will help your student obtain their larger goals and dreams. Break their reading goals into small, attainable portions and check in each week what they did to get to those goals. Family Night: Establish your very own family night read-in. Set aside designated time for family reading where the entire family reads. Alternative Ending: Before you finish reading a book with your children, write what you think should happen in the end and compare it to what actually happens. Travel with myon: Have a way to read on myon on the go. That way, when you are in the car, waiting in the doctor s office, or on a trip they don t have to be bored, they can read! Reward Reading: Reward you re your kids for reading with fun family activities! A trip to a waterpark, a picnic with lunch of their choice, family trip to the beach, etc. Get Cozy: Cuddle up and read to kids every night before going to #myonadventures

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