Keene students top in Book It program
COSHOCTON – Stephanie Kopec is amazed by her fourth graders at Keene Elementary School and proud of how much they enjoy reading.
“This class loves to read,” she said. “Sometimes it’s difficult to get them to stop. When we started the year they had certain incentives for reading and participating in the Pizza Hut Book It program, but I never really needed to use them.”
The students were expected to read at least one hour a day on their own and ended up logging 362,280 minutes read from October through March. That total earned them the privilege of being the top class in the Book It program out of 630,000 classes nationwide.
“It makes me really happy to know we did this,” said Paige Nicely.
Her fourth grade classmate Kiera McPeck was amazed by their success and so was Carter Fry.
“I’m excited to be first,” said Fry, who also is in the fourth grade.
His favorite books to read are the Harry Potter series.
“I liked the last book the most,” Fry said. “I love the idea of all the wizards coming together and fighting the biggest wizard alive.”
McPeck’s favorite book that she read was “A Dog Called Kitty.”
“It’s unique,” she said.
Nicely really enjoyed the Baby-Sitter Club series.
“There is a lot of stuff in them to learn like responsibility for being in a club,” she said.
This is only the second year Kopec has had her students use the Book It program. Last year her class also excelled with it and was in the top 100 in the nation.
josie@coshoctoncountybeacon.com
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