RAPTORS: Raptors Read To Achieve For Teachers

Teachers, here’s your chance to make literacy exciting for your students.

Now in its eighth year, the Toronto Raptors Read To Achieve program is committed to promoting literacy and a life long love of reading to all children.Through our free in school programs, Read To Achieve had 50,000 students participating in literacy based activities during the 2007-08 season. All of our participating schools are automatically eligible to participate a Read To Achieve visit with our players throughout the season.

Read To Achieve can help you:

Develop your students reading skills

Create an authentic purpose for reading

Help you reach all learners

Help your students develop a love of reading for pleasure

Fulfill your daily sustained reading requirements

Register now for Read To Acheive

(Formerly Team Up For Literacy)
October 2008 – March 2009
Grade 1-12

The Overtime Readers Club, formerly known as Team up for Literacy offers the opportunity to reward students who are dedicating their extracurricular time to reading and literacy efforts. The club is a great way to incorporate the Toronto Raptors into your school’s literacy activities.

Teachers are encourages to get their school involved by starting a new literacy initiative from scratch or simply continuing an already existing program. All registered classes will receive prizes after registration which can include:

Raptors game tickets

Autographed merchandise

Raptors gear (bags, headbands, t-shirts, etc.)

Books

These prizes are designed to be used as motivation and rewards for participating students. All students will also receive a certificate of participation at the end of the season.

Here are some of the suggested program ideas that past schools have participated in:

Book Clubs/Book Circles

Basketball and Book Club – combining physical activities and reading sessions

Boys Book Clubs – targeting reluctant readers

ESL Reading Groups

Homework Clubs

Mentoring/Tutoring Programs

Note: All initiatives and activities must utilize students’ extracurricular time and must devote at least 2 hours per week to the program.

Click here to register for the Overtime Readers Club

November 2008 - March 2009
Grade 1-8

With over 34,000 participants last season reading Time Out is our biggest and most popular program. Teachers are encouraged to begin a read-a-thon that tracks the number of pages, books or minutes read by their students.

This season we’re making it even easier to get involved by offering online registration and result submissions. All participating classes will receive bookmarks, posters and certificates of participation for all students.

Click here to read our guidelines and prize descriptions

Click here to register your class for Reading Time Out

Registered Teachers:
Click here to submit your class's results for the month

Results are due on the following dates:
November results due on December 5, 2008
December results due on January 10, 2009
January results due on February 6, 2009
February results due on March 6, 2009

January 19-February 13, 2009
Grade 1-12

Starting in January students can submit group or individual projects on their Black History Heroes. Winners will attend a Raptors home game in February and be recognized on court for their work.

Stay tuned for more details that will be emailed to Read To Achieve participating teachers in the new year and posted here.

Our 2008 Black History Heroes Challenge winners are recognized at an on-court halftime presentation with the Honourable Lincoln M Alexander