Home Reading

Notice - New changes to reading minute collection - again!

Our reading across Canada program will continue! How students will share the amount of minutes they read will be changing - again :) Thank you for your patience and support during this time of transition.


  • A calendar has been shared with students on the google classroom under the 'classwork' tab.
  • Each student will have a copy of their own reading calendar.
  • Enter the daily reading minutes into the boxes located on the calendar.
  • Students will add up their minutes and share their totals with me on the designated day.
  • They will then move their marker on our reading map.


Reminder - the final book talk is due May 29, 2020. I will post the Flipgrid link for the third book talk soon!


Thank you,

Ms. Kish


5A is Reading Across Canada!!!!!

Welcome to our at home reading program! The students will be reading their way across Canada by converting their minutes read at home to Kms on our class map. The students will have access to an interactive map where they can track their journey and submit their book talks. Here are some of the guidelines and expectations for the journey:

  • Students will move 1 km for every minute they read at home. Use the provided calendar to write the minutes your child reads each day and sign it. We will track their progress, once a month in class, on our shared class map. NO signature means NO Kms!
  • Students can gain an extra 100 kms if they read one of the yellow star feature books on the map and submit a review about it. The yellow star books are all available through the Canmore Public Library. * more details regarding review coming soon!
  • During the reading journey students will have to submit three book talks along the way. Book talks will be completed at home. The book talks will be in a video format and posted to our book talk Flip grid. The book talks will be another way for others to get book recommendations and possibly more Kms!
  • Book Talk Assignment Due Dates: November 29, March 2, and May 29.
  • Book Talk Assignment Details: http://bit.ly/5Abooktalk
  • Let's see if we can make it to Iqaluit, Nunavut!

Book Talk Assignment Details

Book Talk due dates have changed! The next two due dates are: March 2 and May 29, 2020.

5C Book Talk Assign with rubric

Reading Across Canada Map