Reading Club

Welcome to our Reading Club for the 2026-27 school year. The Club has simple expectations: read for at least 15 minutes a day and take advantage of monthly Bonus Reading Days. Reading Club is a great way to encourage your child’s fluency, vocabulary and comprehension. Read on to find out how your child can participate. Note: you can track your child’s progress starting on the first day of school!

Joining the Club and Keeping Track

The Reading Club is open to all students from Kindergarten to Grade 6. To join, simply start tracking your child’s reading. Here’s all you have to do:

1. Print out the calendar page for the current month from the “2026-27 Reading Club Forms” link below.
2. Initial each day your child reads for at least 15 minutes. Your child is welcome – and indeed encouraged – to read for more than 15 minutes every day, but they only earn one “tally” each regular day. Note: "reading" includes you reading to your child!
3. On Bonus Reading Days (one Saturday each month, marked "BRD" on the calendar page), indicate the total number of 15-minute blocks your child reads, then initial.
4. At the end of the month, add up the number of 15-minute blocks your child read and record it in the “Monthly Tally” box.
5. Email the completed form to Mrs Mac's Reading Club email address at readingclub@gaglardiacademy.ca . Please DO NOT submit the log sheet to your child’s teacher or the office. Keep the original copy at home for your records.

That’s all there is to it!

Recognition

Students will be recognized for reaching various milestones, starting at 100 15-minute reading blocks. All children who record 100 and 200 sessions of reading will be recognized at the last K-6 assembly of the year. Those who record 300 sessions of reading are admitted to the 300 Club and will be celebrated at our annual Academy Awards in June. Wow!

Reading is the key to literacy. The Reading Club is not mandatory, but we encourage every child to participate. Any extra time spent reading at home is felt in the classroom and is greatly appreciated.

If you have any difficulties with the tracking system or if you need any accommodations to make this program work for your family, please feel free to contact Pauline at readingclub@gaglardiacademy.ca. Let's give every child a chance to flourish in Reading Club this year.