STAR Reading

STAR is a Madison PTA-sponsored program designed to encourage students to read and be read to. 

Research shows that the amount of reading done out of school is consistently related to gains in academic achievement.

Record Minutes with Beanstack: Click Here 

Parents and/or students record the number of minutes that the student spends independently reading, or being read to each day outside of class via the Beanstack app (unless approved in-class by their teacher).

Monthly minutes are due on the 5th of the following month, ie: January minutes are due by February 5th.

**Please note that any student logging more than 60 minutes per day of reading will be required to include the name of the book they have been reading**

Track your STAR daily minutes on the Beanstack app available on yuor child's school ipad or computer. If your child does not have a school device you can also log minutes by:

1. Using a personal computer log into your student's RBUSD Portal with their e-mail credentials and click on the Beanstack app on their dashboard. (click Log In with Clever first and then choose Login with Rapid Identity on the next page and enter your student's credentials. If you get a screen related to your computer's camera please click "try alternate" on the bottom of the dialogue box).

2. Download the Beanstack app on your mobile phone. You can either sign-in with your student's credentials for the RBUSD portal, OR with the RBUSD student number and birthdate and start logging!

3. Once you are logged into Beanstack you can click "Log Reading" in upper left corner. Make sure to join 400 minutes/month for Kinder-2nd grade and 600 minutes per month for 3rd - 5th grades.

Reach For The Stars

Rewards will go to the class with the highest percentage of readers and/or the most reading minutes each month. We will announce the monthly winner of the STAReading Banner and a cup of coffee for the teacher. 

In addition to the top classroom awards, students can earn other prizes for being a STAR reader. Stidents who reach certain reading levels, based on cumulative minutes read to, earn prizes as follows:

TK - 2nd Grade:

LEVEL 1 - 2,400 MINUTES earns a certificate and recognition at Town Hall/Classroom meeting

LEVEL 2 - 3,900 MINUTES earns a bookmark & recognition in the classroom

LEVEL 3 - 6,150 MINUTES earns a free book!

EARN EXTRA PE!

Your child can earn 30 minutes of extra PE each month by meeting their reading goals and logging the minutes on Beanstack! 

TK - 2nd grades must read 400 minutes each month (20 minutes per day, 5 days a week).

3rd - 5th grades must read 600 minutes each month (30 minutes per day, 5 days a week).

Feel free to email star@madisonpta.org if you have any questions.