READBowl

in partnership with Share the Magic Foundation and Malcolm Mitchell

Join us and Superbowl champion Malcolm Mitchell for the READBowl 2022!

Registration:

Registration opens November 15, 2021 and closes January 9, 2022 at www.readwithmalcolm.com/readbowl.

READBowl Guide
 
●    READBowl is Read with Malcolm’s free global reading competition where PK-8 classrooms around the globe compete to read for the most minutes. The registration window closes January 9, 2022. The competition kicks off January 10, 2022, the day of the American College Football National Championship, and the last day to log reading minutes is February 6, 2022. READBowl will culminate with a live crowning of the World Champions of Reading on the morning of the National Football League’s (NFL) Super Bowl Sunday, February 13, 2022.  

●    Registration opens November 15, 2021 and closes January 9, 2022. 

●    Parents and Adults may provide guidance on reading materials and encourage students to choose age appropriate books within genres they enjoy.

●    Any reading material and minutes count! Students can read at school, at home or on the go, and can read as much or little as they want on any given day. Reading minutes may include: Books, magazine articles, read-alouds, instructions and even recipes!

Rules:

●    Registration opens November 15, 2021 and closes January 9, 2022 at www.readwithmalcolm.com/readbowl.

●    A class is defined as a group of 8 or more students per registered class. A class must be registered for one of the following four READBowl Conferences: 

1. Primary School Conference: K-2nd Grades 
2. The Big Three Conference: 3rdGrade 
3. Elementary School Conference: 4th-5th Grades 
4. Middle School Conference: 6th-8th Grades.

●    READBowl is a 4-week program divided into four quarters and includes a halftime show. Reading minutes must be tracked in the Official READBowl Weekly Playbook at www.readwithmalcolm.com/readbowl. The competition is based on the highest student average for reading minutes. Educators track their students’ reading minutes from 8:00 a.m. EST each Monday of the competition through 11:59 pm EST each Sunday evening. Educators must enter the weekly minutes read by 5:00 p.m. EST each Monday following the prior week’s competition. Leaders in each conference are posted on the READBowl Leaderboard each Wednesday during READBowl. Weekly/Quarterly Champions are crowned in each conference. 

●    World Champion will be crowned in each conference and must have read for the most average minutes per class/team within their conference throughout the duration READBowl. This year we will also crown an Overall World Champion. State Reading Champions will be crowned in each conference at the conclusion of READBowl. Malcolm Mitchell will announce the champions online on Super Bowl Sunday. 

For more information:

Sharon Davidson, Media Specialist Coordinator, [email protected]
Sha'Ronda McRae, District Coordinator Literacy/World Languages, [email protected]
Shenita Russell, District Secondary Literacy Coach, [email protected]
Kniyonka Turner, District Elementary Literacy Coach, [email protected]