DIRECTIONS FOR CREATING AN ACCOUNT TO CHECK VOLUNTEER HOURS This is only to check your hours—you cannot add your volunteer hours at this link. Go to Book'em Hours Portal the top r …

3rd email to teachers (copy liaison & Caroline at Book’em – see below): Hi Ms./Mr. Smith, from you, but if I don't, we'll take that to mean that you a

Book’em is a women-founded 501(c)(3) nonprofit based in Nashville, TN serving local under-resourced youth ages 0-18. Book’em’s mission is to ignite a passion for literacy and reading in the young …

to push. If asked over the intercom, tell them you are a RIF reader with B ok’em. They will unlock the door electr nically. Do not hold the door open for any other schools. This is an added layer of security …

Soon after your visit, record your visit information from any computer or smart phone using the QR code on the back of your nametag or our online portal. https://bookem-kids.org/record-visit/ You can also …

We recommend bringing your own book or a book from the public library to read to your class. If you are unable to do that, you may use one of your extra books for the teacher as your read aloud book.

Put ‘Book’em Reading is Fundamental (RIF) Visit’ or similar in subject line. Teachers do not open unfamiliar emails, but they should be on the lookout for one from a RIF contact. Introduce yourself as …

Remember to wear your Book’em/RIF nametag, take your read-aloud books, books to distribute, parent tip sheets for each student, and parent letters (for first visit only).

Wear your Book’em/RIF nametag during each visit. Use the label on the back of your nametag to keep up with visit and school information and access the QR code for logging your visits.

Recall prompts can be used at the end and the beginning of a book a child has read before. This technique works well for nearly every kind of book, except alphabet books. Recall prompts help …