Reading Is the Goal, presented by Concordia University Irvine, is part of the Anaheim Ducks S.C.O.R.E. In-Class Education Program and rewards 1st-4th-grade students for the time they spend reading each day within a flexible four-week period. Its goals are to convey the importance of reading as the foundation to success and to help students cultivate a lifelong love for reading.
Reading Is the Goal is a completely free literacy program that can be implemented in your classroom with flexibility and minimal time commitment. Over four weeks, students track their daily reading minutes using an official Reading Is the Goal Log, earning Ducks prizes as they reach participation milestones ranging from 300 to 1,000 total minutes read. Teachers who participate in this free program will receive an official Ducks Reading Is the Goal Kit containing materials to supplement student engagement in the program. To help encourage all students to read, they can work together to win great prizes for their entire classroom.
For more information, please email Abby Blasi at ablasi@anaheimducks.com.
Each student will receive:
Prize eligibility is determined by a student’s grade level and total minutes read. Please refer to the Teacher Manual for the required minutes for each prize.
Brady Brady and the Great Rink by Mary Shaw
Lucy Tries Hockey by Lisa Bowes
Z is for Zamboni: A Hockey Alphabet by Matt Napier
Goodnight Hockey by Michael Dahl
Dino-Hockey by Lisa Wheeler
Tommy and the Magic Green Biscuit by Tom Pederson
I’m Going to Be a Hockey Star by A.L. Wegwerth
Splinters by Kevin Sylvester
Just One Goal! by Robert Munsch
Brady Brady And the Most Important Game by Mary Shaw
Brady Brady And the Puck on the Pond by Mary Shaw
I Can Play Too by Cammi Granato
When Hockey Stops by Lee MJ Elias
The Highest Number in the World by Roy MacGregor
Face-Off by Jake Maddox
Blue Line Breakaway by Jake Maddox
Backup Goalie by Jake Maddox
I'm Cool! by Kate and Jim McMullan
Ice Dreams by Beverly Brenna
Hockey Meltdown by Jake Maddox
Hockey Wars by Sam Lawrence
Home Ice Rivals by Jake Maddox
Ice Hockey Blast: Max Takes to the Puck by Samina Parkar
Reading Is the Goal Day is the Anaheim Ducks' annual event used to promote literacy and the importance of education to students locally. Each year, the Ducks select a school from its Ducks S.C.O.R.E. Reading Is the Goal participants from the previous year as a recipient of this exciting day. Ducks executive and front office members are sent to each classroom to interact with students and read to them. The event concludes with an all-school assembly with Anaheim Ducks players where they read a children's book, conduct a question and answer session, and present gifts to the school.
