Sunshine State Young Reader’s Award Program
The Sunshine State Young Readers Award (SSYRA) Program is a statewide reading motivational program for students in grades 3 through 8. The purpose of the SSYRA Program is to encourage students to read independently for pleasure and to read books that are on, above, and below their reading level in order to improve their reading fluency. Sunshine State books are selected for their wide appeal, literary value, varied genres, curriculum connections, and/or multicultural representation. The Sunshine State Young Reader’s Award Program is the primary reading program at SPMS and guides many school related reading activities and contests. Teachers often require students to read current or former SSYRA books as part of their curriculum.
Students will receive prizes for reading the current SSYRA books, listed below:
Read 1: Start earning brag tags
Read 3: Candy, invited to vote for your favorite SSYRA book in the spring
Read 5: Bookmark or Sticker
Read 7: Candy
Read 10: Keychain, invited to try out for Battle of the Books, invited to author visit in the spring
Read 13: Fidget, Croc Charm, or Pen
Read 15: Choose any prize, “I Read Them All” Brag tag, invited to ice cream sundae party at the end of the year
For more information about the Sunshine State Young Reader’s Award program please visit: https://www.floridamediaed.org/ssyra.html
