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Be a Reading Machine in 2025: January Independent Reading Challenge
January 1- 31, 2025
Ready, set, READ! We encourage readers of all ages to challenge themselves to become reading machines this winter. From January 1- 31, 2025, we are participating in “Be a Reading Machine,” a reading challenge sponsored by Beanstack and Baker & Taylor. As you reflect on the past year and set new reading goals, log your reading minutes to earn badges on your virtual bingo card! We challenge our community to read and log as much as they can during the challenge. For logging your minutes read, you will earn fun, new badges. And don’t forget to earn bingo!
Steps to log your reading on Beanstack
- Sign in to Teachhub (https://teachhub.schools.nyc/) with your DOE username and password.
- Then go to Clever and click on it.
- Once in Clever go to the Search in the top right corner.** Then type Beanstack in the search bar.*** Click on Beanstack and you're in!
- Once in Beanstack, you will click the BLUE Log Reading button in the top left-hand corner.
- Now you will have two choices. The first choice is to set the reading timer and start reading. The second choice is Log Minutes. The Reading Timer is optional. Some families find it helpful, but you do not have to use it. You can go directly to step 6.
- Choose Log Minutes.Then click on the day, enter the title and author of the book(s) you read, the number of minutes spent reading and click Log Reading.
**After your first log in, the Clever app will be on your homepage. You can then click on the heart to make it a favorite so it will always be there when you sign on.
***After your first log in, the Beansack app will be on your Clever home page, and you will only have 3 steps! You can also click the heart to make it a favorite!
