Ever since 3rd grade EmmaLee Casillas has had a goal to not only be top reader of her class but to be the top reader of the whole school. Some years she reached that goal, some years she fell short of reaching that goal, but she never gave up. She kept her goal in sight and would work towards it. I can’t even begin to count the hours that it took her to read that many words. She would read in the car when we would drive anywhere, she took a book hunting much to her Uncles dismay! “Emmi we’re here to hunt, not read a book!” She would read while preparing dinner or cooking cookies, she would read books to me out loud, she was reading every spare minute she had.
Her 5th Grade teacher, Mrs. Michelle Johnson Peterson sat down with her and discussed a goal with her last trimester. She suggested 300,000 words. Emmi suggested 1 Million, but settled for her teacher’s recommendation but told her she was going to prove her wrong. Last trimester she read 1 million and 1 words. This trimester she read over a million and one words. I don’t know what her final word count ended up being.
Today Emmi reached her goal of being Top Reader of the School and her class. She finished the year out with 4,205,884 words read from 1st Grade - 5th Grade.
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