Sunshine State Young Readers Award
The Sunshine State Young Readers Award (SSYRA) Program is a statewide reading motivational program for students in grades 3 through 8, in a collaborative effort between the Florida Association of Media in Education (FAME) and the Florida Department of Education (DOE). 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 SSYRA committee is comprised of 20 qualified school librarians located throughout the state of Florida, subdivided into two committees- grades 3-5 and grades 6-8.
Attention Parents:
The SSYRA program is facilitated through your child’s school. In most cases, the school library media specialist administers the program, registers the school, and organizes voting. Please see your school librarian to ask how your child can get involved in the SSYRA program. Homeschooled students are welcome to participate as well.
The SSYRA program is facilitated through your child’s school. In most cases, the school library media specialist administers the program, registers the school, and organizes voting. Please see your school librarian to ask how your child can get involved in the SSYRA program. Homeschooled students are welcome to participate as well.
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Homeschool Families: You can participate by having your child read the books from the list. Readers of 3 (or more) will be able to vote for their favorite in the spring. Watch our social media accounts for a link to register to vote sometime in January. Also, be sure to participate in our Facebook Live author events. Please contact the SSYRA grades 3-5 chair, Jen Caressimo (ssyraelem@gmail.com), or the SSYRA grades 6-8 chair, Ana Woodbrey (ssyramiddle@gmail.com), for any additional inquiries. |
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2019-2020 SSYRA Titles:
SSYRA 3-5 Titles:
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SSYRA 6-8 Titles:
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2017-2018 SSYRA winners!
Click the videos for the reveal of the top three 2017 SSYRA titles, winning books and authors!
Click the videos for the reveal of the top three 2017 SSYRA titles, winning books and authors!
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SSYRA 3-5
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SSYRA 6-8
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2018-2019 SSYRA Resources:
Click the logo to access the 3-5 titles and resources.
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Click the logo to access the 6-8 titles and resources.
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Click the logo to access the SSYRA archives for past year's lists and winners.
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Click the logo for information on suggesting a book, becoming a SSYRA committee member, and FAQs.
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Book Recommendation Form:
Interested in recommending a book for consideration for the SSYRA list? Please check out the criteria on the SSYRA FAQ page and fill out the online form.
Interested in recommending a book for consideration for the SSYRA list? Please check out the criteria on the SSYRA FAQ page and fill out the online form.
SSYRA and SSYRA Jr. FACEBOOK LIVE EVENTS
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We have some BIG NEWS!!!
#1. We're releasing a form with all of our events linked so you can submit questions to the authors/illustrators as you finish reading and prior to the Live events. *We'll send your questions over to the authors/illustrators a week before their live event.* AND...#2. for all of our Florida schools where Facebook is blocked, we'll now be hosting the Facebook Live videos under the FAME SSYRA Resource page. (you'll need to be an active FAME member to access) Events will be downloaded and posted soon after the Facebook Live event with author/illustrator consent. We're SO excited for the opportunity to reach more students by opening up access in this way! We hope you'll continue to promote these live events with your school family. <3 |
2017-2018 Committee:
