Monday, February 19, 2018

ReFoReMo 2018 Registration

Registration is open for the 2018 Reading for Research Challenge! If you desire to learn more about the creative education behind mentor texts and develop the healthy habit of reading your world, we hope you’ll join us for our 4th annual year.

Please read this entire registration post. If you are confused, reread the post one more time before contacting others in the Facebook group. We have lots of ReFoReMo veterans that can help, as well as your admin team. If you have issues with registration, please remain calm. We are on the honor system and we trust you.

Please follow these steps to get registered:

1.   If you have not already, subscribe to this ReFoReMo blog by entering your email address into the opt-in box on the right-hand side. (Note: A Feedburner Email Subscription box will pop up. Copy the code listed at the bottom of the box and submit.  You will receive an email verification link. Click the link to activate your subscription. This will enable you to receive the daily challenge posts as emails.)

2.    At the bottom of this post, find the comment box. Enter your FIRST and LAST NAME in the comment box. Click on the "Publish" button.  

3.   Head on over to the private ReFoReMo Facebook group and request to be admitted.  It was designed to build community and host discussions about picture books as mentor texts.  

4.    When posting our ReFoReMo badge, created by talented illustrator Lori Nawyn, please link it back to this address:  www.reforemo.com


5.     Prizes will be revealed during the posts. To be eligible, you must be registered, make efforts to consistently research mentor texts, and comment on every post from March 1-March 30. This will allow you to enter our Rafflecopter on March 30. You must be on the blog to comment. Please do not reply to the posts via email.  Again, we are on the honor system.


Our February 26 post will help you prepare for the challenge. Until then, feel free to browse our mission and site. When March 1 rolls around, it's go time! Read the posts and book recommendations. Research and learn! Feel free to veer off of our list and cater your needs to your own manuscripts. Utilize our research tools and start discussions in our Facebook Group. We are excited to share this educational experience with you and we hope it makes a difference in your writing!

418 comments:

  1. Looking forward to participating! - Lisa Amstutz

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  2. Amalia Hillmann


    (I just discovered your challenge and am very excited to join for the first time!)

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  3. Sharon Giltrow
    Looking forward to a great month. I plan to read as many as the books as I can to my year 1 and Pre-primary class.

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  4. Maria Marshall - Excited to get started.

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  5. Tina Cho--looking forward to the blog posts!

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  6. Tanya Konerman - excited for another great year!

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  7. Year 4 for me, baby! Kathy Halsey is in da house!

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  8. Looking for to 2018...Deborah Allmand.

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  9. Lucrezia (Lu) Pierro Thank you for this wonderful opportunity!

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  10. Allison Alley - looking forward to a great month!

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  11. Ready for another great ReFoReMo! Laura Purdie Salas

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  12. Anne Young
    So excited for this. It's always great.

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  13. So excited to do this again! Thank you everyone for putting this together. - Angie Isaacs

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  14. Priscilla Van KoeveringFebruary 19, 2018 at 8:12 AM

    Priscilla Van Koevering

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  15. Lori Alexander— Thank you ReFoReMo team!

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  16. Michelle Schaub is ready to participate!

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  17. Sherry Howard Woohoo, let the reading begin! May we all become gold medal deconstructers.

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  18. Monique Wakefield- ready to read!

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  19. Sue Heavenrich - rarin' to go. (and may have started reading some books already....)

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  20. Alice Carty FulgioneFebruary 19, 2018 at 9:00 AM

    I always enjoy this challenge. The mentor texts that you suggest, really inform my writing. Alice Carty Fulgione

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  21. This is my first time with the reading for research challenge. But I love Picture books, I love research and I think it sounds like a great way to hone my writing skills (and find some new favorite PBs!) Thanks for organizing us!

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  22. Karel Lojowsky
    Year Two for me and I can't wait to get started reading and studying great books! thank you so much for this opportunity

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  23. Maria Bostian - I'm looking forward to another great March!

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  24. My comment is not posted. I'm trying again. So excited that ReFoReMo is here! Thanks Carrie and Kirsta! Carole Calladine

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  25. MK Resk--Looking forward to another great ReFoReMo season! Thank you!

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  27. Shereen Sepitko

    Hoping using Anonymous will allow me to register. Been trying to post a comment. I don’t want to miss out!

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  28. Sorry if this is a duplicate. The first one didn't seem to go. Alayne Kay Christian back for another year - always fantastic!

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  29. I'm ready. Let's get this party started. I'm ready to read, research and write. Thanks! Sharon Langley

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  30. Not sure if I need to do this but... Cindy Williams Schrauben :)

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  31. Ann Teplick
    Looking forward and thank you!

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  32. Ready to go for another fantastic year of ReFoReMo! Thank you Carrie and Kirstie! Traci Bold

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  33. Susan Korchak
    Looking forward to participating!

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  34. Leah Heilman Schanke. Looking forward!

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  35. Looking forward to this! -Sara Ackerman

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  36. Cynthia Hawthorne
    Thank you to the whole team for all you do!

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  37. Rita Lorraine Hubbard
    Looking forward to this year's ReFoReMo!

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  38. Martin Segal

    Looking forward to another great ReFoReMo!

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  39. Gloria Reichert

    What an exciting opportunity!

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  40. Becky Loescher

    Looking forward to this!

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  41. Mia Geiger
    Thank you!

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  42. Kristi Mahoney.
    Looking forward to it! Thanks!

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  43. Charlotte Dixon So excited for ReFoReMo 2018!

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  44. Linda Kulp Trout - Looking forward to reading some great books!

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  45. Looking forward to another reading round of great books. Bev Baird

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  46. Cathy Ogren - I'm so happy to be a part of this!

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  47. Janet AlJunaidi

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  48. It was so hard to get a comment on this! You guys might want to look into that, but thanks for the program! Sherry Peace

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  49. Rhonda Sprau - Thank you for organizing this!

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  50. I'm sorry if this is a duplicate. I thought I'd signed up this morning, but don't see my name here.
    Leah Kolidas

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  51. Registering - Robin Brett Wechsler. Thanks!

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  52. Patricia Nozell
    Looking forward to a wonderful March of mentor texts!

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  53. Cathy Ballou Mealey
    Thank you so much for organizing another energizing ReFoReMo!

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  54. Jena Benton Lasley is ready to participate!

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  56. Thank you for this community, I know you work hard. : )
    I'm signing up. Annelouise Mahoney

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  57. Vasilia Graboski
    Very excited to participate for the first time!

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  58. Carol Ekster
    Thank you in advance for your hard #kidlit work and inspiration!

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  59. Samantha Altmann

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  60. Jilanne Hoffmann Ready, able and willing!

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  61. So excited about this! Amber Karlins

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  62. Marla Lesage
    First timer but excited to dive in!

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  63. My month of March is crazy-busy this year, so I won't be able to join officially, but I will be following the posts, and reading as many of the books as I can. Love ReFo & thanks for all your hard work, Carrie, Kirsti, Janie, Keila & Cindy :)

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  64. Cheryl Keely. Looking forward to all the good books. Sorry if I come up twice. I tried this morning but didn’t see it.

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  65. Gail Hartman
    Third try! Hope this works!

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  66. Melanie Ellsworth - glad to be back! Thank you for all the work you put into this!

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  67. This will be my second year and I look forward to it!

    Brittanny Handiboe

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