Reading
Incentives
Compiled
by Rochelle Sheddrick
Try transferring books into "miles", use a map and follow
their progress
across the United States. See if they can visit each state on the map.
This year we also wanted to do something different...instead of a "ME"
incentive we wanted a "Them" incentive for reading. So we
heard about
Barbara Saltzmann and the "The Jester with out his Jingle" program
to
have students read a penny a page to get money to buy ill or terminally
ill kids a jester and book. These two things have helped students go
through the medical procedures they have to to get better.
Check out the web site....
or call them at 1-800-9-jester
Hope this inspires students to read even more for others....
Our principals dyed their hair when the students reached,I think, 20,000
AR points. So you might involve your principals in some way--past things
done to a former principal when 4th. graders reached a goal, he had
to dress like a leprechaun (St. Patrick's day), hula dancer...you get
the picture.
Our K-6 P.E. teacher is doing a Lewis & Clark Fitness
Challenge with students this year. She is teaming with our school
counselor and me and using Lewis & Clark as a year-long theme that
we will tie into library skills and other curricular areas. Students’ exercise
will earn them “miles” to help them progress along the
Lewis & Clark trail.
Virtual Book Reports
Book Adventure: An Online Reading Program Rewards Young
Bookworms!
Reading
incentive contest elements in English and Spanish
including open-ended questions
Teen Reading Programs
