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From: "Dennis M. Wade" <dmwade@eonet.com> In our district there are four elementary school, and I'll paste below what I described to another person asking for AR information. I'd recommend very little in the way of rewards other than positive feedback to the kids. -elem. bldg. 1: This school started first and has run for two years. They had kids tests in their own rooms with the LMC machines also being available. Teachers basically ran the program except the LMS did the reward system - names posted on the wall, rewards at a certain point (X amount of points for lunch in the LMC, 5 names drawn out of the hat for ice cream, etc.) The program is running well at this school. Parents are highly motivated to help their students as well (top social-economically stable group of families). -elem. bldg. 2: This school set up both classrooms and the LMC for testing and allowed students to test the first hour of the day as well as recesses. Few teachers tested in the rooms. The LMS posted awards on the wall. Program is moderately successful. -elem. bldg. 3: This school is pretty much like the second school. There were only slight increases in checkouts. -elem. bldg. 4: This is my school, the poorest one in the district. I asked for a committee to discuss AR and how we wanted to implement it in our building. On the committee were two classroom teachers, a Title teacher with previous AR experience, and myself. It was decided that we wanted to be able to keep track of student testing, which wasn't possible past a year with the program being loaded on machines in the room, so testing would take place in the LMC. This took a lot of time, so Title would furnish help during the testing time - every morning for an hour and a half. Students would show their progress by making their own fish to stick on the walls, and the bubbles would indicate their progress - first bubble at one point, next at five, then ten, fifteeen, etc. Each quarter the color of the bubbles would change (white, light pink, light blue, and light yellow). A teacher volunteered to paint water on the walls to give the impression of the ocean. Teachers did nothing with the points this first full year, and students still made terrific gains. The teachers think we're wonderful, the kids love reading, and our circulation has more than doubled. So my advice would be, consider what will work in your building. (My principal is convinced that teachers will not have the time and energy to deal with the program, so he wants us to continue on the same way even though the rooms are being networked as we speak. I'd love to have that time not scheduled, but I also saw wonderful results come about because students received at least two positive comments before returning to their rooms. I believe that's half of our success. They can also immediately get their new book.) Ask for a small knowledgeable group to help you make the decisions, and play down the rewards. Students actually started commenting on good books and looking for the same author. It was no longer a chore to read. Oh, and one last idea, we made a bulletin board showing students holding their favorite book. When a student told us what a good book it was, we took their picture (QuickTake camera) and had them tell us a little about it and why he/she liked it. We then mounted and posted it for all to see (Raving Reviews). -------------------------------- From: booknut8@atchison-net.com --One idea that I am going to use is for me to offer a home packed lunch and "winner" can eat with me in the library. fun stuff like frozen grapes, peanutbutter sandwiches with different fillings on it./ Bring a "teacher" lunch to share.---something like that. read to the Kindergartners or pre-school. wear a special hat for the day. etc. --------------------------------- From: Colleen Small <csmall@minnetonka.k12.mn.us> I am a media specialist in Minnesota. I have started a list of instrinsic incentives. This is what I have so far: I have a bulletin board called "Groveland's Reading Galaxy". On this board, I post the incentives. (the points may change) Shooting Star 15 - take a digital picutre of the student and post on a paper star and place in the galaxy. Astroid 25 - the student is featured on our morning news show Super Nova 35 - lunch with the teacher of your choice Little Dippers 45 - a 15 min media center pass Big Dippers 55 - a 1/2 hour visit to the classroom of your choice Cosmonaut 65 - lunch with the principal 75 - ????? This is where I am still looking for ideas.HELP> *************************************************************************** Pat Pickard, Coordinator Phone: (404) 325-3011 Ex.236 Dept. of Educational Media FAX: (404) 728-1977 DeKalb County Schools 2415-C N. Druid Hills Road, N.E. 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