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From: Jacqueline Hornsby <hornsbyj@mindspring.com> Why not dedicate a library book to top readers. Produce a bookplate and let the student select the title. This past year we offered a 15 minute media center break to students. Schedule a special storytime with members of a selected point club. One year I offered a backstage tour of the theatre on the campus of LaGrange College. The students loved it -- we did the catwalk and visited the sound and light *nerve center*, the costume shop, the green room, etc. This was a freebie because the theatre is directly across the street from our school. ----------------------------------------------- From: CharlynT@aol.com Some schools locally use special privileges or honors: principal for a day, librarian for a day, an hour's time in the library, first chance at a new book, sitting at a special table in the cafeteria/lunchroom to lunch with the principal/librarian/visiting storyteller/etc. Perhaps there is a library club or group of students that the librarian would consider polling for their ideas of what would be a reward? Spending an afternoon in a corner of the library with a book sitting in a beanbag chair may be it! ----------------------------------------------- From: MICHELE BATES <micheleb@emeraldis.com> I came up with an idea last year that has worked very well and is free. I made passes for the students to choose from for Accelerated Reader prizes. One is for the student to come in and use the computers when no other classes are in the library for 30 minutes. Another is for the student to come in and be a library helper for 30 minutes to an hour. I, also, have one for a student to come in and read to a younger group of students. The first two have been very popular, especially the computer pass. The reading pass hasn't caught on yet. They usually choose the passes over the other prizes I have, such as pencils, bookmarks, coloring books, etc. These items I purchased with points the library earned through our book fairs, so they really didn't cost me anything either. A helpful hint - I printed the passes on the computer and laminated them. The students return them when they come in for their special library time. This keeps me from having to make them over and over again. --------------------------------------------- From: Monica Tolva <tolva@ahsd25.n-cook.k12.il.us> At our school students love to help out in the kindergarten classes. This opportunity works as an incentive for some. ---------------------------------------------- From: Bonnie LaClave <blaclav@in-motion.net> I tried some ideas like that myself last spring as I was "testing" AR with the 5th and 6th graders. I will be starting it with the whole school this fall, and will probably do a "store" each 6 weeks or so. I don't really like giving out "prizes" for reading, but I was getting desperate with the older kids who simply won't check out a book for any reason! I offered incentives like reading to a kindergarten or first grade class, being the principal's assistant for a day (or half day), being my assistant for a few hours, being another teacher's assistant for a few hours, eating lunch with me (or any other staff person in the building), etc. I just made these up on little cards and put a point value on them and put them out with the other items that I had available. They seemed to be fairly popular. --------------------------------------------- From: Joanne Ladewig <shatz@lightside.com> The PTA organized a "Carnival Day" for the participants in our reading program. Kids got game tickets depending on the time spent reading (adapt to your needs)- They ran the carnival the last Friday of school (week before school got out) during class time - a real incentive for kids. Each grade level group had their own time slot (k & 1 & 2; 3 & 4; 5 & 6) and the kids with the most tickets got released first ( if the time allottment is 1 hour, then kids w/ most tickets get full time, then kids with fewer, released 15 minutes later, kids w/ least, last 1/2 hour). It went pretty well except that the weather (odd for California!) decide a deluge was in order - so games moved into the cafeteria & hallways. ------------------------------------------- *************************************************************************** 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. E-mail: Atlanta, Georgia 30329-3210 pickardp@dekalb.k12.ga.us =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To quit LM_NET (or set NOMAIL or DIGEST), Send an email message to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write either: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET or 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL or 3) SET LM_NET DIGEST For more help see LM_NET On The Web: http://ericir.syr.edu/lm_net/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=