Ideas to Motivate Young Readers

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25 Ideas to Motivate Young Readers

T!e "ol#s at t!e $OO%&IT' Progra( !ave given )er(ission "or Education *orld tore)rint 25 great ideas "ro( teac!ers && ideas t!at are sure to get #ids across t!egrades e+cited a,out reading

The BOOK IT! Reading Incentive Program, sponsored by Pizza Hut, has motivatedmillionso young readers over the years! Thats "hy "ere grateu# to the peop#e at BOOKIT! or permitting $ducation %or#d to share "ith you &' teacher(tested ideas origina##ypub#ished in )*+*

Note-The o##o"ing teacher ideas "ere origina##y pub#ished by the BOOK IT! -ationa# Reading

Incentive Program in )*+* $ducation %or#d and BOOK IT! recognize that some o the teacherscredited "ith the ideas above might have retired or changed schoo#s or grades since )*+*, but "e"anted to give u## credit "here credit is due!

NO*. 25 I/EAS 0ROM 25 TERRI0IC TEAC1ERS

Musical $oo#s.hairs are p#aced bac/(to(bac/ in a straight #ine, and the teacher p#acesa boo/ under each chair $very chi#d then sits on a chair The chi#dren march around thechairs "hen the teacher starts the music %hen the music stops the chi#dren sit do"n andbegin to read the boo/ under their chair 0ter a e" minutes, the teacher starts the musicagain 0ter the game, the teacher puts the boo/s in a specia# bo1 mar/ed 23usica#

Boo/s2 so that the chi#dren may #ater read the rest o the storyMary Vandeyander, Jefferson Elementary, Newell, West Virginia, Grade 2

Scavenger 1untHave a 2scavenger hunt2 by dividing the c#ass into teams and givingeach team a copy o the same boo/ Have them ind the page numbers o particu#arob4ects, events, or peop#e in the boo/ 5ive a re"ard to the "inning teamLana Downing, Hanson Memorial School, ran!lin, Lo"isiana, Grade #

Na(e T!at $oo#$1p#ain to your students ho" important the cover and tit#e are to astory Then read a boo/ to your students "ithout te##ing them the tit#e or sho"ing them thecover 0ter reading the boo/, give the chi#dren a piece o paper to dra" "hat they thin/

the cover and the tit#e o this boo/ shou#d be 6ina##y, disp#ay the storyboo/ surrounded bythe chi#drens covers$hristine Schmidt, %"r Mother of Sorrows School, $incinnati, %hio, Grades &'#

Readers "or To(orro3%e hope to ma/e 2Readers or Tomorro"2 by creating pictureboo/s, #aminating them, and giving them as gits to ne"borns at the #oca# hospita# %e "i##inc#ude a #etter to the parents te##ing them the importance o reading to their youngchi#dren in order to insti## a #ove or boo/s ear#y The boo/s "i## be stories "ritten by thestudents "ith very co#oru# i##ustrations to catch babies attentionDiane $otton, (i!en School, $harlotte, North $arolina, Grades &')

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M4ster4 Reader$very year I choose t"o or three "ee/s or my 23ystery Reader2pro4ect I send home a secret #yer to the parents to see i they "ou#d #i/e to come in andread to us during story time It can be parents, grandparents, aunts, or unc#es They pic/out their o"n story 7usua##y their chi#ds avorite8 and give me a irst and second choice odates I then ma/e up a schedu#e ater the s#ips are in This usua##y ta/es a "ee/, andthen I send bac/ another secret note to those "ho responded inorming them o their date

The /iddos are surprised and #ove it I ta/e a picture o each 3ystery Reader reading andsend it home "ith the chi#d in a than/ you note$arol Lee *estifo, *idgefield School, Erie, +ennsylania, Grade &

*!ere in t!e *orld5ive each student a 9nited :tates or a "or#d map 7;et studentsse#ect the one they "ou#d preer8 $ach time a student reads a boo/ that re#ates in some

"ay to a state or country, he 7&8 the settingor the boo/ is there> 7?8 the story began there> 7@8 it is a boo/ te##ing about the state orcountry The student "ho co#ors the most states or countries is the "inner and receives are"ard, such as an ine1pensive at#as or map

(nndora Laflin, -ndian Heights School, .o!omo, -ndiana, Grade /

Stor4 *e,s0## you need or this game is a ba## o string and a story to share Have yourstudents sit in a circ#e on the #oor One o the students gives the beginning sentence o aami#iar story Then the student ho#ds onto the end o a ba## o string and ro##s the ba## toanother student, "ho "i## give the ne1t part o the story in sentence orm This is repeatedunti# the story has been to#d :oon you## have a spiders "eb in your students circ#e 0nystory can be used or variation, or ne" stories can be created "ith each student adding ane" idea!Marilyn Weiland, (lta Elementary, (lta, -(, Grade &

T3o C!aracters MeetPic/ a avorite character rom each o t"o boo/s and "rite a ne"story or p#ay in "hich they meet Have the members o your c#ass act out the ne" story

(lice M0 $osgroe, St0 Jose1h School, $"yahoga alls, %hio, Grade

Readers6 $INGOBrainstorm &' to ?A "ords that dea# "ith boo/s and "rite them on theboard 5ive your students *2 1 )&2 ne"sprint and have them o#d it into nine suaresThen have the students "rite nine o the "ords rom the board into each o the suares ontheir sheet 5ive them corn or candy or mar/ers Random#y ca## o "ords rom the board%hen a student has i##ed in a vertica#, horizonta#, or diagona# ro", he


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Nancy +ar!er, Jefferson School, (r!ansas $ity, .ansas, Grade /

Please Stand 7)0 un game our c#ass came up "ith is 2%i## the Rea# BOOK IT!Reader P#ease :tand 9p2 %e choose a 4udge, a #a"yer, three 4urors, and three

deendants or each round $ach deendant ta/es turns coming up to the "itness stand,"hi#e the other t"o deendants "ait outside the c#assroom or "here they cannot hear theothers testimony The #a"yer as/s uestions rom a uestionnaire that one o thedeendants has i##ed out on a boo/ he


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;You6re 7nder Arrest;3y students in the 'th grade 2/idnap2 or 2arrest2 one o theteachers "hom they had "hen they "ere younger and sentence that teacher to so manyminutes o reading a#oud beore they return to their o"n c#ass I inorm the teachers thatthey "i## be 2arrested,2 but the students are not a"are o this I then stay in the room o the2arrested2 teacher and read to his


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boo/ orm by the si1th graders, comp#ete "ith cover and a se"n binding During .hi#drensBoo/ %ee/, the si1th graders "i## present the boo/s to their irst(grade partners and sharesome reading time "ith them*honda *0 Mooney, Estherille Middle School, Estherille, -owa, Grade #

$ead 1angersI give students a co#ored bead or each boo/ report they turn in I a#so

give them a ribbon on "hich to string these beads %hen they have read ten boo/s, I givethem a shiny bang#e to p#ace bet"een the )Ath and ))th boo/ beads I give them anotherbang#e to p#ace bet"een the &Ath and &)st beads, the ?Ath and ?)st beads, etc Theseare hung in our "indo", "hich adds a estive air to our room The students ta/e theirchains home at the end o the yearEdith 4"r!e, Gold $anyon Elementary, (1ache J"nction, (ri6ona, Grade /

Green Lig!t && Go:tudents "i## read boo/s recommended by their peers To oster this,have avai#ab#e in the c#assroom red, ye##o", and green inde1 cards These cardscorrespond to the co#ors in a stop #ight 0 student i##s out a green card to te## others to 2go2or this boo/> ye##o" means caution, the boo/ "as so(so> and red means 2stop,2 do not

read this boo/ The ront side o the card has the o##o"ing inormation "ritten on it (( thetit#e and author o the boo/ and the students name The bac/ side o the card has theo##o"ing inormation "ritten on it and shou#d be i##ed in according to the co#or cardchosen= 0 green card shou#d read 2I rea##y #i/ed this boo/ because 2 0 ye##o" cardshou#d read, 2This boo/ "as so(so because2 0 red card shou#d read, 2I did not #i/e thisboo/ because 2 Have hanging in the c#assroom a bur#ap banner covered "ith si##y,comica# buttons, such as 2%ho -eeds :/oo#C2 0ter a student i##s in an inde1 card andstap#es it to the bu##etin board, he

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