Lucy's Library Blast
October 31, 2016
Readers are Winners
Recent Winners:
- Kelsie Graham, the book fair raffle (we had 119 entries)
- Alex Vinson, Teen Read Week, $25 Visa gift card
- Ethan Eblaghie. August top reading logger, $25 Amazon gift card and winner of the Kindle for having his name drawn from all the reading log entries (next Kindle drawing is in November)
- Olivia Lombard, September top reading logger, $25 Amazon gift card
- October's top reading logger will be announced at the next award ceremony
A couple of things you should know about this reading reward program.
- Some research has shown that whether the reward is book-based or not, students will often read more for a non-book-based reward so we give them the option of how to use their Amazon gift card. However the big reward is an ereader (Kindle).
- The Reading Log is more than just fill in the blank. It generally takes 10 minutes to complete the log and requires higher reading skills and text complexity comprehension, thanks to Jennifer Jones (the developer). Take a moment to look at the questions.
After the award ceremony, the Reading Log entries increased from none for October to 44 and I expect more by the end of the day. The students are doing deep reading. Incentives work! Please help keep the momentum up and encourage your students to access the Reading Log on the Internet Explorer button on the desktop. Also you can email this link to your students for home access: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfocErspokfiHRX9emCJ3ssR6oabACUJhm4zSDMM3jNu4ujUA/viewform?c=0&w=1
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