Hi, all. I got loads of responses in my mailbox to my query about Reading Incentive programs. Nearly all of them were like this: "Please pass your responses on to me." So here they are: there were three ideas. The BINGO card is most popular; you distribute a BINGO card and each square has a genre of book, such as: Jewish folktales, historical fiction, Israel, Biography, etc. Students get a sticker from the teacher (or parent's initial) for each box as they finish a book. 5 in a row wins a prize. Some students fill whole cards. A variation is a tic tac toe card, where 3 in a row wins. Lastly was the idea of a puzzle in the form of a Jewish symbol of the State of Israel. Students get the pieces of the puzzle with spaces for their names and book titles. As they complete a book, they fill out the puzzle piece and add it to a giant outline of the puzzle - an enlarged replica that you have on display. A prize for students with the most pieces. (I did the latter one once with an Olympic theme, and did it by classes in a day school. As each class added its piece, they saw what the picture was. A class got to add a piece (large oddly shaped piece) by reading XXX number of books or minutes. In our temple, we have a 15-year old reading program for grades 1-3. As children fill up sticker cards for reading 10 books, they get a button and their picture taken holding a completed card. 10 books fill a card, and the Temple Brotherhood gives us $100. for each 18 cards filled. That's the "incentive" - the kids are reading to add children's books to our library; the books are inscribed as donated in honor of XXX grade in the year 20XX, etc. A bulletin board in the library displays the photos of the children with their completed cards. Andrea Rapp Wise Temple Library
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