Reading Beads
The aim is to encourage students to read widely and to enjoy the books they read.
This is the method I will use to track and reward reading efforts.
For every 100 minutes read outside of school, students will receive a bead.
For every 5 books that students read, they will be allowed to put a special bead on their Reading Bead pipe cleaner which is attached to their book bins!
Students are required to choose books from an assigned genre each month. This is to expose them to many wonderful books over the course of the school year. Here is a sneak peek of the monthly genres:
September- Realistic Fiction
October- Mystery
November- Historical Fiction
December- Folk, Fairy Tales or Fantasy
January- Survival/Adventure
February- Biography
March- Poetry/Mythology
April- Informational /Non-Fiction
May- Science Fiction
June- Free Choice