summer ideas?

Find a novel & read to ‘em… once they’re good and hooked, take turns. **make an appointment and schedule it.***

One summer when our daughter had the skills but needed practice her reading to achieve fluency we shamelessly paid her to read. We set a minimum daily reading time for which she earned a healthy allowance and then we set a ‘finish the book’ incentive - I think we did $10. a book was finished when she passed the quiz at http://www.bookadventure.com/

The same website helped us choose books-she set her genre preferences (eg fantasy or fables or adventure) and set her reading level (choices were above, at or below her grade level) and the website gave her a wonderful list to hit the library with.

It was very effective-she really needed to practice after tutoring and vision therapy. The website was great-helping us choose apprpriate books and then providing the quizzes. The website is free.

These are both great ideas. I liked the book adventure website. What about little kids? Kindergarten and First Grade?

Thanks for the Book Adventure site. I have been busy matching tests with books we already have in our classroom. One student had just finished a book that had a test available and she took the test. 40% first time through, so we printed it out and researched some questions. She took the test again and scored 80%. She was quite pleased and I am happy to have the followup for books my students read.

The web site also has a teacher/parent area where you can setup an incentive system. the nice thing is that the website tracks all the points from book quizzes. so many points is a trip to … ice cream parlor, fast food treat, the zoo,or an mp3 player.

Check your library. Our local library also sponsors a summer reading incentive program. Librarians and volunteers ask the questions and award the points-top prizes are boom boxes, etc. sometimes nice to have a new face asking about your books!