Read a thon
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Do you have your students earn 'mystery motivator' points for good behavior? If so, you might want to see how I use a class READ-A-THON as a reward for my class. My class read-a-thon is something I look forward to all year long. I only do it once a year and I make my students earn it. It is a fun celebration of reading that promotes good reading habits! Here's a copy of the note I send home to parents to inform them of the upcoming read-a-thon. For a successful read-a-thon, here are some…

Christi McLendon saved to PBIS
Read-A-Thon Bingo at Home to encourage summer reading! Kids will love this fun game of Reading around the house! Mom's will love seeing their kids read!

It's Always Autumn saved to Books!
This year, my school had a couple family reading nights. It was wildly successful amongst our 3rd and 4th grade . . . but my building is 3rd- 6th. I felt disappointed that our 5th and 6th graders w…

Kelly Fronczak saved to My Very Own
This year, my school had a couple family reading nights. It was wildly successful amongst our 3rd and 4th grade . . . but my building is 3rd- 6th. I felt disappointed that our 5th and 6th graders w…

Lori McLaughlin saved to Readathon
Happy Saturday Friends! Today is officially my first day of Spring Break! I wanted to share something I did with my students to motiv...

Elizabeth Russo saved to the classroom
This year, my school had a couple family reading nights. It was wildly successful amongst our 3rd and 4th grade . . . but my building is 3rd- 6th. I felt disappointed that our 5th and 6th graders w…

Maria Masten saved to Fundraiser ideas
BHB Reader Todd Glass sends in this guest blog about PS 8's Read-a-thon and their search for sponsors:The PS 8 Read-a-thon is seeking help from local residents to sponsor students who want to participate, but aren't able to find sponsors of

Gillian Grimm saved to Sunnyside library
Last week I wrote about our Mathapalooza (math all day themed day) that our class had. It was incredible, but I was more excited about this week's Read-a-thon! We held ours all day during school. I broke up the day with some reading-related activities. Here's a list of possible activities you could do to have your own reading-themed day: Have guest readersEat 'book worms'Play reading freeze tagHold 'power hours'Sneak in some golden ticketsMake bookmarks Are you ready to make your fun…

Teach Junkie saved to Fantastic FREEBIES