[ISLMA-Share] motivate readers

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Hi Shannon!

I am a 5-8 building and I use scholastic.com/minutes to log their reading
minutes.  I do monthly incentives by grade levels (phones at recess, longer
recess, hw pass, dress up in Halloween costumes, etc.)  It's not perfect
but it has been working.

Email me directly for more info.



On Thu, Feb 23, 2017 at 8:45 AM, Email list for the Illinois School Library
Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> We are debating getting rid of Accelerated Reader for grades 6-8.  Would
> anyone like to share what happens in your library at the jr. high level?
>
> How can we motivate kids to read and hold them accountable without using
> AR as our source?
>
> We don´t want another computer program; we want them to want to read.  We
> want to promote a love of reading.  It seems that the love tends to
> deteriorate when they get into junior high.
>
> Does anyone have the magic cure?  ...or just some examples of things you
> do for jr. high students to excite them about reading...
>
>
>
> Shannon Swaney
> Librarian
> Williamsville CUSD #15
>
>    - Williamsville, Il 63693
>
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