I'm looking for ideas that have worked for grades 3 to 6. I am interested in low (no) cost incentives for a short run program. Any prizes, awards or gimmicks that have worked for you?
On 1/31/06, AnneRead wrote: > We will be running a 7 or 8 week program to promote reading at > home. We will kick off with Read Across America Day. I am > looking for ideas for awards for those who complete the challenge. Watch a video like Charlottes Web and have treats, lollipops and pop Or Popcorn Or Gumballs from the gumball macine And make button pins for everybody.
Contest againist grades. Total pages read. And that class get blue ribbons, 2nd place get red ribbons, 3 place get white ribbons ---like at the County and State Fair. Or one big ribbon to put on the classroom door.
Have a race track in the hall wall so students can see who is winning.
Have you considered doing Pizza Hut's Book-It program? The students receive a free personal pizza for reading.
Also, Barnes & Noble (in the summer) gives out a reading log and once it is filled and returned, they give the child a free book (limit two per person).
The local library does something similar and the child is also entered in a drawing for prizes (free books, frisbees, etc.) after completing a clues based game (each week they need to look up a clue on the library 'card catalog' system and record the answer). I hope this helps you. :O)
Do any of you have any great suggestions for a week long set of activities for an entire middle school student body that focuses on books by Dr. Seuss?
maybe a good suggestion would be to choose an author who wrote for kids at a higher level. for example, gary paulsen or ann rinaldi
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On 2/02/06, K Cottle wrote: > Do any of you have any great suggestions for a week long > set of activities for an entire middle school student body > that focuses on books by Dr. Seuss?
On 2/10/06, Belle wrote: > I teach 2nd and need a puppet show for my class to do for > Read Across America. Any suggestions? If you find some good puppet shows can you please forward them? Thanks
ANOTHER WARNING: E...See MoreOn 12/10/09, ELLIE wrote: > This is a note of warning. > > PLEASE do not respond to anyone from an aj gmail account that > says that they have a working copy of the DVD. It is a > useless copy and you will lose money.. > > You can find the movie on nick.com but you won't be able to > burn a copy.
ANOTHER WARNING: Even if you can, Do NOT burn copies of this movie. This is a MAJOR infringment of copywrihgt laws!!!
On 2/11/06, Monique wrote: > I have been looking for the Maniac Magee Movie that > Nickelodeon produced and aired in 2003. Does anyone know > where I can find it?
juliannaim only 11 and i know how!!! go to google images and type in dr.seuss.. then click the pic then a picture of it pops up .. right click and press set at background
Schools are filled with "Cookie Cutter Classrooms," in which teachers are forced to sacrifice an emphasis on the development of critical and creative thinking skills for the pursuit of high test scores. This song is an indictment on the current state of elementary, junior high, and high school education and it was written, produced and performed by university instructor/psychologist, Dr. Bruce L. Thiessen.
Preface WHEREAS recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world, WHEREAS disregard and contempt for human rights have resulted in barbarous acts which have outraged the conscience of mankind, and the advent of a world in which human beings shall enjoy freedom of speech and belief and freedom from fear and want has been proclaimed as the highest aspiration of the common people, WHEREAS it is essential, if man is not to be compelled to have recourse, as a last resort, to rebellion against tyranny and oppression, that human rights should be protected by the rule of law. United Nation Dec. 1948
Intolerance. What is it? The dictionary has termed intolerance as a negative portrayal of someone or something due to one's own prejudice. Intolerance has also been cited as a precursor to violence and in its severest form it leads to genocide. The Holocaust has been mentioned as the most infamous example of intolerance in the Western culture. Intolerance of different cultures other than the Dutch or British made colonialism and slavery possible in the New World. And we can still see how discrimination continues as the remnants of an old slavery system in America, dies hard. Knowing this, why does intolerance continue to flourish. Why has it grown in leaps and bounds as hate crimes proliferate urban, suburban, and rural communities? Surely, we have seen how discrimination, harassment and bullying leads to violence on school campuses throughout the nation. Columbine is a classic example of that. We have also seen how freedom of speech has been twisted to provide a license for people to wage a war of hate throughout the media and Internet, as ethnic jokes, black-face parodies, and ill humor based on another's race, religious affiliation, sexual orientation become salable. And even though these vignettes are morally wrong, they provide hours of comic relief to a very wide audience, while graffiti strewn on large surfaces become billboards of hate. Desecration of religious symbols in public places (at the pentacle of a holy day) is just another indication that all is not well in morbidly tense communities.
As we look at the growth of intolerance around us, which is mimicked by some children in hate-speech, it becomes obvious that something is missing in our schools. Our schools are entrusted with the job of educating our youth in academic subjects as well as infusing students with moral qualities in order to prepare them for full participation in our democratic society. If this is not being done, then doing nothing is doing something harmful which promotes intolerance.
"Morality cannot be legislated, said Dr. Martin Luther King, " but behavior can be regulated. It may be true that the law cannot change the heart, but it can restrain the heartless. It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can restrain him from lynching me ---and I think that is important also. And so, while education may not be able to change the hearts of men, it can change the habits of men. And when the habits are changed, pretty soon the attitudes will change. The hearts will be changed, and men will be able to come together as brothers, recognizing the naturalness and the rightness of their togetherness." Excerpt from Martin Luther King speech to the United Federation of Teachers 1964
With this truth in mind, we should revisit an April 20, 1994, mandate from The New York State Legislature.
"In order to promote a spirit of patriotic and civic service and obligation and to foster in the children of the state moral and intellectual qualities which are essential in preparing to meet the obligations of citizenship in peace or in war, the regents of the University of the State of New York shall prescribe a course of instruction in patriotism, citizenship and human rights issues, with particular attention to the study of the inhumanity of genocide, slavery, and the Holocaust, to be maintained and followed in all the schools of the state."
Certainly, implementing this mandate in schools, would be a big step today toward ending the growth of intolerance in the future.
On 4/01/06, Phyllis C. Murray wrote: > THE GROWTH OF INTOLERANCE > TODAY >
> By Phyllis C. Murray > > > > Preface > WHEREAS recognition of the inherent dignity and of the > equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human > family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in > the world, > WHEREAS disregard and contempt for human rights have > resulted in barbarous acts which have outraged the > conscience of mankind, and the advent of a world in which > human beings shall enjoy freedom of speech and belief and > freedom from fear and want has been proclaimed as the > highest aspiration of the common people, > WHEREAS it is essential, if man is not to be compelled to > have recourse, as a last resort, to rebellion against > tyranny and oppression, that human rights should be > protected by the rule of law. United Nation Dec. 1948 > > Intolerance. What is it? The dictionary has termed > intolerance as a negative portrayal of someone or > something due to one's own prejudice. Intolerance has also > been cited as a precursor to violence and in its severest > form it leads to genocide. The Holocaust has been mentioned > as the most infamous example of intolerance in the Western > culture. Intolerance of different cultures other than the > Dutch or British made colonialism and slavery possible in > the New World. And we can still see how discrimination > continues as the remnants of an old slavery system in > America, dies hard. > Knowing this, why does intolerance continue to flourish. > Why has it grown in leaps and bounds as hate crimes > proliferate urban, suburban, and rural communities? Surely, > we have seen how discrimination, harassment and bullying > leads to violence on school campuses throughout the nation. > Columbine is a classic example of that. We have also seen > how freedom of speech has been twisted to provide a license > for people to wage a war of hate throughout the media and > Internet, as ethnic jokes, black-face parodies, and ill > humor based on another's race, religious affiliation, > sexual orientation become salable. And even though these > vignettes are morally wrong, they provide hours of comic > relief to a very wide audience, while graffiti strewn on > large surfaces become billboards of hate. Desecration of > religious symbols in public places (at the pentacle of a > holy day) is just another indication that all is not well > in morbidly tense communities. > > As we look at the growth of intolerance around us, which is > mimicked by some children in hate-speech, it becomes > obvious that something is missing in our schools. Our > schools are entrusted with the job of educating our youth > in academic subjects as well as infusing students with > moral qualities in order to prepare them for full > participation in our democratic society. If this is not > being done, then doing nothing is doing something harmful > which promotes intolerance. > > "Morality cannot be legislated, said Dr. Martin Luther > King, " but behavior can be regulated. It may be true that > the law cannot change the heart, but it can restrain the > heartless. It may be true that the law cannot make a man > love me, but it can restrain him from lynching me ---and I > think that is important also. And so, while education may > not be able to change the hearts of men, it can change the > habits of men. And when the habits are changed, pretty soon > the attitudes will change. The hearts will be changed, and > men will be able to come together as brothers, recognizing > the naturalness and the rightness of their togetherness." > Excerpt from Martin Luther King speech to the United > Federation of Teachers 1964 > > With this truth in mind, we should revisit an April 20, > 1994, mandate from The New York State Legislature. > > "In order to promote a spirit of patriotic and civic > service and obligation and to foster in the children of the > state moral and intellectual qualities which are essential > in preparing to meet the obligations of citizenship in > peace or in war, the regents of the University of the State > of New York shall prescribe a course of instruction in > patriotism, citizenship and human rights issues, with > particular attention to the study of the inhumanity of > genocide, slavery, and the Holocaust, to be maintained and > followed in all the schools of the state." > > Certainly, implementing this mandate in schools, would be a > big step today toward ending the growth of intolerance in > the future. What are types in inttolerance today in the U.S?
On 1/31/06, AnneRead wrote:
> We will be running a 7 or 8 week program to promote reading at
> home. We will kick off with Read Across America Day. I am
> looking for ideas for awards for those who complete the challenge.
Watch a video like Charlottes Web and have treats, lollipops and pop Or Popcorn O...See More