No More Reading Calendars!

I have never been a reading calendar fan. N.E.V.E.R. We are strongly encouraged though to use them at our school. Blah! I figured it out this year though and we are having a blast tracking our reading. We do a new reading challenge each month with a reward at the end if we meet our goal.

This month, the kids took home a turkey feather every night and parents signed it. The next day we added it to our turkey. Below  is our awesome (colorful) turkey! The principal would even stop in to check on our feathery progress daily.

In September we did a football game and students earned yards for their reading. In October we had our own version of the World Series. Stay tuned for December's reading challenge!

Tracking Reading and Dad is my Hero!

I've been playing with ways to track my class's reading next year for the past month. Last week I was having a primary meeting for my church and I was asked to make a scripture tracking sheet for all our kids. This gave me a chance to try out one of my ideas for my classroom next year. Here is what I made...

My printer died so my husband printed this at work with their super huge printer. It is like five feet wide and awesome! The kids were so excited! Here is how it works: we sent home a monthly calendar and the kids mark off every day they read from the scriptures and at the end of the month we add up the total number of day we all read! 500, 1500, 3000, and 4000 are all points were the kids will get rewarded. I'm lovin' it!

Secondly, I had the kids make super hero masks for their fathers today! They turned out so cute! I didn't get a picture though and my one year old ate my daughters as soon as she gave it to her dad. Here is a screen shot of the document though...

Cut out the eyes, hole punch the sides, tie a string and you have a super hero mask! 

Remember! The Guided Math book study starts next Monday, June 24th! The ebook is only $9 on Amazon. So many people have responded, it is going to rock!

Next week will be more school oriented. Thank Tara for your awesome linky!