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To increase motivation by rewarding students for challenging themselves to read appropriate leveled books independently. The students will be given custom "brag tags" when they meet each of their reading goals.

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Brag about Reading

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School:
Golden Terrace Elementary 
Subject:
Language Arts 
Teacher:
Tiffany Weeks 
Students Impacted:
500 
Grade:
K-5 
Date:
August 23, 2016

Investor

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William Burke - $110.00

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Impact to My Classroom

# of Students Impacted: 500

My goal was to increase motivation by rewarding students for challenging themselves to read appropriate leveled books independently.

The students were given custom "brag tags" when they met their reading goals. These brag tags were collected on key rings that they attached to their backpacks, so they could display them. 


The students had a selection and could earn 8 different tags by the end of the year! The biggest participation improvement was in 5th grade where I have seen a 24% increase from the same students last year (in 4th grade).  This is thrilling because 5th graders are the hardest to motivate when it comes to reading for enjoyment.

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Close-up of one student's tags

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Passing out awards

 

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Choosing her tag

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Group earners

 

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3rd grade superstars

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Super 5th Grade readers

 

Original Grant Overview

Goal

To increase motivation by rewarding students for challenging themselves to read appropriate leveled books independently. The students will be given custom "brag tags" when they meet each of their reading goals.  

 

What will be done with my students

Students will participate in two separate reading incentive programs.
One focuses on the Sunshine State Young Reader Award program which features 15 books nominated by Florida teachers. All students who read 3 or more books will get to vote for their favorite in the spring using real voting booths provided by the Supervisor of Elections! Students will also receive a custom brag tag when they meet different reading goals. They will have an opportunity to earn three different tags in the Sunshine State program.

We also have a Rising Readers incentive program. This program encourages student to read books at an appropriate level (determined by their teacher). They then will take a short comprehension quiz on each book using the Reading Counts computer program. They earn points for each quiz they pass. Students will have an opportunity to earn a different brag tag for reaching each of the 5 leveled reading goals in this program.

These brag tags will be collected on book rings that the students can attach to their backpacks and display for all to see! They will be able to add to the same ring next year! This grant includes enough tags to support the program for two years!
 

 

Benefits to my students

Students are encouraged to read every night. The students are successful when they are reading appropriate level books. Their success becomes an intrinsic motivator, in addition to the incentive of the program's rewards, which makes them want to read more.

Daily reading has been proven to have many benefits.
Some of these benefits are:
• Vocabulary Expansion
• Mental Stimulation
• Memory Improvement
• Increased Subject Knowledge
• Stronger Analytical Thinking
• Improved Focus and Concentration
• Better Writing Skills
 

 

Budget Narrative

500 book rings will be purchased to hold the brag tags for students.
Brag tags were designed by the media specialist specifically for our students and will be purchased from ImageStuff.com. This grant includes enough tags to support the program for two years! 

 

Items

# Item Cost
1 500 book rings to hold tags $30.00
2 Variety of custom brag tags $80.00
  Total: $110.00

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