Last week our class stopped to reflect on our reading streak. What should be our next mini milestone goal that we set for ourselves? At what day of our streak should we celebrate our accomplishments by treating ourselves to a reading reward?
After much discussion and debate among students, we arrived at our next mini milestone reading goal. Triple Digits. 100 days. Straight. Reading aloud together. Ah!
If all goes as planned, we will reach our 100 day mark on Friday, February 1st. Because simply occurring on a Friday makes any event better, the class was even more enthused to find out that we should reach our goal on a Friday. Just announcing the date led to a round of applause and cheers.
We talked about what would be a good reading-related celebration to have and decided upon and found a way to incorporate a majority of the students' ideas, and I must admit, I couldn't have come up with a better plan myself. But for now, I'll have to leave you hanging...until, of course, we reach our 100 day goal.
If you're finding your streak to be running a bit stale among your children, I'd highly recommend setting some mini milestones for celebration. I found that talking about our streak, setting a mini
milestone, and planning for a reading reward was a great
way to re-energize the class and get students excited about reading
together again.
Have you found any ways to revitalize the enthusiasm among your streak participants? What ways do you keep your reading exciting and fresh? How have you celebrated your accomplishments? Do share!
Happy Reading!
Mrs. Hartman
Welcome
Welcome to our Reading Promises Blog for families at Sinking Springs Elementary! Thank you for stopping by to read, learn, and share with us.
The purpose of this blog is to connect the readers of this blog and their reading promise experiences. The Reading Promise Project is based upon the reading streak author Alice Ozma chronicles in her real life memoir, The Reading Promise, between her and her father. What started as a seemingly lofty goal of 100 consecutive nights of reading together when Alice was in fourth grade, turned into a streak lasting until Alice's first day of college, 3,218 days. Our project aims to inspire as many others as possible to create reading promises of their own.
The purpose of this blog is to connect the readers of this blog and their reading promise experiences. The Reading Promise Project is based upon the reading streak author Alice Ozma chronicles in her real life memoir, The Reading Promise, between her and her father. What started as a seemingly lofty goal of 100 consecutive nights of reading together when Alice was in fourth grade, turned into a streak lasting until Alice's first day of college, 3,218 days. Our project aims to inspire as many others as possible to create reading promises of their own.
If you are a Sinking Springs parent or student, I hope that you will use this blog as a way to communicate with other families about your reading streak experiences. Tell us stories from your daily reading experiences, what books you've loved and what books you've passed up. Share your successes with us to celebrate and your challenges with us to collaborate on solutions. What little magical moments have arisen because of the commitment you've made to reading with your family? What books have you found that are must-reads for other families?
If you are a new visitor to our blog, I invite you to join our conversation and share your thoughts and experiences! From what I've learned by following Alice Ozma on various social media networks, our readers are not the first, nor the last to be inspired to begin reading streaks. I've seen other stories about amazing family reading moments and the readers at our school would love to hear about thoughts, experiences, suggestions, successes, and challenges from anyone else out there who is taking the same journey or just interesting in sharing his/her thoughts. Contribute to our conversation! Become a part of our online community of readers. We'd love to have you.
Join us in the effort to make reading a special part of your everyday life. Make a promise to read with your family, your classroom, your friends, your loved ones.
Join us in the effort to make reading a special part of your everyday life. Make a promise to read with your family, your classroom, your friends, your loved ones.
Monday, January 21, 2013
Day 89: Triple Digits
Labels:
building excitement,
celebration,
Classroom Reading Streaks,
goals,
milestones,
Mrs. Hartman
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