The DOE has a suggestion for a program called Around the world in 80 books. It doesn't elaborate except to say you could keep track of reading goals on a map. Has anyone done this? Even if you haven't, could you give me some suggestions on how to do it?
We do "Race to Read" with Bandimere Speedway and someone suggested that we do it alternate years. I mentioned this idea and the chairman loved it. We just need to figure out how to do it.
For the Race to Read program, the kids do "laps". They mark off boxes of time as they read (15 min k-2, 30 min 3-6) Every 4 or 8 hours of reading is a lap. They get prizes for each lap they complete. It's great because the boys really get into it and race.
We thought we could do continents instead of laps and require the kids to read books about those places. It could include geography, animals, folk lore, culture studies, ect. We are just toying with the idea right now.
I think we also need a big prize too. I can find little incentives for the smaller goals but the big one is kind of hard. I know some programs just do a medal. The race rewards students with tickets to the speedway when they complete 3 laps. I thought something to do with geography would be good. Maybe a mini "World's fair" featuring dancers, sports, food and things from countries around the world would be fun. The chairperson worked in Kenya and has cool stuff like a Zebra pelt that we could show the kids.
