Happy New Year! It's hard to believe it's 2015, especially when we consider that many of the students we teach weren't even born in this century! As usual, we are seeing LOADS of online motivational articles and apps to re-make ourselves in the new year, plus tools to keep us on track. We can resolve to trim down, get fit, save money, fight clutter, be kinder, be smarter, save the world, etc. Personal improvement is exhausting!
We've seen some pretty cool reading incentive challenges on a number of sites recently. Here's an article from Bustle with ideas for "12 Reading Challenges for 2015 That'll Make Sure You Conquer Plenty of Books in the New Year." There's a challenge for reading around the world (and trace your literary journey on a Google map,) reading classics, reading from your to-be-read pile, reading chunky books ("I like big books and I cannot lie,") and perhaps the most ambitious, the 365 Days of YA challenge. That one'll keep you healthy (you know, a book a day keeps the doctor away, right?)
We're also launching a reading challenge in our library for the new year. We want students (teachers, too!) to sign a pledge to read as many books as they can before spring break. They can record themselves accepting the "Resolve to Read" pledge (no ice buckets, please) and then they nominate a friend to take the challenge. We will keep a tote board of number of books read. If we meet our goals school-wide, then a staff member has to kiss a pig, surrender a prized possession, or suffer some other form of humiliation (hmmm, Billy Rice's golden tresses just popped into my view.) Help us meet our goals! Stay warm this winter, and Resolve to Read 2015.
We've seen some pretty cool reading incentive challenges on a number of sites recently. Here's an article from Bustle with ideas for "12 Reading Challenges for 2015 That'll Make Sure You Conquer Plenty of Books in the New Year." There's a challenge for reading around the world (and trace your literary journey on a Google map,) reading classics, reading from your to-be-read pile, reading chunky books ("I like big books and I cannot lie,") and perhaps the most ambitious, the 365 Days of YA challenge. That one'll keep you healthy (you know, a book a day keeps the doctor away, right?)
We're also launching a reading challenge in our library for the new year. We want students (teachers, too!) to sign a pledge to read as many books as they can before spring break. They can record themselves accepting the "Resolve to Read" pledge (no ice buckets, please) and then they nominate a friend to take the challenge. We will keep a tote board of number of books read. If we meet our goals school-wide, then a staff member has to kiss a pig, surrender a prized possession, or suffer some other form of humiliation (hmmm, Billy Rice's golden tresses just popped into my view.) Help us meet our goals! Stay warm this winter, and Resolve to Read 2015.