Re: Too much content?
Mary E Tyler <[email protected]>
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On Jul 1, 2009, at 12:15 PM, Bill Janssen wrote: > Mary E Tyler <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Last year, they offered an iPod >> for the 7th grader who won had the most AR points. My daughter who >> got >> several hundred wasn't even in the running. > > A sad tale of the decline of reading! Twenty years ago the prize > would > have been a book. You have to give kids something that is desirable across the board, not just to readers. I was thinking of starting a club at the primary level called the "Hundred Club." Kids who get to 100 AR points (and I've seen 1st graders do it by mid-year) get to be in a drawing once a quarter for 100 denominated prizes... like 100 Chuck E Cheese tokens or $100 gift certificate to a book store. I don't know what the school would think... dej ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Learn to use Google Analytics to make your web site more effective. Buy my book! http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/047017501X/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "I loathe writing. On the other hand I'm a great believer in money." -- S.J. Perelman ---------------------------------------------------------------------- In the midst of winter, I finally realized that deep within me there lay an invincible summer. --Albert Camus ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I am Writer, hear me Pontificate! ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------ Post a message: ebook-community [[at]] * Unsubscribe: ebook-community-unsubscribe [[at]] * Switch to digest: ebook-community-digest [[at]] * Switch to normal: ebook-community-normal [[at]] * Put mail on hold: ebook-community-nomail [[at]] * Administrator: ebook-community-owner [[at]] * (* == yahoogroups.com) -------------------------------------------------------Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ebook-community/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ebook-community/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[email protected] mailto:ebook-community-fullfeatured-hHKSG33TihhbjbujkaE4pw@public.gmane.org <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: ebook-community-unsubscribe-hHKSG33TihhbjbujkaE4pw@public.gmane.org <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/