Good library habit rewarded

Each K-2 classroom is rewarded for returning library books promptly.  It is our hope that students return their library books on time so that others can enjoy the books.  There is a slightly different incentive program for each grade.

 Kindergartners add a sticker to their class chart every time they return a book.  Each week the students count the number of stickers they have accumulated so far.  When the chart is full (100 stickers), the class earns a surprise.  So far the Pink, Yellow, Green, Red and Orange Rooms have filled their charts and earned their first prize (bookmarks and balloons).

 The first graders also work as a class to fill a chart.  Their chart holds 20 stickers.  The class can earn up to 5 stickers each week.  (They lose one sticker for every overdue book the class has.)  I.Q. Mouse, a character in a book read during their first visit to the library in October, sends a letter and awards a prize to the first graders when their class chart is full.  This week all three first grade classrooms filled their first chart.  Great job, first graders!

Golden Shelf Elf Award

Second graders work to fill their chart with 20 stickers just as the first graders do.  Their correspondent, however, is Skoob the Shelf Elf.  Skoob is the main character in a book introduced during the class’ first library visit of the year.  When second graders fill a chart, they get to display the Golden Shelf Elf Award in their classroom as well as earning a small prize for each class member.  Miss Kimball’s class recently earned the first Golden Shelf Elf Award of the year.