T.I.G.E.R Reading Club
T.I.G.E.R stands for for Traveling into Great Exciting Reading. The T.I.G.E.R reading club is recreational in nature. Student and teachers participation is voluntary. However, teachers strongly encourage all students to participate, and members receive public recognition during awards assemblies.
Responsibilities:
Responsibility is one of the building blocks we work on at Northern Lights ABC School. The following list details the responsibilities expected of reading club members.
Every student who wants to join the club must sign a contract and have a parent or guardian also sign the contract. Contracts are kept on file for the current school year.
Every teacher/principal who wants to join the club must have a contract signed on file for the current school year.
Completed and signed "Book list log sheets" will be due monthly on the date listed at the top of the sheet.
Teachers will be responsible for turning in their own and their student's "Book List Log" sheet in a timely fashion.
If participants are absent on the date forms are due, participants must turn in completed paperwork promptly upon return to school.
Book List Log Sheets must be reviewed, totaled and signed by a parent or guardian before they are turned in for tallying.
Properly processed paperwork has the following items clearly labeled: Month the reading was done, the students first and last name, the classroom teacher's name, the student's grade level, an accurate total of the number of pages read listed on the sheet, and the parent's signature.
Improperly processed paperwork will be returned to families for completion.
Paperwork received late will be tallied for the following month.
For privacy sake, teachers and principals can choose to record exact titles or list their tittles creatively.
Predetermined Monthly Reading Goals:
Classroom reading goal:
Collectively, every student in a classroom, including the teacher, attempts to read as many pages as possible above and beyond the monthly reading goal. One purpose is for a class to win the specified trophies and the meet the club's overall yearly reading goal.
The Tiger Reading Club's Yearly Goal:
At the beginning of the school year the Tiger Reading Club sets a new yearly reading goal. Every single member's reading tallies (all students and all teachers) go towards achieving the yearly reading goal. Currently the club's yearly reading goal is set at 4 million pages.
Reading tally sheets for the month of May, June, July, and August are combined, tallied and used for the first month of the school year. For the months of September-April tally sheets are logged monthly.
Prizes:
Individual Monthly Goal Prize: When participants meet their predetermined monthly reading goal they receive a prize bag. Yahoo!
Individual Prizes: All participants can earn level prizes such as tee-shirts, pins, mystery rewards, bookmarks, medals, trophies and gift certificates. Prizes are awarded based on the cumulative number of pages read, over the time the participant is officially enrolled in the club. A predetermined schedule is followed for awarding level prizes. T.I.G.E.R Reading Monthly Awards
Grade Level "Rotating" Trophy: Beginning in March 2008, a grade level trophy will be awarded to the class in each grade who has done the most reading for the month. A grade level classroom trophy will be awarded to the deserving classroom on a monthly basis.
Intermediate "Rotating" Trophy: Students in grades 4, 5 and 6 will compete on a monthly basis for a trophy for the classroom that has done the greatest amount of reading.
Primary "Rotating" Trophy: Students in kindergarten, grades1, 2 and 3 will compete on a monthly basis for a trophy for the classroom that has done the greatest amount of reading.
Teachers/Principal Prize: Teachers and the principal will compete with each other on a monthly basis for a token prize for the individual who has done the greatest amount of reading. The purpose for having monthly teachers incentive recognition is to encourage more students participation with the "Lead by Example" concept.
Double Goal:
December and March are double goal months. To reach a double goal, students in kindergarten need to read 1,000 pages. Students in grades 1-6 need to read 1,400 pages There is no shortage of "Beanie Babies" up for grabs, so read like the wind and take advantage of School Breaks! Log all the pages that you have read because we don't want you to miss out.
Reading Material:
Participants are encouraged to read a wide variety of fiction and nonfiction material in a variety of genres at school and at home. (Realistic fiction, mystery, historical fiction, science fiction, animal, sports, poetry, graphic navels such as Bone, Babymouse, Tintin, etc.). Picture books, biographies, Betty and Veronica books and Captain Underpants books do qualify as valid reading material for the program. A book and tape kit is acceptable, as well as a teacher sharing a book, with multi copies of the same title which students are reading at the same time.
Although stories are enjoyed in other formats, the following materials will not be counted towards a participants reading log: records, books on tapes, thin comic books in a magazine format, newspapers and textbooks. If you are uncertain about a particular item, please see the Tiger Reading Volunteer Crew Leader.
Does this Reading Count? (YES!) A parent, guardian, friend, sibling, babysitter, relative,
teacher, librarian or any other individual is welcome to read to a participant.
Kindergarten: Each kindergarten student automatically receives a credit of
150 school read pages per month, even if they don't submit a log sheet for
that month. Although a favorite book may have been read multiple times,
the title may only be logged once per month. When the same kindergarten teacher teaches two section of the
same grade, their reading tallies will be distributed the following way: 150
pages will be automatically assigned to each section taught, monthly. The
teacher only gets a personal credit of 150 pages monthly. This formula applies
to the teachers personal reading as well. Personal pages are assigned to each
section taught monthly, but only recorded once monthly.
1st Grade: Each student in first grade automatically receives a credit of
200 school read pages per month, even if they don't submit a log sheet for
that month. Although a favorite book may have been read multiple times, the title may
only be logged once every other month.
2-6 Grade: Although a favorite book may have been read multiple times,
the title may only be logged once every other month.
Principal: The number of pages the principal reads during the school year
is deducted from the total number of pages read by the other participants.
Helpful Hints to encourage Students to Log
Their Book Titles:
Put the "Book List Log Sheet" on the refrigerator with a magnet.
The student leaves his/her books in a safe place until the title and pages can be recorded.
Students and parents share in the logging of title and pages.
Students keep a log sheet in their desk for logging books read at school.
Students can create a form on the computer and keep track of their reading. At the end of the month the log can be printed and submitted.
Students can print additional "Book List Log Sheets".
Announcements Over the Intercom Before
Dismissal:
Around the 25th of each month an announcement will be made regarding the prior month's totals, how many pages remaining to the goal, the prior month's primary and intermediate classroom trophy winners, and the prior month's classroom grade trophy winners.
End of the month announcements will remind participants to get their "Book List Log Sheet" in promptly.