Re: [MOSAIC] reading logs

beverleep...@gmail.com Fri, 29 Jul 2011 17:49:15 -0700

or just about anything else return by Kohn on motivation and extrinsicrewards


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From: Jan Sanders <jangou...@gmail.com>

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For more information you may want to read Punished by Rewards: The Trouble
with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise, and Other Bribes by Alfie
Kohn

Jan
You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your
grandmother.
-Albert Einstein
"*If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward,
then we are a sorry lot indeed.*" Albert Einstein



On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 1:47 PM, Laura <lcan...@satx.rr.com> wrote:

Different classes respond to different things--Janella may have found what
worked with her class and rewards can also still lead to a love of

reading.

Laura C
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 I did not use rewards in my classroom and also had over 90% of the

students
complete their homework daily.  I believe children need to do things for
the
reward of learning, not for a prize.  My goal for reading every night was
for them to love reading.  They loved to share what the read the night

before. We built a community of learners who learned just as much from

me

as they did from their classmates.  Discussion and sharing was a big part
of
the day.

Jan
You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your
grandmother.
-Albert Einstein
"*If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for
reward,
then we are a sorry lot indeed.*" Albert Einstein



On Sat, Jul 23, 2011 at 4:04 PM, Thoma, Janelle <thoma.jane...@ccsd59.org
>**wrote:

 I had a similar problem with a similar reading log schedule.  After

only 30% of my kids were completing their weekly home reading log
assignments, I decided to start reward those who completed their work.
 I wouldn't give out a reward each week, but random weeks and random
awards.  Homework passes, free books, lunch with the teacher etc.  A
LOT more kids decided to complete their reading logs and once they got
into the habit of completing it, my completion rate went up to almost
90% each week!

Good Luck!
~Janelle Thoma



On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 11:02 AM, jayhawkrtroy fredde
<jayhawkrt...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I think one thing to try is have them turn it in weekly. I will save
> you the task of looking at it daily as well. Encourage them to read
> the same books at home as they read during independent reading in
> class.  They need to go to the library more often than every 2 week, I
> think also.
>
> On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 11:21 PM,  <da...@aol.com> wrote:
>>
>>  Hello,
>>
>>  I would greatly appreciate your thoughts about the use of reading >>
logs
in my sixth grade reading/writing workshop. My homework policy is that
students read 30 minutes 5 nights a week or 150 minutes a week. They are
free to read any book they choose. I give students a reading log, due
every
Monday, that asks them to document the minutes they read nightly, I ask
them
to write about their independent reading weekly, based on the strategies
and
or elements of literature we were studying.  I maintain a classroom
library
and students have access to the school library every 2 weeks. My problem
is
that my homework completion rate is TERRIBLE. Rather , I should say that
fewer than 50% of my students regularly turn in their homework. Atwell,
Miller, and many, many other language arts teachers consider reading at
home

an important part of their reading program. I am tempted to drop the

the

reading log requiremnent, but I don't want to "dumb down" my

expectations

for my students who are predominantly blue collar and poor. I want
students
to have some accountability, but at the same time I don't want to make
the
homework process so cumbersome that it turns my students off to reading
independently. What are your experiences and insights that can help?
Thank
you.
>>
>> Darlene Kellum
>>
>>
>>
>>
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