Website: www.mlb.com/braves/community/education-programs/summer-reading-program
The Atlanta Braves and Truist offer students an opportunity to earn a FREE Braves ticket for reading books and completing an online activity.
Incentives
Atlanta Hawks Check It Out Reading Challenge
Website: www.nba.com/hawks/community/checkitout
Parents and guardians can register students in grades K-12 who read at least five books to receive a Check it Out Reading Challenge bookmark (while supplies last) and a free youth ticket with the purchase of at least 1 adult ticket to an Atlanta Hawks regular season game.
Chipotle Reading Rewards
Website: https://community.chipotle.com/reading
Chipotle’s Reading Rewards program provide bookmarks that include Free Kid’s Meal cards for grades K-5 or Boy-One/Get-One Free Entree Cards for grades 6-12.
Reading Rewards Card
Encourage your students to checkout and read more often with a rewards card. Below are three styles you can edit and use with your students. For best results:
- Download the card that most closely matches your independent reading program goals.
- Edit the school name on each card.
- If desired, change the squares to more closely match your independent reading program goals.
- Print the cards on color card stock paper for attractiveness and durability.
- Print and attach patron barcode labels for each card.
- Laminate the cards for added durability.
- Purchase a sturdy hole punch – maybe even one in the shape of a star.
Reading Rewards – Fiction and Nonfiction
Reading Rewards – Numeric Goal
Reading Comprehension Bookmarks
The bookmarks below include graphic organizers that can be completed by students as they read a fiction or nonfiction book. Consider including a bookmark with each book checked out and having students return their completed work to post inside your media center. You can post their completed bookmark next to the book read or post the bookmarks by class to encourage participation.
Fiction Story Map Graphic Organizer Bookmark
Reading Passports
One method of tracking what students are reading and comprehending is by using a Reading Passport. The documents below provide Reading Passports for each grade level. The choice of which genres students are challenged to read are based on the genres included in the Common Core Georgia Performance Standards. Modify these documents to fit your media center and school.
Reading Passport Card (Grades K-5) ( PPT | PDF)
Reading Passport Booklet (Grades 6-12) Cover: ( PPT | PDF ) Pages: ( PPT | PDF )
Six Flags Read to Succeed
Website: www.sixflags.com/readtosucceed
Read to Succeed is a program that encourages students in grades K through 6 to read. Students who complete six hours of recreational reading earn a free ticket to Six Flags. The program deadline is typically in early March. Register using the link above to include your students.
Pizza Hut BOOK IT! Program
Website: www.bookitprogram.com
Pizza Hut’s BOOK IT! Program provides free materials to reward students in grades K-6 for their reading accomplishments.