Scholastic Reading Counts

I'm going to post again today, because I missed last week's, which I'm very sorry about! Also- I'm really excited about what I did in my placement today! In addition to being in charge of the oral clozes, my teacher has asked me in the past to keep track of the students' scholastic reading counts points. They get these by reading books in the classroom, at different levels, and then taking tests on them. Some of the students have 25 points, while others are up to 83. Today, my teacher asked me if I had any ideas that would encourage them to read more. I've noticed that many students in the class are very interested in music, especially Selena Gomez. So, I recommended having a music day and keeping track of their points on an ipod picture. She loved it and let me have complete creative control of the project. I found a picture online of an ipod and added lines to it increasing in amounts of 25 (0-200) to look like a thermometer. Then, I labeled them with their names and laminated them and colored in up to the line of their points number with an expo marker. At the end of the year, if every student has gotten at least 100 points, we will have a music day in the class and listen to Selena Gomez. Ms Kobel, my cooperating teacher, said that any student who completes 200 points will receive new headphones. I got to announce this to the class and they're so excited! I love being able to connect music to reading! I took a picture of the poster that I made and at the end of the semester I'll post another one to show their progress.