Bright Idea #3 – Using Your Eyes While Reading

Yay another Bright Ideas Blog Hop. I love them greatly !! I have gotten so many great ideas from them each time.

For this month I thought I would share with you all how I motivate my students to track while they are reading. During my guided reading groups I felt like a broken record always saying “Remember to track with your finger.” or “Follow along as we read.” Well in a moment of frustration I decided I needed to come up with some motivation for students to track. That night I pulled out my craft box and created these cute popsicle sticks with googly eyes. Students pick one of the sticks and use it to follow along on the page. So far it seems to be working and they like picking their stick color.

The sticks also work great for pairing up students for partner reading. If you have 2 of each color the students with the same colors can be partners. If you only have one of each color they you can say blue and green (or any other color combination) read together.

Shortly after I made the popsicle sticks I came across (I think at Micheal’s) these super cute rings that work perfectly. Our guided reading motto has become “Keep your eyes on your reading!” Students are now reminding each other of the motto and I don’t have to sound like a broken record.

I will now always be on the look out for fun tracking tools to use.

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