Mikayla AR Award

One of the requirements every year at school is that the student's have to read a book and take at least 1 AR (accelerated reader) test a week.  Mikayla loves to read books, but she hates to take the test.  Mikayla will read chapter books, not take a test on them, read a little story book, and take a test on that instead of a chapter book (out of fear that she will get a bad score on a chapter book).  I spoke with her teacher about the issue at the beginning of the school year and she made a deal with Mikayla.  If she read chapter books, took a test on them, and got to 30AR points she would take her to lunch.  I also made a deal with Mikayla, the deal was, she had to read 10 chapter books, take a test, and she could do something fun.  Mikayla met her end of both deals.  She read more books than required, took more tests than she needed to and reached 50 AR points by April.  By the end of the school year she will be well into the 70's or further.  Mikayla received and award at a school assembly for her reading accomplishments.  Although, her teacher went on maternity leave before she got to have lunch with the teacher, and she is still waiting to do a fun activity.  Great job Mikayla!