Unpack your Hawaiian shirts, get out those straw hats, put on your tropical leas and gather your teachers to welcome your students to a motivating Study Island Theme Day!
These ideas can also be used in formal and informal summer school programs, before/after school programs, in the classroom, school intervention programs, etc.
Below are a few ideas that you can easily implement to motivate your students and teachers while on the Island:
Proven School Wide Activities
• 50/50 Club Students are motivated to answer 50 math and 50 language questions to earn a prize
• Mascot Award The class that studies on the island for the most amount of time in a week gets the honor of housing the mascot. The eagle has landed in room 101
• 85 Club Students that earn 85% proficiency get to eat lunch with the principal
• Reading/ Math-A-Thons Classes compete to answer Study Island questions to receive a trophy
• T-Shirt Recognition The student that practices the most questions gets to wear the Study Island T-Shirt over their clothes for the week. This is a big motivator in middle schools. Let me know if you need a Study Island t-shirt!
• Lab Luau Open luau lab 1 day before school, after-school or night a week for study time
• Rename your computer lab add an exciting twist with renaming your lab to the Study Island Arcade!
Proven Classroom Activities
• Jeopardy Review Divide the class into groups to answer the projected questions
• Blue Ribbon Chart Students place a sticker on standards chart after mastering and earning a blue ribbon
• Homework Club Students that complete their Study Island homework for the week can put their name on a coconut to hang on the palm tree
• Island Treasure Students visit the treasure box after earning 10 blue ribbons
• Island Lei Award The most improved students gets to wear class lei for the week
Please feel free to send us your own Study Island stories, pictures, and ideas.
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