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Real-world STORY
School Strikes Gold With Book Fair Raffle!
St Paul’s Lutheran School Orange, CA
St. Paul’s Lutheran School reached out
to their parents with a Fair raffle during parent/teacher conferences which took place during Book Fair week. Volunteers decorated a raffle table to showcase special bundles of books and printed out “golden tickets” from the Fair Files to dis- tribute to teachers. Teachers handed tick- ets to parents during their conferences, mentioning the free drawing for books at the Fair. Families couldn’t help but shop the books on the table when they entered their tickets into the raffle drawing!
Contests
Add extra excitement to your Book Fair.
Benefits
• Adds an excitement-charged energy to your Fair each day
• Attracts more kids to the Fair, especially those who might not otherwise participate
• Encourages multiple visits GREAT Ideas
• Launch a design contest. Ask students to create posters, and use them to decorate doors, bulletin boards, hallways, and more.
• Plan dress-up days for each day of Book Fair week! Students who dress up can be entered for the chance to win a prize.
• Set up the prize pickup inside your Fair so students are sure to visit multiple times.
t Hot ticket! Hold a raffle and award the owner of the winning ticket a book pur- chased from the Fair. Toolkit keyword: RAFFLE
t Order this Spin ,N Win wheel from the online Scholastic DollarsTM Catalog and use it to motivate more purchases
of books. Give students a free spin for every book they buy.
Count by colors. Let students guess how many colorful cereal pieces are packed into an oversized jar. Reward the winner with the jar! Toolkit keyword: GUESSING GAME
Share your ideas & photos #mybookfair Contests Get Everyone Excited
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