To stay organized, keep a Club folder, filing student orders in it until it is time to prepare your classroom order. Then, when your order arrives, you will be able to check the packing slip against your original student order forms to make sure each student receives exactly what he or she ordered. Kids love to help hand out and collect orders and then pass out the books or software when the box arrives. If you have a student helper capable of filling out the order forms for you, this is a great way to teach math and organizational skills. If it's hard to keep track of all those dollars, dimes, and nickels, encourage students and their parents to pay by check made out to Scholastic Clubs.
Kids love looking at the offer when it arrives.
Have them point out books that especially interest them. Teachers who are familiar with some of the titles on the list or even have them in the classroom library often display them or read excerpts from them when passing out the student flyers. Some teachers suggest that children offer to perform extra chores to earn the price of the book they want. Allow students who are familiar with a particular book or author to share their enthusiasm. Point out one or two books to each student that you know they'd just love to read.