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Tex<strong>as</strong> Reading Club <strong>Manual</strong> 307<br />

Incentives<br />

Demco, www.demco.com, sells h<strong>and</strong>-painted, sturdy pl<strong>as</strong>tic bookmarks with five different<br />

sports balls. Another option is the mini sports ball pinball games <strong>available</strong> from Oriental<br />

Trading Company, www.orientaltrading.com. Upstart, www.highsmith.com sells “Team Read”<br />

items, including buttons, pennants, <strong>and</strong> stickers.<br />

Rhymes <strong>and</strong> Poetry<br />

Read “Jump Shot” by Richard Peck in Slam Dunk: Poems About B<strong>as</strong>ketball by Lillian<br />

Morrison.<br />

Crafts<br />

Team Pennants<br />

Materials<br />

Large grocery bags or brown kraft paper<br />

Scissors<br />

Markers or paint pens<br />

Glue sticks<br />

Construction paper<br />

Stickers (<strong>as</strong>sorted shapes <strong>and</strong> sizes; optional)<br />

Pennant pattern<br />

Directions<br />

Enlarge the pennant pattern provided at the end of this chapter to a size that will fit on a paper<br />

grocery bag. Let each teen cut out a pennant. Provide markers, construction paper, <strong>and</strong> a variety<br />

of stickers so that each teen can decorate a pennant to show their sense of spirit for Team<br />

<strong>Library</strong>. Display the finished products on the bulletin board to decorate the library. For<br />

inspiration, display pennants from sports teams, or print out examples from team web sites or<br />

Sports Team Flags, www.sportsteamflags.com. Hewlett-Packard provides copyright free sports<br />

art at www.hp.com/united-states/homefun/fun_with_sports.html. Provide an <strong>as</strong>sortment of<br />

books on symbols <strong>and</strong> logos for inspiration. American Trademark Designs: A Survey With 732<br />

Marks, Logos, <strong>and</strong> Corporate-Identity Symbols by Barbara Baer <strong>and</strong> Ready-to-Use Trade<br />

Symbols <strong>and</strong> Motifs: 88 Different Copyright-Free Designs Printed One Side by Leslie Cabarga<br />

are good reference sources.<br />

Sports Bottle<br />

Materials<br />

White or other unprinted sports bottles<br />

Glue paints <strong>and</strong> glitter glue<br />

Marker pens

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