I wanted to do something different for Right to Read Week. My 4th and 5th graders always like to design bookmarks to go with the theme. I usually give them a form to practice the week before, and then they make the bookmarks during their book exchange session the next week. To motivate them to be creative and do their best work, I had someone draw one bookmark at random from each grade level's entries, scanned them, added text (name of school, theme for week, year), printed them on t-shirt transfer paper, and ironed them on white t-shirts. It was a fairly inexpensive way to motivate them, and the t-shirts turned out great! The kids were impressed with how clearly the designs transferred and really made a quality product. It made me think of other ways to use the t-shirt idea, too. I'm working on a unit with two sixth grade teachers. Their students are writing reports about any place they want to visit. I'm helping them search for travel info on the Internet, and then each student can have a t-shirt with a picture of the place they visited in his or her report. They can add any text they want, and personalize them as creatively as they'd like. Thank you! Susan Johnson