Saturday, November 19, 2016

Book Tasting Football Style

Motivating kids about books is a must! Many times kids need help and guidance in selecting good books and finding books that they love. They also need our help branching out and trying other genres. I decided to host a Book Tasting with a sport theme. It was a HUGE hit! It helped several reluctant find some new books to try as well as sparking great book conversations. It was a lot to pull together, but was worth every single second!

Invitation that was posted to build excitement in the days before!

Each child filled out a brochure about 5 books. They have kept these to help them remember books that they would like to read. 3 months later and I still see kids referencing them. The best part is it has spread to groups of kids making lists of what they plan to read and the order.

My New Digs in Fifth Grade Reading

Well..... A huge change came my way the end of June when I found out I was being moved to Fifth Grade Reading. I would have never thought this was a place where my skills were needed. This fall has been a blur, but it is definitely fun teaching my last group of kindergarten students as fifth graders. Check out our new digs in fifth grade.