643 Books!

This past summer, I decided to go a different direction with reading.  I threw out the nightly reading logs and challenged my students to read 40 books by the end of the school year.  With the addition of reading, students wrote letters to me each week in their reading journals describing the books that they were currently reading.

Students were not graded on if they read 40 books – while that is a gargantuan task (and I did have students who achieved this goal), I wanted my students to develop a love of reading.  Grades were based on consistent reading and completion of weekly reading journals.  I am just as proud of students who may have read one book last year, but read five books this year.

I am thrilled to announce that our team read 643 books this year! Special congratulations to Ethan N., Leighton F., and Edwin X. for meeting the 40 book challenge. 

When you have a classroom of readers, you have a classroom of kids who talk books…a lot.  And I just love that.  One of the hardest things to do sometimes is to find the next book to try.  Our class came up with an idea to create a blog so that they could share the books that they have read with other students.  Below is the address of our class blog.  Please check it out and share it with anyone who is looking for his or her next good book.  Our guest bloggers will be adding to our blog daily.

Thank you for reading!