AR Point Competition:
While "competition" usually doesn't come to mind when curling up with a good book, let's face it, our kids LOVE a good old friendly competition.
Side note: I know all of you amazing teachers out there have a love/hate relationship with AR, (and trust me, I'm on that boat with you!) but I mean, do you see those points?! It's only March 6th!
Please excuse the not so pretty font! No cute fonts on my school computer = :(
Decorating Lockers with Book Covers:
We also decorated our favorite book covers on card stock. I attached them to the front of my students' lockers with string so that visitors are greeted with a hallway of colorful books.
Didn't these turn out awesome?!
Book Swap:
I do this every year and my kids act like it's Christmas!!! Nothing like out with the old and in with the new! Click HERE or the picture below to grab this freebie!
Poem in Your Pocket Day:
The real "Poem in Your Pocket Day" isn't until April 18th. But since I absolutely love this idea, we are celebrating it twice this year! For those of you that haven't heard of this, the idea is simple. Students select a favorite poem, they put it in their pocket, they then share their poem with friends, other teachers and whomever else on this special day. A fabulous teacher I work with even used chalk last year to decorate the entire playground with her student's pocket poems! :)
Writing our own novels:
We have a short few weeks to take a breather from testing, writing to inform/persuade/research/narrative, YOU NAME IT! During this time, I allow my students the freedom to just WRITE! I did this last year using THIS website:
I would love to know what you do with your students in your classrooms for March is Reading Month!
Book Swap:
I do this every year and my kids act like it's Christmas!!! Nothing like out with the old and in with the new! Click HERE or the picture below to grab this freebie!
Poem in Your Pocket Day:
The real "Poem in Your Pocket Day" isn't until April 18th. But since I absolutely love this idea, we are celebrating it twice this year! For those of you that haven't heard of this, the idea is simple. Students select a favorite poem, they put it in their pocket, they then share their poem with friends, other teachers and whomever else on this special day. A fabulous teacher I work with even used chalk last year to decorate the entire playground with her student's pocket poems! :)
Writing our own novels:
We have a short few weeks to take a breather from testing, writing to inform/persuade/research/narrative, YOU NAME IT! During this time, I allow my students the freedom to just WRITE! I did this last year using THIS website:
You MUST go check this out! They have an entire "noveling" unit FOR FREE! I'm talking lesson plans, graphic organizers, the works! My kids had a blast doing this last year and when they were finished, we had a read-a-thon dedicated to reading each other's novels.
I would love to know what you do with your students in your classrooms for March is Reading Month!
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4 comments:
I teach 1st and 2nd graders but I think that I can easily adapt making book covers for our lockers:) Thank you so much for sharing the idea!
Primary Classrooms are Oceans of Fun (another Michigan teacher:)
Yay for Michigan teachers!! I think your 1st and 2nd graders would LOVE this! I know my kids love any excuse to do art! :) Thanks for your comments!
We just began reading "On My Honor" in my classroom on Monday. So far the kids LOVE it! There are various scenes that are perfect for acting out or creating comic strips using visualization. We've analyzed the two main characters so far, describing their character traits and will be adding those to our lap books tomorrow. We'll be putting their traits into the character's "pockets."
Love to hear what other teachers are doing! I'm already thinking of how we can incorporate the book covers into a bulletin board/writing activity. Thanks for sharing! :)
Mandy
www.the4thgradejourney.blogspot.com
Oh my goodness Mandy, your ideas sound WONDERFUL! I have a group of students that are really struggling with visualizations this year. I'll have to check this book out! Thanks for the great idea!
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