Book tasting first grade

I initially saw the idea back in April when Tom Riston, a year 4 teacher at Wroxham Primary School, posted a picture on Twitter (@Year4_TWS). His photo really caught my eye and sent my imagination into overdrive. Tom had also blogged about his inspiring book tasting experience and this gave me all the information I needed to set…

Hosting a Book Tasting in your classroom is an amazing way to get your students interested in a variety of book genres.

Book Tasting for your classroom! Learn how to run your own book tasting and get students engaged in reading. Includes tips on set up and how to run book tasting. Students will have opportunities to sample different genres and authors. They will take notes and refer back to their favorites when choosing a novel for independent reading. Sign up to get free book tasting resources: includes 13 trifolds and a placemat.

A book tasting is a wonderful way to get kids engaged in reading and familiarizing them with a wide variety of genres.

When I saw Joanne Miller's resource "Book Tasting: Introduce Your Students to New Books" resource I just knew I needed to have this resource. I'm always looking for ways to engage my first graders in reading, especially those more-reluctant readers. The resource is geared for second grade all the way up to eighth so I was a bit worried it wouldn't work for my younger readers, but it went great! Using the included signs in the resource, I created excitement by posting signs up on the wall for…

A book tasting is a totally doable room transformation your students will go crazy over! I recently decked out my classroom and turned it into 'McJondle's Café' for the first time, and let me tell you — it most definitely won't be the last. #BookTasting #Reading #Writing #Literacy #Education #Primary #Elementary #Fiction #ClassroomIdeas #ClassroomInspo #ClassroomDecor #RoomTransformation

Book Tasting for your classroom! Learn how to run your own book tasting and get students engaged in reading. Includes tips on set up and how to run book tasting. Students will have opportunities to sample different genres and authors. They will take notes and refer back to their favorites when choosing a novel for independent reading. Sign up to get free book tasting resources: includes 13 trifolds and a placemat.

Book Tastings are lots of fun, but they're even better with a theme! Use this coffee shop/Starbooks-themed tri-fold brochure, discussion stems, and written response coloring sheet for your next book tasting activity to engage your students. Use this as an independent activity or in a center/station. The "Coffee Talk" page is a coloring sheet with 4 questions for your students to answer about their favorite book from the book tasting. The "Talking Stems" page features 7 sentence stems for…

Haven't tried a book tasting with your students yet? This fun reading activity is an awesome way to introduce genres in your elementary classroom or library!

When I saw Joanne Miller's resource "Book Tasting: Introduce Your Students to New Books" resource I just knew I needed to have this resource. I'm always looking for ways to engage my first graders in reading, especially those more-reluctant readers. The resource is geared for second grade all the way up to eighth so I was a bit worried it wouldn't work for my younger readers, but it went great! Using the included signs in the resource, I created excitement by posting signs up on the wall for…