Every month I assign a different reading genre. My intention is that I will expand my students' ideas of what they love to read. In the beginning of the year I always get a little grumping from parents and students. By October or November I usually get feedback that the students have found another type of genre that they love to read. I started in September with realistic fiction. October was mystery, and November is historical fiction.
In the beginning of October I brought a bunch of Nancy Drew, Hardy Boys, Scooby Doo, A to Z Mysteries, Calendar Club, etc. books to our circle. I did a book talk on the different types of books. Then I allowed them to select a book of mine, or one of their own. I provided time in class to read that mystery book. I was very happy to see that most loved the books!
Now that it is November, I went to the library and got about 60 Dear America books. I went through all of the titles and did the same selection procedure. One of my boys read his book 2 times this weekend. He was starting for the third time yesterday, so I dug through the pile and we found another. There are so many different subjects. He is reading the war books.
It's very fun to motivate them to read. In fact today I gave them the choice of iPad time or their realistic fiction books. Many chose the books!
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