I am using Book Bingo this year for the first time. They have to complete one bingo each nine weeks. I just handed them out and went over them with them today. I don't know how effective it will be. Time will tell!
I made a 5 x 5 chart with different genres in each box. They must choose a row to work on getting bingo. After they read a book in that genre they must write the title, author, and their AR score in the box. It is a project grade. There are incentives for filling in extra boxes, getting a "cover-all", and getting 100s on all of their AR tests. If a book is not AR or they are reading magazine articles or poetry, I made a book form to fill out with a couple of generic questions on it. Each 9 weeks I have a different bingo card. Next quarter is subjects. I have different subjects in the box (sports, animals, friends, family, war, etc.). Third quarter I have authors. For the final one, I am going to let them make their own cards. They can use a mixture of genres, subjects, and authors. I teach fourth grade and am hoping this will work. I was also trying to find a way to make my students accountable for a certain number of books. If this works, students would be reading at least 20 books throughout the year but I am hoping that most will read many more than that trying to get the extra incentives. [email protected] writes: > >After reading The Book Whisperer, I am considering setting a goal for my >th= >ird grade students to read a certain amount of books in specific genres. >I= > am wondering if anyone has done this with this grade level and if you >woul= >d share how you did it and if you thought it was/was not successful in >expo= >sing children to a variety of genres and holding them to a reading diet. >W= >hat would you consider to be an acceptable number of books to require for >r= >eading in a school year for third graders? >Thanks. Angela Hatley Almond, NBCT Fourth Grade East Albemarle Elementary School _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
