30 Day Book Challenge
The challenge is for students to get excited about reading. I want student's to read a new
book for the next thirty days that they haven't and may haven't come across. It is important for them to realize not to judge a book by its cover but by its themes/content. I encourage all of them to give their book ago, they picked it for a reason (based on descriptors).
Organisation/Set Up
- Look around at the words that describe each book
- Think about three that would interest you to read
- No one unwraps a book until the end
- We will random name generator.
- When your name comes up, you can get up and choose a book
- Tell the class the three words used to describe your book and keep it face up on your desk
- Just because you have this book doesn't mean you are safe
- The next person who gets up can take a book and then they
can choose to keep the book or steal another
- You only get one steal at the time of your turn
- The person who goes first gets to steal at the end
- Before opening you are allowed 30 seconds to try and swap
with someone if you are not happy – however swapping is not compulsory.
Stealing is!
- Once everyone has a book we will open them up one by one.
Where to next:
- Students to blog about their book
- They can take the book home and read it during silent reading time after each break for 5mins
- Added into homework rotation
- They can swap their books once they have completed it
P3 Reflections:
Ronan
P3's teacher contacted the National Library and asked for a load of new books. She spent time wrapping them up and writing key words on them. We returned from the weekend to a surprise, a whole lot of books were wrapped up and we got to pick our own book based on three key words. It was great we didn't judge a book by its cover. I got a book called 'Call of the Rhino'. I think it's great and I can't wait to do it again.
Estelle
Today we had a session in the second block where did a form of 'Secret Santa' with books.
Miss Downard wrapped up 23 books, one for each student, making the cover non-visible only writing key words from the story on the wrapping so we couldn't judge it by its cover and used the random name picker to let us pick from the books one at a time, However you were also allowed to steal, but only once because you either steal or pick from the piles of books in the center of the mat.
Once it got to me I chose a book with the words "Dystopian, save the future and girl main lead" but this book got stolen off me by Maya so I had to pick a new book of the floor. I ended up with 'Perks of being a wallflower' and so far I am enjoying it.
Alexa
