I look forward to the November Family Reading Month projects each year! My students never cease to amaze me with their creativity and hard work! This year I decided to choose a project that would be a little more difficult and require the families to actually read the book. The last two years have been great projects but with both the Soda Bottle Book Characters and the Storybook Pumpkins, the kids could participate in the project without really reading the book. I wanted this years project to require the students to actually read the entire book. This year we held a Literacy Fair for 2nd through 5th Grades. Think Science Fair except with books! I presented to concept and rules to the students during their weekly library time. I also showed them examples I found on Pinterest and Google Images. I sent home a letter explaining the project to their parents as well as a copy of the judging rubric. Part of the focus of our November Family Reading Month is....FAMILY! Each year I want the project to be something that gets families working together and reading together! i always tell my students and their families that I want them to work together on the project but I want to be able to tell that the kids did most of the work. I was not sure how many students would actually participate in this project due to it being a little more complicated. We had 73 entries in the Literacy Fair. With less than 200 kids in 2nd - 5th Grades I count that a big success! Almost half of our students participated! And once again, my students did not disappoint! They never cease to amaze me with their creativity and hard work. A winner was chosen from 2nd and 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, and 5th Grade. I wanted the prizes to be a little bigger this year due to the extra effort this project required, so the winners received a gift certificate to the Scholastic Book Fair! They were so excited to pick out a new book and poster! Take a look at just a few of the amazing Literacy Fair projects below! Below the pictures you will find links to the parent letter as well as the judging rubric. Feel free to use them as they are or change them to fit your school's needs!
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AuthorI am an elementary educator in Birmingham, AL. I have previously taught preschool, kindergarten, and first grade. I now have the BEST job as an elementary school librarian or "The Library Lady" as I'm called by the kindergartners! Archives
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