This week, our students in grades 3-5 visited our Harrison School Book Tasting Cafe! What is a book tasting? During our book tasting, students were provided with piles of books. Each student starts with one book to preview for three minutes. During the three-minute preview time, students read the book's blurb/summary and read the first page or so of the book. Then, they filled out their "menu". In the menu, students write the title and call number of the book, a few notes about the book, and then rated the book 1-5. After the three minutes are up, students traded books and then we began again with a new book. Here is an example of our menu:
Students in Ms. Wilson's class read the book The Trouble With Trolls and then used Flipgrid to record themselves retelling the story. We love how the girl tricks the trolls!
K-1st Grade
We read The Gingerbread Girl. In this version of the gingerbread stories, the girl outfoxes the fox! After reading the story, first graders used a graphic organizer to retell the stories.
Next week is our Battle of the Books kick-off!!
