I knew I want to come back from Christmas Break and hit the ground running with building stamina and creating excitement about reading new books! So, the Student Reading Challenge was born.
We looked back at our goals for reading, accessed how we were doing, and reviewed good reading strategies. I challenged my students to the 20 book challenge to begin with. This will not be 20 individual books, per say, because I didn't want students to read just 20 picture books. I wanted to encourage a variety. Together, we created a point system:
Picture books= 1 point
Graphic Novels= 5 points
Chapter Books= 10 points
The only requirement I gave them is that they had to read at least one chapter book.
Click here to grab a copy of the document students are recording their books on.
After students earn 20 points they share the document with me, and we talk about the books they read. They earn a certificate and get to sign the 20 point sign in our classroom library. I love recognizing hard work with a positive note from me that can go home!
Click here to grab a copy of the certificate that students can earn.
From there, students start working on the next challenge: 40 points, 60 points, etc! Let me know if you have any questions.
Can they get to 100 "books" before the end of the year? That's the real challenge!
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