First Chapter Friday is a big deal in my classroom! It happens every Friday, and students come in looking forward to seeing what book we will be reading.
First Chapter Friday is exactly what it sounds like. You read the first chapter of a book aloud to your students. But, what makes it fun is the hype and excitement for the book and who gets to read the rest of it.
Click here if you want to grab a copy of my display slide.
I have six easy steps to help your students want First Chapter Friday every week.
1. Decide on a book and talk it up before Friday without giving the title away.
2. Share the title. Then share information about author and talk about other books he/she has written.
3. Read the blurb and let students share thoughts and questions.
4. Read the FIRST chapter (and sometimes the 2nd and 3rd, and maybe 4th)! I love when they talk me into reading another chapter.
5. Let students share thoughts about the book via Padlet (QR code on my slide) and read each other's ideas.
6. Place an "I WANNA READ" sheet for students to sign their name if they are interested in reading it.
And that's it, but my students absolutely LOVE First Chapter Friday!
Click here to grab a copy of my list. I put the list in our classroom library, and we pass the book to the next person. I love when they all try to be the first one to get the book from the school library. :)
This is a great time to highlight new books, authors, different genres, series, etc. I also let students submit titles of books to me for recommendations for our First Chapter Friday reads. First Chapter Friday has brought even more excitement to our classroom for my readers!
What do you do to grow the love of reading in your classroom?
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