Genre book tasting

Haven't tried a book tasting with your students yet? This fun reading activity is an awesome way to introduce genres in your elementary classroom or library!

A book tasting is a chance to expose students to different kinds of books and genres and will get them engaged and excited about reading. These could be books that they would never look at on their own or books that do not circulate in your library or classroom. Check out this fun activity!

Book Tasting for your classroom! Learn how to run your own book tasting and get students engaged in reading. Includes tips on set up and how to run book tasting. Students will have opportunities to sample different genres and authors. They will take notes and refer back to their favorites when choosing a novel for independent reading. Sign up to get free book tasting resources: includes 13 trifolds and a placemat.

Book tasting menu - add a way to mark off genres and make it a book mark? Or maybe to glue to inside of reader's response journal?

Host a Classroom Book Tasting! Your students will love sampling new books with this fun lesson!

Teaching students about what types (or genres) of books they like to read, and why they like to read those genres is very important to me. Too often I see students get stuck reading only one series over and over. Don't get me wrong, I love Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Captain Underpants, but my heart bleeds when those are the only books a student is reading, and are afraid to jump into anything else. What's even worse is when they check a book out of the library one week, return it the next…

Hosting a Book Bakery in our classroom was the perfect way to introduce my students to reading genres! In first grade, each student is still discovering what

A book tasting is a way to expose students to different genres and get them excited about reading. Everything you need is in included in my activity packet!

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Cr:@giota_the_reader Hello, my dears . QOTD: Do you remember the book that hooked you on your favorite genre? I read It Happened One Summer by @tessabaileyisanauthor when it first came out, and I really loved it . I started reading it in the evening and kept going till late at night! I then bombarded my buddies with DMs demanding that they READ IT NOW! I used to read mostly fantasy, but my tastes have shifted somewhat since then .