Who doesn’t love to curl up with a good book in your pajamas? Since Wednesday was Pajama Day here at Saklan, the 5th grade class devoted the entire morning to books and reading!
We began the day with a “book tasting.” Each student entered the room to find a menu, placemat and book at their seat, plus many other books in the center of each table. I let the students know they would be getting a “taste” of all kinds of new books!
They had about a minute to look at the book on their plate. If they truly weren’t interested in it AT ALL, they could trade out their book for one of the books in the middle of the table. Then, they began writing in their menus the genre, title, and first impressions of the book. After that, they had about 3-4 minutes to “taste” their book. During this time, they were reading several pages out of their book.
Each student “tasted” a total 5 different books from different genres, and also helped to recommend books to each other. At the end of the tasting, they all ended up with a new book to read and a list of books that they can’t wait to read!
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