§ Front
Cover/Inside Jacket
§ Back
Cover Information
§ Characters
we’ve read about in other books
§ Another
book in the series
§ Interesting
Title
§ Great
Illustrations
§ Authors
we know and like
§ Book
recommendations from teachers, friends, and critics
§ Books
that are movies
§ Genres
we like to read
§ Try
the beginning
§ Read some
of the middle
§ “Must-read”
rack in our room
§ New/popular
books
§ Sequel
to a book we’ve read
§ Heard
it read aloud
§ Read
it Before and enjoyed it
The students also had a chance to choose their first book for Independent Reading. I'm excited to report that many of them chose books off the Truman Nominee list and I haven't even had my book talk on those books yet. That comes this Thursday.
