Literacy Fair!

What a year!

My school year officially ended today, even though I still have more moving and unpacking to do in my new classroom, and three (count ‘em) workshops next week. That’s okay. I can still say I’m on Summer Break!

My fourth grade team ended the year in a big way: We hosted a Book Fair (otherwise known on Pinterest as a Literacy Fair)!

Our students picked out their favorite “Good-Fit” book from this year that they already read. Over the course of a week, we worked on completing a graphic organizer together in class.  The organizer gave students everything they needed for their tri-fold boards to help them “sell” their book to their classmates, and even to the third graders who came for a sneak-peek into fourth grade! {Since I didn’t create the organizer, I’m not able to share it here. It included the following categories: book title, author, illustrator, setting, author’s purpose, theme, main characters, conflict, plot summary, their recommendation, and a twist on the conflict resolution: students wrote it in the form of a question to entice their classmates to read more!}

Once students brought home their finished organizers, they used a little bit of construction paper and glue, a lot of imagination, and they created some real masterpieces! We encouraged family participation, and were not disappointed!

These are just a few of all the great book displays kids made!

Amy Marie

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