Last Thursday my students put on the reading fair at our school. Participation was optional and we ended up with around 50 reading fair projects, which was great. Their enthusiasm was amazing and they were so proud of their storyboards. I was pretty proud of them, too. I thought I would share a few of these reading fair board projects that really caught my eye.
TAR BEACH:
This was the winner in the 4th and 5th-grade division. Tar Beach is one of my favorite children’s books, so I was so excited this student chose this book. She put in a lot of hard work and I think her storyboard is fabulous!
CRYSANTHEMUM:
Chrysanthemum is a story about a little mouse who doesn’t like her unusual name. While this board didn’t place, I still think it was wonderful.
ROSCOE RILEY RULES #2- NEVER SWIPE A BULLY’S BEAR
The detail and hard work put into this storyboard on Roscoe Riley Rules #2- Never Swipe A Bully’s Bear was very obvious, and this board placed second in the 2nd-grade division. This division was a tough pick for the judges because there were so many beautiful storyboards.
THE LITTLE MOUSE, THE RED RIPE STRAWBERRY, AND THE BIG HUNGRY BEAR:
The winner in the 2nd-grade reading fair division was The Little Mouse, The Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear. Isn’t this amazing? This is a popular book in our library, so for the kids to get to see this was so much fun!
I could go on and on posting pictures of these reading fair projects, but I’ll stop. I’m just so proud of my students and hope these will provide a little inspiration should you find yourself having to do a reading fair project with your own children.
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I love this book fair idea! I would love to pitch this to my school and was wondering how the parent letter would look. I was just curious as to what information was sent home so that the parents knew rules and what to include on the board. I would really appreiciate it if you could share a copy of that. Thank you!
Love the reading fair idea! Hopefully I can implement it in my class!
I am in awe. You have done a wonderful job. Your students are so smart and creative.
These are amazing!!! I would love to get more info on how you set this up and any materials you have so we can do this at my school. Do you have the info posted on TeachersPayTeachers or another website. I would be willing to pay for the info. Please contact me at twold@d49.org. Thank you so much!
Hi Tara!
Here is a link to the guidelines that we follow:
https://districtaccess.mde.k12.ms.us/curriculumandInstruction/Reading%20Fair/Reading%20Fair%20Guidelines%20-%20September%202012.pdf
As long as everything is in line with those rules and regulations, we give the kids permission to be as creative as they can be! We have a reading fair at our school to determine winners, then send those kids on to the district level, then state if they place at district. There’s also a judge’s rubric in those guidelines which is really helpful. If you have anymore questions, don’t hesitate to ask or contact me. I’m happy to help!
Love these projects! When I was teaching 6th grade LA, I had the kids do different project for book reports. One of them was called “Book in a ….” and had a lot of fun components for them to dive into the story. Always fun to do something different that will actively engage the kids in reading.
They enjoyed this so much! I’m already looking forward to next year’s fair.