Our Ashaway School fourth graders have been eager readers of the Rhode Island Children's Book Award Nominees!
As I was updating our "Rooster Poster" will all the new stars the fourth graders earned recently, I found myself thinking about what a wonderful activity this is. As I broke into yet another fresh pack of stars, I thought about the fact that the reason I've needed to open so many new packages is because I keep running out of the gold ones! I'm sure that the goal of qualifying for the Rooster Games has been a huge motivator for the students, and it's just so gratifying to know that the students have been exposed to such a variety of high-quality literature.
After the students earn a star for a book they read, they get to tell me which color star they would award the book: gold = "I loved it!", silver = "I thought it was good, you should read it", red = "It was okay", and blue = "I didn't like it". Today when I asked one student what color star she would give to the book
Wish she gushed, "A gold star isn't high enough! What's above a gold star?!"
It's so fabulous to hear
their enthusiasm about books, especially since I know most of them never would have
picked up these titles on their own. I love this program!!
After the students earn a star for a book they read, they get to tell me which color star they would award the book: gold = "I loved it!", silver = "I thought it was good, you should read it", red = "It was okay", and blue = "I didn't like it". Today when I asked one student what color star she would give to the book Wish she gushed, "A gold star isn't high enough! What's above a gold star?!"