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Author Activities for
National Children's Book Week
Celebrate the joy of reading during National Children's Book Week! To recognize this special observance, Education World offers ten lessons to spark students' curiosity about the wonderful world of books! Included: Activities that engage students in writing sequels to a classic story, "interviewing" people in biographies, completing surveys about their reading interests, participating in a poetry slam, and much more! :
In recognition of Children's Book Week, this week Education World offers ten lessons to "fuel" students' interest in books! Brief descriptions are provided for each lesson, and appropriate grade levels for each activity appear in parentheses. Click any headline below for a complete teaching resource!
Goldilocks: The Sequel
Students write a sequel to the classic story "Goldilocks and the Three Bears." (3-5, 6-8)
Poetry Slam!
Students create poems using words cut from newspapers, read the poems in the poetry slam format, and then compile the poems into a book. (3-5, 6-8, 9-12)
Create a BIG Book
Students create a big picture book version of a favorite story or their own big ABC book. (Pre-K, K-2)
Read-a-Thon
Students read books to raise money for the school library.
(3-5, 6-8, 9-12)
Best-Selling Books Bar Graph (Grades K-4)
Students fill in bar graphs to show ten of the best-selling children's books of all time. Work sheet provided. (K-2, 3-5)
Best-Selling Books Bar Graph (Grades 5-8)
Students fill in bar graphs to show ten of the best-selling children's books of all time. Work sheet provided. (3-5, 6-8)
Students' Favorite Reading Topics
Students complete surveys about their favorite reading topics to determine the kinds of books to purchase for the school library. (K-2, 3-5, 6-8)
Biography Chat
Students use the television talk-show format to conduct mock interviews with the subjects of biographies. (3-5, 6-8, 9-12)
Testing... Testing...
Turn the tables! Students develop test questions for an assigned book. (3-5, 6-8, 9-12)
Be sure to visits Education World's Book Week page and our special Reading archive page for more great teaching ideas.
Lois Lewis
Education World®
Copyright © 2008 Education World
Originally published 11/13/00
Last updated 04/14/2008
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