[LM_NET] HIT Genre Checklists

[Michelle <rylor4@GMAIL.COM>]

Sorry this took so long to post. Thank you so much to everyone who responded
and shared information and ideas. 

 

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I am starting to do genre units with my 1st-5th grades. I would like the
students to be able to keep track of what kinds of books they have read. I
am thinking of doing a type of checklist listing the various genres, book
title/author, and their favorite part of the book for students to fill in.
That's my thoughts right now, but I may change the columns. I definitely
would like to do some sort of checklist. Does anyone have a checklist
already made that they are willing to share or know of one on a site that is
student friendly? 

 

 

 

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I wonder if they could use Librarything or Shelfari for this kind of thing?

Beth Newingham's website is really a good one (third grade) and she has
downloadable sheets like you are searching for.  You can tailor them to your
needs.  She teaches in a school in Michigan somewhere.  It's a great
website.  http://hill.troy.k12.mi.us/staff/bnewingham/myweb3/ She is in the
Troy school district.  Go to the literacy links part of the website.  I
think you'll find what you need.  She has added a lot to her site and is
involved with Scholastic.  

 

I've always wanted to try these sites "Shelfari.com or GoodReads.com" with a
class. It is a social book club, and a great way to keep track of the books
you've read.  Plus you can create tags and write a synopsis or
recommendation.  I know GoodReads is blocked by our filter, but Shelfari
isn't.  It isn't a checklist, but I bet with your upper grades
the kids would love it.

 

I saw this at MAME a few years ago, from Carolyn Gundrum
http://www.mikids.com/Library/Passports.html

 

My fifth-grade teachers have a genre bingo paper they give to their
students.  (Sorry, I don't have a copy.)  Just fill in different genres in
the bingo squares.  You can repeat some genres if you want them to read more
than one book in that genre.  Once a student reads a book in the genre, he
marks off the bingo square.  When he makes a bingo he receives some nominal
prize.  I think there is another reward once they fill in all the bingo
squares.  I suppose you could have spaces on the back of the bingo page for
them to record the author/title/genre of what they've read.

 

I have seen a couple of genre "pie charts" on the web that are really cute -
each piece is a genre, and they color in the piece as they finish reading a
book on that genre.  You could probably easily make something like that in
Excel, or find a blank one on the web and adapt it to suit your needs.  Do a
search for genre pie chart or genre pie graph and see what you come up with.
They look really nice when they are all colored in, and the students seem to
like seeing them filling up!

 

 

Thank you again!

 

 

Michelle Levy

Media Specialist

Eton Academy

1755 Melton 

Birmingham, MI 48009

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