Every student is different and my students know when they are ready for chapter books. I STILL have some students picking chapter books on their book shopping day when they are not ready to read that difficult of a book (it drives me nuts). Because... that means during Daily 5 they are sitting there during Read to Self struggling over every single word and probably don't even read 2 sentences in 15 minutes.
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Here are some Pinterest ideas for picking good fit books (click the picture):
To help my students get motivated to pick books that are just right for them...... I started a little competition this week. Here's what the winner will get...
At the end of each week, I look through their book boxes and I check to see who has a box full of "good fit books". I pick 2 students per week and those Super Book Shoppers get a cute little necklace to wear and they also get to go "shopping" in my prize box! It's a great motivator!
