40 Book Challenge!
This Library Loves the 40 Book Challenge!
If your student's teacher is participating, below are some links about book genres and what we have in the library that students may want to read for the challenge.
What it looks like in Third Grade
What it looks like in Fourth Grade (link coming soon)
What it looks like in Fifth Grade
K-2: If your student would like to participate in the Library 30 Picture Book Challenge (optional), click here for more information! (link coming soon)
What it looks like in Fourth Grade (link coming soon)
What it looks like in Fifth Grade
K-2: If your student would like to participate in the Library 30 Picture Book Challenge (optional), click here for more information! (link coming soon)
Books Perfect for the
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Best Books for when your reading group is a J or higher! |
Best Books for when your reading group is an O or higher! |
Best Books for when your reading group is an X or higher! |
40 Book Challenge: Genre Links
Quizlet on Genres
Genre Characteristics Chart
Genre Characteristics
Adventure
Realistic Fiction
Historical Fiction
Fantasy
Folktales
What is SciFi?
What is Mystery?
A note on reading group "letter"s: students shouldn't worry about their reading level too much when reading for pleasure or for the 40 book challenge. The levels are guidance so that a book is not too hard. We don't want frustrated readers. If a student is really interested in the subject, "too hard" might not be "too hard." Similarly, if the topic is interesting, no book is "too easy." Adults read for entertainment below their reading level all the time! Students should be free to pick a book at any level and be free to put it down and get a different one if they find it too boring or too hard. Give it two chapters, it's the author's job to make you want to read a book right from the start! If you don't like it after two chapters stop & pick out something else.