Our Book Boxes

Book Box in my class

Every day in our class we have K-BAR time, Kick Back And Read.  Students know this is a very serious reading time, and that good readers always have a book going.  Really good readers are so interested in their book choices, that they bring them back and forth to school.  That being said, students are required at all times to have 3 books in their book box. 


The first book is the chapter book they are reading right now.  This is the book that should be going back and forth to school.  They know to put it in the backpack each afternoon and put it back in their book box each morning. 


The second book is their "next" book.  This is a book they have chosen to read after they finish the novel they are working on.  This book should be chosen during a non K-BAR time, as no one is ever out of their seat for any reason during K-BAR time.  They can choose this book  from our classroom library before morning meeting, after their work is done, wiggle jiggle breaks, afternoon job time, or right before lunch. 


Their final book is a "quick read".  This could be a periodical like Scholastic News ora Zoo book, a joke book, or an I Spy type of book, anything that they can pick up for 2-5 minutes.  The purpose of the quick read is for times when they may have just a few minutes to read, like the end of K-bar and they do not want to begin a new chapter, or a new book, or maybe the end of a work period.