On Monday, Division 7 went to the library for a book tasting. No, that does not mean we were licking the fiction section! A book tasting is when you sample a variety of different books to try to find something that interests you and is at your “just right” level. In order to “taste” a book you should look at the front cover, read the blurb on the back or inside flap, and read the first few pages.

Our book tasting on Monday was a feast of Canadian delicacies. As we continue to explore Canada’s story, I have asked students to choose a book by a Canadian author to read for an independent novel study. Our amazing librarian, Ms. Schiml, set up themed tables for us to rotate through and browse. Some of the tables featured one particular Canadian author (Gordon Korman, Rachel Delaney, and Kenneth Oppel, to name a few) while others were organized by genre. Students could write down any books that interested them and at the end they picked their top three choices.

 

Next week, everyone will find out which book they will be reading! Order up!