When I think about my goals for my children’s literature study, two things come to mind. I want them to be lifelong readers and read a wide variety of books. While there is a time and place for more formal literature study, we often take a more relaxed approach.
This year, for my sixth grader, we will be doing the quarterly family novel studies with Read Aloud Revival. Still, I wanted to make sure he was reading a variety of books independently in addition to those.
Instead of doing a formal literature study, I created a book bingo card for him to mark off as he does his independent reading. This will allow him a lot of autonomy in his reading, while ensuring that he is getting a wide variety of books.
Each block on the bingo card has a different description of a book; it may be the type of book, something about the title, a character trait, etc. Your student can pick any book that matches the description in the box and any box, but their goal is to get Bingo in whatever timeframe you set.
Once the child has read the book, you can have them journal about it, discuss it, or track it on a reading log.
Book discussions not only allow them to share about what they are learning (and you to analyze their understanding), but also create a chance for bonding and making memories.
This keeps reading from becoming a laborious chore, but still allows you to make sure they are reading a variety of books, and if necessary for your state records, have a record of it.
You can find my Book Bingo card in our Free Resources Library, and if you want a print and go reading log and journal, you can get one here. This one has several different journal pages to choose from, some great logs, and even fun book quotes. Buy once and print as many times as desired for your household. (Take $3 off with code Bingo)
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