End of Year Reading Celebration! Ideas & Resources for Intermediate & 7-12 Classrooms

This end of year idea is part of our partnership with two super creative educators from The Curriculum Corner, bringing you free Common Core aligned lesson ideas, teacher resources, and templates you can easily print with your VariQuest Perfecta 2400 or VariQuest Poster Maker - just be sure you have the latest VariQuest Software v4.0! 

Lesson: End of Year Reading Celebration Ideas & Resources

Level: Intermediate, Middle School and High School Classrooms 

Objective:

• Students will create a class reading legacy for next year’s students.

• Students will create a summer reading list for personal use.

Materials:

• Reading Legacy poster

• Metallic markers

• Summer Reading List

• Snacks and drinks (if desired)

Preparation:

• Prepare the Reading Legacy poster on the Poster Maker or Perfecta 2400 and hang it in the classroom so that students can access it easily.

• Copy a Summer Reading List page for each student.

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Celebration Idea:

• Discuss the idea of a “legacy” and what it means.

• Explain to the students that you would like for them to create a reading legacy for the students who will be in the classroom the following year.

• In order to do that, students need to reflect upon their year of reading and pick out one book that they feel would be a great recommendation for other students.

• As students think of their book, they will meet with the teacher and then record the title on the Reading Legacy poster using a metallic marker.  This poster will be on display for the students who enter the classroom the following year.

• Pass out the Summer Reading List page and have students spend their independent reading time talking with classmates about the book they chose as their reading “legacy”.  If it is a book that they haven’t read but that interests them, they can add it to their Summer Reading List as a possibility for reading during the summer break.