Have you heard of a book-tasting party? It is the perfect end-of-the-year activity and a great way to reward your students for their hard work. Book-tasting parties will leave your students with a great list of book recommendations which is perfect for summer break.
How does it work?
I do monthly book reports based on genre. We finished our book reports for the year with student choice. The students were able to pick out any book they wanted to read and write a short and simple review. We celebrated this achievement with a book share party. The students stood and presented their books to the class. They shared if they liked the book or not, the basic plot, and their favorite part. After all the students shared they were allowed to go around and fill out a personal review for each of their classmates’ books. I love doing this book report because each student leaves with a list of good books to read over the summer. We also got to have a nice little party too!
The whole class was given a chance to present their book reports. Afterward, the reports were laid out on each seat with the books.
The students took around these sheets to fill out for each of their classmate’s books. They wrote down the title and author. Then students gave it an interest rating out of 5 stars. They took the list and picked their top 3 books and wrote their summer reading goals.
This book-tasting party is the perfect activity to get your students excited about books. They will leave for the summer with a list of great book recommendations. The book share book report is available in my TPT store.
