Book Tasting Unit, Grades 3-6: 5 Lessons for Any Book

Everything you need for a book tasting, from the first invitation to every student's next read. Five complete lessons with slides, lesson plans, student pages, rubrics and the printables for each, all written for the books already in your classroom library.

What's inside

• 65 lesson slides: 13 for each of the 5 lessons, with speaker notes on every slide
• 12 Timer Slides for Day 1, running five rounds of a five-minute taste and a one-minute pass-it-on
• 5 lesson plans, 2 pages each, each with a 40-minute sequence and a 25-minute version
• Day 1: Setup Guide (2 pages), editable invitation (1 page), 7 pages of table signs, Tasting Tray (2 pages), student pages (2 pages)
• Day 2: three tasting menus (3 pages), placemat (1 page), Tasting Tray (3 pages)
• Day 3: six genre signs (6 pages), station cards (3 pages), Genre Passport (2 pages), Tasting Tray (2 pages)
• Day 4: Nonfiction Menu (2 pages), Tasting Tray (3 pages)
• Day 5: My Next Read and My Reading Plan student pages (2 pages), Tasting Tray (3 pages)

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