Have you seen the website A Book and A Hug? I saw mention to it on LM_NET along with a "Which Reading Superhero Are You" reading quiz to help students and librarians know what type of reader your student is. Students can fall into 1 of 4 categories by gender.
For the boys its
- Belonger/Connector
- Seeker/Leader
- Jokester/Thrillseeing Party Animals
- Answerman
For the girls its
- Heart/Home/Friends Forever
- Joan of Arc Empath
- Wild Thing/Mirette/Annie Oakley
- Investigator Analyst
As I type these categories I can already thing of a few students whose names pop into my head. I bet some answers would surprise me.
I am thinking about giving my second grade students this quiz when we return in January. It might be fun to make some symbols for each category and then have students gather with their "like-minded" classmates. They would also know who to turn to for a book recommendation.
I would be excited for the results so that I could guide their selections better. Maybe I can even put a selection of those books on a shelf and designate each shelf with which Reading Superhero is represented there. I can see something fun coming from this and more importantly I can get to know my students better, which can be hard to do in a school of any size. I can also be a better resource to them and offer suggestions.
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