Fall Book Tasting

The beginning of the school year brought a Fall Book Tasting for my 5th grade students.  We spent time talking about what a Book Tasting was and why we were going to be doing a book tasting.  I had several new books for students to sample.  This helped them to get an idea of what was new to the library, as well as find any new books they may be interested in checking out.  As the students, rotated through tables they had a book tasting menu to fill out. They had to fill out their menu for at least 3 books.  I set a timer and the students had 6-7 minutes for each rotation.  During their time, I played some background music to help set the mood of the book tasting.  I wanted them to be relaxed and calm and they were!  It was so quiet and the students loved this activity.  Students were wanting to check out books right away!