After different variations over the years, [FVR (Free Voluntary Reading], Lectura Libre, SSR (Silent Spanish Reading) among others] I’ve again renamed our reading time in class to ISR: Independent Spanish Reading.
To kick things off this year, we read for several days in a row to give students a chance to finish a book. We had already read 1 book together as a class to start the year (Capibara con Botas) so I started off ISR with the easiest of books that I had in my collection.  When students were finished reading they submitted their name with the book they read and I created posters to hang in the hall with the book cover and the names of the students who read them:

This visual showcases how much our students are reading and students take pride in finding their name on the posters. As we continue I will add additional books that are part of our library.

You can download the ISR poster here.We’ve done similar things in the past…. where students write their rating of the book and post a small picture of the book cover on their class poster. And also had students fill out their own reading log with a list of book titles with word count.

For more information about more options including how to print your own booklets to build your library, check out our FVR information page.

We’d love to hear what you do in your classes to show what books students are reading. Tell us in the comments below.