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The Amazing Reading Race: Reading Passports and Maps
A unique reading record chart that will encourage your students to read 7 books as they race across the 7 continents of the world!
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Reading Passports and Maps: The Amazing Reading Race
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The Amazing Reading Race Passports and Maps: Do you want a fun way to motivate your students to read books on their own? Do you want your students to enjoy reading as they race around the 7 continents of the world filling out their reading passports?
I love to travel and I love when children become excited about reading. This unique set of reading resources combines both of my passions together!
One of my favorite television shows to watch is The Amazing Race. I enjoy watching all of the interesting countries that the teams get to visit and the difficult challenges that the teams must complete in order to not be eliminated from the race.
I have based my Amazing Reading Race set of resources partially on the theme of this popular television show.
Each athlete (student) in your classroom, will be required to read 7 different genres of literature, representing the 7 continents of the world.
(There is a second version of The Amazing Reading Race that does not use genres and students can pick any 7 books. I will show the second version after this genre version.)
After students have finished reading a genre, they will fill out those pages in their reading passports by writing a summary of the book and drawing a picture. Then, the students will color that continent on their Amazing Reading Race Maps.
Below is an example of the Amazing Reading Race Map. This map contains 7 continents and each continent requires students to read a different genre:
North America: Adventure
South America: Realistic Fiction
Europe: Fantasy
Asia: Historical Fiction
Africa: Science Fiction
Australia: Biography
Antarctica: Mystery
After a student has finished reading a book (ex: biography), he should color the corresponding continent on his map (ex: Australia). Your students will be eager to race around the world reading all 7 different genres so that they can color each continent on their reading maps.
This fun set of motivating reading resources also comes with student reading passports.
Students begin their reading passports by filling out information about themselves and gluing (or drawing) a picture of themselves on the front of their reading passports.
After students have read a book, they should find that genre/continent in their reading passports and write a summary about the book. There is also an area for students to draw a picture of their favorite part of the book on those two passport pages.
I have designed the student reading passports to be folded booklets. There are 8 passport worksheets for you to print out. You need to photocopy these worksheets front to back, fold the pages in half, assemble them in numerical order, and then staple the passport pages together.
There are teacher directions provided in this resource set on how to assemble the student reading passports.
There are 8 worksheets to print out in order to make your students' reading passports. The first worksheet (shown below) is the front cover and back cover.
The remaining 7 worksheets contain the pages where students write their summaries for each genre/continent in their reading passports.
When you look at these 7 pages (shown below), it will look a bit confusing and the genres/continents on each page will appear to not match up with each other. Once you print out all 8 worksheets, follow the directions page for which worksheets to photocopy front to back, and then fold the pages in half, they will all match up to become a passport booklet with a front cover, back cover, and pages numbered in order 1-14.
Version #2 (no genres)
I realize that there are teachers who will not want to require that their students read the 7 genres that I have selected. For this reason, I have designed a second set of Amazing Reading Race resources that only emphasizes reading 7 books, and not 7 different genres.
The student reading passports look exactly the same, but I have taken off the genre section on the passport pages.
After your students have successfully raced around the 7 continents of the world reading 7 different books, present them with the Amazing Reading Race award certificate that is included in this set of resources.
The 5 page bulletin board banner that you see below is also included in this set of teaching resources.
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Reading Passports and Maps: The Amazing Reading Race
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As your students are reading these 7 different genres or general books, and completing their Amazing Reading Race Maps and Reading Passports, I would encourage you to have your students respond in writing to some of these books. Many students find one page worksheet response sheets very boring.
For this reason, I created a variety of different types of book report projects for my students to complete after they have read a book. Instead of being bored, my students are excited and engaged when they are completing their book report templates and projects. My students look forward to doing these book report projects and ask me when they get to do their next project. By combining fun reading incentive charts (such as The Amazing Reading Race) and creative book report projects, my students have been very enthusiastic about reading books independently.
If you are looking for some creative ideas for how your students can respond to the books that they have read, please check my web page that is dedicated to unique and one of a kind book report templates and projects. Above you will see an example of my Game Board Book Report Project.
If you want to read more information about my book report sets and see examples of these projects, please click on the following link, or on the pencil below: Unique Book Report Sets
List of Sticker Charts Available On Unique Teaching Resources:
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These incentive charts will help you to motivate your students to use their best effort!
READING STICKER CHARTS:
Apple Sticker Charts: These reading sticker charts are designed inside apple templates. They are a perfect way to motivate your students to read at home at the beginning of a new school year. There are 17 boxes to place stickers in on these apple shaped templates. This set includes red and green apple templates, a matching student award certificate, a matching 5 page bulletin board banner, a letter to send home to parents, and 8 colorful apple accent pieces with reading slogans on them. This is a perfect reading sticker chart set to use for Back to School.
Reading Rainbow Sticker Charts: Do you want to give your students an extra incentive to read 25 books? These colorful reading rainbow sticker charts will encourage your students to read books with colorful characters and plots in order to achieve this reading goal. This set includes a colored rainbow template and a black and white template to choose from. There are 6 colorful reading rainbow accent pieces in this set with reading slogans on them that promote a colorful reading theme.
I Love Reading Sticker Charts: These book shaped reading sticker charts will help make your students fall in love with reading! This set includes 7 different colored book templates and one black and white template to choose from. This set includes two bulletin board display banners, one that you can use any time of the year, and another that has Valentine's Day graphics on it so that you can use this as a February reading incentive program.
2 Different Pizza Reading Sticker Charts: Add pizzazz to your reading program with these 2 pizza reading record charts. These pizza shaped incentive charts will help you to encourage your students to read 8 different genres of literature or 8 different books. These reading charts will help your students read with pizzazz and to become enthusiastic about reading!
Genre Dive Into Reading Sticker Charts: By using these fish shaped sticker charts, your students will want to dive into reading 9 different genres of literature. These fish sticker charts will create a Dive Into Reading bulletin board display that contains an abundance of different types of sea life on it that will capture everyone's attention.
Reading Umbrella Sticker Charts - It's Raining Books! These umbrella shaped sticker charts are perfect for a spring reading theme. These colorful reading umbrella sticker charts will encourage your students to get drenched in reading books! This set includes 9 colored umbrella templates and a black and white template to choose from. There are 8 colorful reading umbrella accent pieces in this set with reading slogans on them that promote a "It's Raining Books!" reading theme.
Puppy Reading Sticker Charts: Do you want to give your students an extra incentive to read 15 books? These cute puppy reading sticker charts will make your students dog-gone enthusiastic about achieving this reading goal! This set includes 6 colored templates and two black and white templates to choose from. All of my sticker chart sets include a matching student award and bulletin board display banner.
MATH INCENTIVE CHARTS:
Ice Cream Multiplication Incentive Charts: Do you want to give your students an extra incentive to learn their times tables? This unique ice cream multiplication incentive chart grows in height as your students learn their multiplication facts. As each student masters a new times table, they place that new scoop on top of their ice cream cone, so that your students' ice cream cone charts are growing as they are mastering their times table facts.
Multiplication Pizza Incentive Charts: Add pizzazz to your math program with these pizza times table incentive charts. These pizza shaped incentive charts will help you to encourage your students to master learning their times table facts. These math charts will help your students multiply with pizzazz and to become enthusiastic about learning their multiplication facts!
ANY OCCASION STICKER CHARTS:
Flowers Sticker Charts: These flower shaped sticker chart templates will motivate your students to bloom with enthusiasm and achieve a goal that you set for them. There are 20 boxes for you to place stickers inside of on these flower shaped templates. There are 12 different shaped flower templates (as well as stems and leaves), and I have designed 30 different colored sticker charts for you to use so that each child's sticker chart is different. If you are looking for a dynamic, bright, and colorful spring bulletin board display idea, these flower sticker charts are a blooming great resource!
Football Sticker Charts: Your students will be eager to score a touchdown by completing their football sticker charts. There are 15 boxes for you to place stickers inside of on these football templates. These football sticker charts measure 8.5 inches in width and 5 inches in height. I have designed this sticker set so that it could be displayed as a football field bulletin board display. This set includes flags, cones, and football bulletin board accent pieces to help you in designing a bulletin board that resembles a football field.
Soccer Sticker Charts: Your students will get a real kick out of these soccer sticker charts. There are 15 boxes for you to place stickers inside of on these soccer ball templates, and you can use these incentive charts for any goal that you choose. Your students will be eager to score a goal and cross the goal line by reaching their target of getting 15 stickers on these soccer ball shaped sticker charts. For all of the other countries that call this sport "football," I have created a separate banner for this set that includes the word football. So, although I call this a "soccer sticker chart set," I know that the majority of the countries around the world would call this a "football sticker chart," so I have provided both word choices in this set.
Turtle Sticker Charts: These animal shaped sticker chart templates will motivate your students to come out of their shells and make steady progress towards a goal that you set for them. There are 20 boxes for you to place stickers inside of on these turtle templates. These turtle sticker charts measure 10 inches in width and 6 inches in height. This set includes additional turtle themed accent pieces to help you with decorating your bulletin board display.
100 Percent Club Sticker Charts: Your students will be enthusiastic about joining the 100% Club! There are 20 boxes for you to place stickers inside of on these 100% shaped templates. You can use these incentive charts for any goal that you choose. Your students will be eager to earn their next sticker on their chart and reach their target of getting 20 stickers on these 100% shaped sticker charts.
Please be sure to visit my Incentive and Sticker Charts Main Page for a list of all of the sticker chart sets that I have available on Unique Teaching Resources.
If you have any ideas for sticker charts that you would like to see on my website, please use my contact page to let me know your ideas and suggestions.
Thank you for visiting this Reading Passports and Maps page. Please be sure to check out the other pages on my website for a large variety of teaching resources that will engage your students in learning and save you valuable time.
Sincerely, Heidi McDonald
Creator and Site Manager Unique Teaching Resources
The Amazing Reading Race Passports and Maps: Do you want a fun way to motivate your students to read books on their own? Do you want your students to enjoy reading as they race around the 7 continents of the world filling out their reading passports?
