Learning about different Genres in Reading Workshop and using our Reading Binders

In Reading Workshop we have been focusing on shopping for books, habits of good readers, keeping our library neat and orderly. One other major focus has been on different kinds of Genres. We learned about Fantasy, Biography (non-fiction) Science Fiction, and Fiction. Last class I read a Biography (Helen Keller) to the class, and then they had to choose their own Biography or Non-Fiction book to read. We took out all the book bins that are either Biography or Non Fiction and off they went to shop. Afterward they had to use their Reading Binders, to record the book they read in the Binder Reading Log, make a Tally Mark for the genre they read, and use a Bar Graph for the month of October to see how many different genres they read this month. 

Second graders are already pros at doing this ... :)