Reading diplomas
The reading diploma inspires reading! The reading diploma is intended for use by schools and families to increase interest in reading. It is a fun reading challenge for anyone who wants to take part, or for the whole group together.
The reading diploma encourages reading!
Reading diploma
- encourages reading as a hobby
- developes reading, writing and communication skills
- deepens your knowledge of literature and its various genres
- broadens general knowledge.
You will receive a reading diploma when you have read six books (in primary school) or seven books (in secondary school) and demonstrated that you understand the content of the books.
You can find reading recommendations in the reading diploma lists at the bottom of this page. You can also choose books that are not on the lists. Choose your diploma books together with your teacher or parents. This will help you find the books you like best and that best suit your reading skills. The library staff will be happy to help you find the books.
Reading diploma templates
You can order reading diploma templates from the library by emailing lapset.kirjasto@tuusula.fi. Please include the following information in your message:
- grade level
- how many reading diplomas have been completed
- school name
- teacher’s name.
Gold and Diamond Reader stickers
The most enthusiastic readers can complete a reading diploma at the Gold or Diamond Reader level.
Primary school pupils receive a Gold Reader sticker when they read a total of 12 books and a Diamond Reader sticker when they read a total of 18 books.
Upper school pupils receive a Gold Reader sticker when they read a total of 12 books and a Diamond Reader sticker when they read a total of 17 books.
The stickers are free and can be ordered from libraries in Tuusula.
Book lists and assignments 2024-2025
1st–2nd grade
You can access the book lists by clicking on the images.
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- Draw a picture of someone from the book.
- Draw a picture of something that happened in the book.
- Draw a map of the locations in the book.
- Write a text message or WhatsApp message to the main character of the book.
- What is the main character in the book like? Does he have anything in common with you?
- Find and write down the names of three people from the book.
- Choose the best part of the book to read aloud in class.
- Describe the book in a few words. Would you recommend it to a friend?
- Find and write down three unusual or difficult words from the book.
- What kind of game could be made from the book?
- Design and draw a new cover for the book.
- Draw a comic strip about something that happened in the book.
- What would you like to ask the author of the book? Come up with three questions.
3rd–4th grade
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- Draw a picture of someone from the book.
- Draw a map of the locations in the book.
- Draw a comic strip about something that happened in the book.
- Introduce the main character of the book, e.g. in the style of a friendship book.
- Compare yourself to the main character in the book. How are you similar? How are you different?
- Write a letter or email to one of the characters in the book.
- What do you think is the most important point in the plot of the book? Why?
- Come up with a new character for the book. What would they be like and what would they look like? What would they do in the story?
- What would you ask if you met the author of the book? Come up with three questions.
- Choose a good passage from the book to read aloud in class.
- Draw a new cover for the book.
- Make an advertisement for the book.
- Write a book review
5th–6th grade
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- Draw a comic strip about something that happened in the book.
- Draw four things or objects that are important to the main character.
- Introduce the characters in the book.
- Imagine you are the main character in the book and write in their diary for three days.
- How does the world of the book differ from your own life? What about the main character?
- Come up with a past for one of the characters in the book. What happened to them before the events in the book?
- Draw a new cover for the book and write a new blurb for the back cover.
- Write a rap about the plot of the book.
- Make a book trailer: write a script and shoot a video.
- Write a news story about an event in the book.
- Make an advertisement for the book.
- What will happen to the characters in the book ten years from now?
- What happened next? Write a sequel to the book.
- Write a review of the book.
- Design a game based on the book.
- Find information about the author and write a short introduction about them.
7th–9th grade
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