Sunday, April 16, 2017
Back at Book Clubs!
Back at Book Clubs!
Almost everyone has finished their book club project from the last book club rotation so we are finally ready to get rolling with another great book! The excitement the students have for book clubs is AMAZING!!! Even students who were not excited when we first started them are loving and begging to start new books. I wish I had recorded some of their comments about book clubs! That is exactly why book clubs are super for creating passion in reading! So, look for students to be bringing home new books for book clubs this week. Three groups are going strong with their new books and the other groups will get their books by tomorrow or Friday.
Some reminders about book clubs:
1. Students are building their reading skills and strategies through reading and discussion. This is not a sit and read type of reading. This is a "thinking" and "discussing" type of reading (which is what reading is).
2. When students read at home they are to be using and recording their thinking by using "Reading Tracks". Students should write and record their thoughts on post-it notes and be ready to share them the next time their book club meets.
3. Last time students had calendars to record their book club meeting dates. This time we are going to try to build some responsibility and have students try to remember or write a note on when their book club meets next. We will see how that goes. If we encounter too many students forgetting when their book club meets, we will go back to writing it on a calendar.
4. Students are responsible for doing the reading outside of class and being ready with their reading tracks every time their group meets. If they have read but have not done their reading tracks, they will not be able to join the discussion with their book club.
Again we will be enjoying juice and snacks when the book clubs meet. If any parents would like to donate a jug of juice, that would be wonderful! Just send it with your 3B student to school.
I am excited to see the students so anxious and happy to get back into book clubs! That is what reading is all about - thinking and enjoyment!!!
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