Upcoming Events this week:
Monday: Library- please return books.
- Baby Eli visit!
Wednesday: PE
Thursday: Art
Friday: PE
When I first heard about using books clubs in primary grades, I was a little skeptical. I didn’t quite understand how a book club would translate into the first grade classroom. This year we decided to give book clubs a try and after our first book club this week, I can say we are hooked on book clubs! Last week, Mr. Elliott, Mrs. Leland, Carol and Heather came in to model a book club for the class complete with snacks and lots of conversation. On Monday before school, I snuck a book into each student’s book box with a large pack of sticky notes and a pencil. Students could not wait to read their book! In order to prepare for the book clubs, student read their book 3-4 times and placed sticky notes throughout the books. They sticky noted connections and questions they had while reading. Most books were bursting with sticky notes! We met on Thursday in our first book club groups. We could not stop talking about our thinking and referring back to places in the book that were meaningful to us! The room buzzed with excitement! On Friday, the groups met again to write and draw about their connections and questions on a large poster. The work that was created is thrilling-all students made great inferences and connections to their books. Book clubs will become a regular part of our reading throughout the rest of year. It is my goal to do 1-2 book clubs a month in the classroom. Upcoming Events this week: Monday: Library- please return books.
Wednesday: PE Thursday: Art Friday: PE
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rosa(federico's mom)
3/17/2014 03:55:05 am
This is really great! We were just talking 2 days ago about what a book club is and with our surprise he knew everything about it and he is really enjoying it. Thanks for sharing this with us!
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Carol George
3/28/2014 02:33:13 pm
Andrew is so excited about the book club! He asked that we start one at home.
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