Amazing Book Clubs!

A book club enjoying Stone Fox

We are really loving our book club readings and discussion!  While each group has only met twice, I am amazed at the in-depth discussions going on and thoughts shared!  Mrs. Sovereign even sat with a group last week to listen for a little bit and was amazed herself!

Book clubs are simple that, a group of students or people reading and discussing the same book.  They are very powerful and create a passion for reading that is sometimes overlooked in education when you have a series to direct your reading. It also creates responsibility in the students as most of the reading is done outside the classroom and must be done in order to join the group on designated days for discussion.  The students will enjoy book clubs in 4th and 5th grade as well.  It looks like it has been a wonderful start to building our love for reading.

A book club enjoying Chocolate Fever

I encourage you to ask your child what book they are reading for book clubs (when they finish one, they will receive/select another to start with their group) and what it is about.  They are also using "thinking tracks" with post-it notes to record their thoughts while they read at home so ask them to share some of those as well.  These thinking tracks are used to guide discussion and share thoughts when the book clubs meets the next time.  They also help build comprehension of reading as the child is showing his/her thinking.

Great start to book clubs 3B!  Keep it up!  I look forward to our next discussions tomorrow!