It's been a long time since I've posted...sorry about that. With ITBS testing, the PASS writing test, MAPs testing, and the Spring Production, life in Room 241 has been a little crazy. I'm hoping that these next few weeks will bring us a little bit of normalcy.
Here are a few pictures of the kids reading and responding in their book club journals. As a class, we read The Tiger Rising by Kate DiCamillo. I started off reading the first ten chapters aloud, demonstrating how I would respond in my own journal. For the second week, the kids worked with a partner to read and respond. We also began holding small book club discussions to get a feel for how readers discuss books. By the third week, students were reading independently and holding their own book club discussions about the book. After we finished reading, we reflected about what makes a great book club discussion (we posted our ideas on a chart hanging up in our room), and we also created projects to show the class what we had learned.
Students are now in their own book clubs, reading a book they selected as a group. We're about halfway through the process, and I'm extremely proud of the way they're reading, responding, and digging deep into a text. If you could listen in to some of these conversations, you would be amazed at the thought and deep insight our kids are able to bring out of their books. Hopefully, I'll have some more posts to keep you updated on our progress. 
Coco and Nakia are reading and responding.
Anne and Caitlyn are capturing their thoughts in their response journals. 
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