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Book Clubs: Reading for Fun
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| Grades | 3 – 5 |
| Lesson Plan Type | Recurring Lesson |
| Estimated Time | Introduction: 50 minutes; thereafter: 10 minutes per session |
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Blacksburg, Virginia |
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STUDENT INTERACTIVES
Grades 3 – 12 | Student Interactive | Organizing & Summarizing
The Graphic Map assists teachers and students in reading and writing activities by charting the high and low points related to a particular item or group of items, such as events during a day or chapters in a book.
CALENDAR ACTIVITIES
Grades 1 – 12 | Calendar Activity | June 21
Celebrate the first day of summer with summer reading.
Families are invited to a June literacy fair to end the school year and get students on the right track for the summer.
Grades 3 – 8 | Calendar Activity | July 30
Paperback books were first introduced in 1935.
Independent reading is promoted among students by organizing a paperback book swap in the classroom or with other classes at the same grade level.
Grades 1 – 12 | Calendar Activity | September 16
Oprah Winfrey launched her book club this week in 1996.
Book clubs are created within the classroom or with a grade level or different classes.
STRATEGY GUIDES
Grades K – 8 | Strategy Guide
Tracking and Supporting Student Learning with Kidwatching
In this strategy guide, you’ll learn how to use kidwatching to track and support student learning. Teachers observe and take notes on students’ understanding of skills and concepts and then use the observations to determine effective strategies for future instruction.
PROFESSIONAL LIBRARY
Professional Library | Book
Standards in Practice, Grades 3–5
Recognizing that the literacy demands that our students now face require their active involvement in their own learning, the author and three other successful teachers have developed a wide variety of ways to encourage that involvement.
ACTIVITIES & PROJECTS
Grades 3 – 5 | Activity & Project
Children can enjoy a community-building experience by meeting with friends to choose, read, and discuss books together.