Whether you're teaching in a classroom or a busy homeschool mom, it can be challenging to figure out where to start. Whether you have a question about how to support learners with behavior needs, where to find the best games to practice math facts, or just need some great book recommendations, I've got you covered.
Book clubs in first grade?! It may seem like a stretch, but the Spring is such a great time to get your students ready and used to reading, thinking about, and discussing books with their peers instead of me, the teacher! When done right, it can be such a fun learning experience for both […]
Lots of ideas for how to teach book club expectations to your students!
We are here to help you add some tools to your teacher toolkit in order to become effective at managing Book Clubs in your classroom.
Whether you're teaching in a classroom or a busy homeschool mom, it can be challenging to figure out where to start. Whether you have a question about how to support learners with behavior needs, where to find the best games to practice math facts, or just need some great book recommendations, I've got you covered.
Book clubs in the classroom are a powerful tool for your students to gain independence and to understanding and engaging in literature!
We are here to help you add some tools to your teacher toolkit in order to become effective at managing Book Clubs in your classroom.
hold students accountable while they independently read with these easy to implement reading tips and tricks and strategies
I have had an amazing response to my Literature Circles: Job Sheets and More resource! Over 1,900 five-star reviews and I am absolutely thrilled that this resource is helping so many elementary teachers get literature circles up and running in their classrooms! I would like to share another tool from this set that has been […]
Get the fully updated Jenna Bush Hager's book club list with top picks, star ratings, and a printable PDF to track your own reading.
Whether you're teaching in a classroom or a busy homeschool mom, it can be challenging to figure out where to start. Whether you have a question about how to support learners with behavior needs, where to find the best games to practice math facts, or just need some great book recommendations, I've got you covered.
Today I am writing my final chapter in my series about implementing book clubs in your classroom. Last week, I wrote about the role of the teacher in book clubs, which you can read more about HERE. This post will specifically explain how to use teacher and student assessments in book clubs. 1. Anecdotal Records I carry […]
Book Clubs can be a very overwhelming experience for both teachers and students. That's why we are here to help! With our step-by-step guide and complete Book Club bundle, you will feel empowered and your students will be kept engaged! This is hands-down the BEST classroom activity of the year. When one round of Book Clubs are over, your students will beg for another and another. You will gladly agree because this Low Prep, Student Propelled activity is so easy to implement, you will wonder how you ever taught without it!!!!! What's Included? •Schedule: Minute by Minute guideline for Book Club discussions •Questions: a Menu board of 16 different questions students can answer •Activities: 4 fun group activities to use with little/ no prep •Organization Page: chart which students are in each group •Note-Taking Page: Take notes on participation, etc. of each group •Step-by-Step Guide to rolling out your book clubs •Parent Letter: explains what book clubs are and the way they an help •Ticket to Discussion Explanation for Parents: gives a tutorial for each part •Bookmarks (2 choices… or front and back) •Book Club Pledge Poster •How to Talk in a Group Poster •“We’re Finished, Now What?” Poster •Book Club Sign-Ups: 5 choices…choose from 4-8 members for each book title •Ticket to Discussion Explanation for the Teacher •“Ticket to Discussion” Days 1-10+ •Blank Ticket to customize any way you would like •Book Club Booklet: Double-Sided Version for students 1-4 •Book Club Booklet: Single-sided version for students 1-4 •Book Club Pages: Full page single sided version •Optional Interactive Notebook Reflection page Inside each booklet, students complete the following: •Cover: Students write the title, create a cover (or try to duplicate the existing one), and write their group’s members •Set Goals: Students write how many pages their book has, the amount of days they have to complete the book, and figure out how many pages they will read each day •Reflection Page: Opportunity for students to reflect on their own participation and how well their group is working together •Job Description page: Goes over what each person is responsible for and gives step by step directions. •4 Jobs: These 4 jobs rotate through in a different pattern for each student. In a group of 4, they will each have a different job to complete each day. Need more than 4 to a group? No problem! Multiple versions are included. What are the jobs? Students will get to be a part of the writing process! "Editors" work with words... their job is to investigate meanings and explain them! "Illustrators" work with pictures... their job is to capture the group's favorite part! "Publicists" work with marketing... their job is to choose a paragraph that others would find of interest and explain why! "Translators" work with meaning... their job is to explain the meaning of figurative language the author uses! •Evaluation Page: Students reflect and evaluate the book after they complete it in a fun and creative way! ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ Looking for more Classroom FUN? Here is a product that is A MUST for Book Clubs! Accountable Talk Resource Bundle More Fun! Reading Response Bundle Craftivity Bundle Book Awards Author Study Detective and Mystery EVENT Reading Incentive Program College and Career Ready Bundle ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ BE SURE TO FOLLOW US BY CLICKING THE GREEN STAR ABOVE TO BE NOTIFIED WHEN WE POST A NEW PRODUCT! ALL OF OUR NEW PRODUCTS ARE 50% OFF FOR THE FIRST 48 HOURS!!!! BE SURE TO LEAVE FEEDBACK TO RECEIVE TPT CREDIT TOWARDS YOUR NEXT PURCHASE!
We are here to help you add some tools to your teacher toolkit in order to become effective at managing Book Clubs in your classroom.
Book reports don't need to be painfully boring. In fact, they can be a ton of fun! Here are 10 creative book report ideas to use in your classroom.
Read along with Florence Welch this February and March as part of the Between Two Books book club 'Wry, beautiful, surprising and deeply moving' Rachel Seiffert, Guardian 'Captures so excellently the low level anxiety that hums through everyday life' Daily Telegraph ____________________________________________ You wake up. You go to work. You have strategy meetings about how to use hashtags. After work you get so blackout drunk you can't remember the circumstances which have led you to waking up next to your colleague. The next day you stay in bed, scrolling through your social media feeds and wondering why everyone else seems to be achieving so much. Then you hear about Life on Nyx, a programme that offers the chance to move to another planet and start a new, meaningful way of life. But there's a caveat: if you go, you can never come back. ____________________________________________ 'An acute satire of our social media-dominated times and a haunting examination of depression and anxiety rendered in diamond sharp prose' i 'Sauma has the horrors of the workplace nailed with satirical precision' Sunday Times Culture 'Weird, wonderful and beautifully written' Daily Mail 'For fans of Black Mirror' Elle 'Millennial angst meets sci-fi' Stylist 'Uplifting, unputdownable and mordantly funny' Sharlene Teo, author of Ponti
Here’s a fun drawing prompt for kids of all ages inspired by Herve Tullet‘s newest book, Let’s Play! In this simple invitation to create, children can create pieces of art or even make their own books. We received the book Let’s Play! for free and are absolutely in love with it! Follow our Children’s Book Activities …
This 10-day novel unit for Bridge to Terabithia can save you hours of prep for your literature circles or book clubs. Daily comprehension practice requires students to focus on text analysis and responding to literature, and the vocabulary focus builds word knowledge and academic vocabulary This no-fluff Bridge to Terabithia novel study engages students, but it doesn't overwhelm your readers with countless chapter questions that just require them to regurgitate the text. Standards-aligned & perfect for novel studies, small group book clubs or lit circles, independent reading, or as a way to monitor and teach during read aloud. Your download includes: • Instructional planning guide • 2 paper-saving novel study trifolds - color & blackline • 2 weekly word of the day flip books for text-based vocabulary • Cut & paste comprehension prompts for interactive journals • Easy-to-follow directions for printing & prep • Trifold Answer keys Skills addressed: ✔Summary & Main Idea ✔Analyzing Text ✔Making Inferences & Drawing Conclusions ✔Analyzing Characters, Relationships, & Change over Time ✔Vocabulary & Context Clues ✔Cause & Effect And so much more! Benefits of Trifolds over Traditional Novel Units: ❑ Foldable format provides novelty and encourages student engagement ❑ Daily comprehension focus builds reading comprehension skills vs. plot recall ❑ Less overwhelming to reluctant readers and writers ❑ Requires deep analysis and application of text-based knowledge ❑ Encourages discussion about skills & strategies Questions? Click here to contact me directly.
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This resource is a novel study for Alone written by Megan E. Freeman. This novel study is perfect for guided reading groups, independent work, interactive read-alouds, book clubs, and more! New Google Classroom version included! The file will be added to your Google Drive as a Google Slides presentation, from there you can save it as a PDF, print, or assign it to your Google Classroom. This novel study includes: Daily Plan Vocabulary pages for the entire novel Discussing questions for every chapter Comprehension question pages for students (using the discussion questions) Character trait graphic organizers Character feeling graphic organizers Figurative language anchor chart Figurative language pages from the story Empathy anchor chart Sequence of emotions Story plot Theme page
Book reports and summaries are a thing of the past. Engage your middle and high school students with five book report alternatives that will leave them asking for more and, most importantly, building vital reading and analysis skills along the way. 1. Assign one pagers at the end of a novel. One pagers are engaging, allow for creativity, and lead to higher level thinking and analysis. Assigning a one pager is easy and works for any novel. Follow these simple guidelines: • Make it standards base
As teachers, we know the importance of adding novel and interesting twists to some of the traditional projects that our students complete. The term “Book Report” has developed a lackluster connotation, at best. However, book reports can be a great way to engage your students in critical and creative thinking, especially with this “little” twist! […]
Have you ever read a book to your first graders that included a sing-song chant they could repeat? (Think Pete the Cat and his new shoes....) Once the kids get the rhyme down pat they will repeat it everytime you get to that part. I also had this happen with There Was an Old Lady
Download this printable LEGO activity book that includes six pages of puzzles and kids activities, perfect for a road trip or a rainy day.
Book Clubs are a powerful way to grow your students' reading comprehension strategies and reading independence! These quick tips can help you launch them today!
{Book Review} The Alice Network By Kate Quinn It’s 1947 and Charlie St. Clair is on her way to Europe with her mom, to take care of her Little Problem. Unwed and pregnant, Charlie is consumed with worry and hope for her cousin Rose, who disappeared in France during WWII. She may have lost her … Continue reading "{Book Review} The Alice Network"
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This 3-week novel unit for There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom by Louis Sachar can save you hours of prep for your literature circles or book clubs. Daily comprehension practice requires students to focus on text analysis and responding to literature, and the vocabulary focus builds word knowledge and academic vocabulary. This no-fluff There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom novel study engages students, but it doesn't overwhelm your readers with countless chapter questions that just require them to regurgitate the text. Standards-aligned & perfect for novel studies, small group book clubs or lit circles, independent reading, or as a way to monitor and teach during read alouds. Your download includes: • Instructional planning guide • 3 paper-saving novel study trifolds - up to 15 instructional days - color & blackline • 3 weekly word of the day flip books for text-based vocabulary • Cut & paste comprehension prompts for interactive journals • Easy-to-follow directions for printing & prep • Trifold Answer keys Skills addressed: ✔Summary✔Responding to Literature✔Cause & Effect✔Analyzing Character Traits & Relationships✔Making Inferences & Drawing ConclusionsAnd so much more! Benefits of Trifolds over Traditional Novel Units: ❑ Foldable format provides novelty and encourages student engagement ❑ Daily comprehension focus builds reading comprehension skills vs. plot recall ❑ Less overwhelming to reluctant readers and writers ❑ Requires deep analysis and application of text-based knowledge ❑ Encourages discussion about skills & strategies ***************************************************************************** Terms of Use: © Rebecca Davies. All rights reserved by the author. These materials are intended for personal use by a single classroom only. Copying for more than one teacher, classroom, department, school, or school system is prohibited. For use in multiple classrooms, please purchase additional licenses. This product may not be distributed or displayed digitally for public view. Failure to comply is a copyright infringement and a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Clipart and elements found in this PDF are copyrighted and cannot be extracted and used outside of this file without permission or license. See product file for clip art and font credits. Questions? Click here to contact me directly.
For quite some time I have been playing with the idea of posting a small tutorial, art tidbit or video EVERY Wednesday for a whole year. Well here we are, in the THIRD Wednesday of the New Year and it's time to begin! WHIMSICAL WEDNESDAY #1 of 52...."MINI MOMENTS" PAPER JOURNALS I recently posted this photo on my Instagram (follow me @joannesharpe) and it was so well received, I thought a little tutorial would be in order for my first Whimsical Wednesday post. "WITH A LITTLE WHIMSEY" IDEA: Make a little bit of art every day, in a little bitty size. This is one of my favorite things to do with my water reactive (Tombow) markers or watercolor paints, water brush, paintbrushes and watercolor paper. MAKE YOUR SUPER SIMPLE JOURNALS: Take a strip of watercolor any size you wish. A good place to start is a piece that is approximately 3" x 12". You can always use wider widths of paper too. Fold the paper in half, then in half again and open it up. Fold back each little panel in an accordion fashion. For this book each individual panel is 3"x 3", a perfect size to make little art nuggets. How super and simple, right?? Paint a loose watercolor or marker border as a background and frame in each panel. let dry completely before adding lettering. Add your favorite quotes and inspirational thoughts. Use black pens or colorful markers to make lettering in each box. It doesn't have to be anything fancy or earth shattering, just make a little art every day! Would you like more whimsical instruction in my loaded online classes? VISIT MY WEBSITE and check out all the ONLINE CLASSES previews. joannesharpe.com
Un sacco di tracker, un po' di spazio per colorare, alcuni elenchi e una pagina per valutare ogni libro che leggi! Citazioni, lista dei desideri, shopping e un tracker di serie... tutte le cose che amo in un diario di lettura! Più di 300 pagine! Per gli amanti dei libri da un'amante dei libri.
The Little Prince is my favourite book, written by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. It is a story about a little boy who goes on a journey around the world and discovers new planets. It is an allegory of …
Our class LOVES Fly Guy! Here are some fun Fly Guy book study companion activities to go with the books by Tedd Arnold. Perfect for whole class guided reading, small groups, or individual study packs. Packed with lots of fun literacy ideas and standards based guided reading activities. Common Core aligned. Grades 1-2 #bookstudies #bookstudy #novelstudy #1stgrade #2ndgrade #literacy #guidedreading #flyguy
