This action research project investigated the use of an optional book club that met monthly and how the students who were involved. In her first post, she explains the setup process and handing leaflets out to the children. This person brings joy to kids and helps your school earn scholastic rewards by managing book clubs in the school at least twice a term. April was my first time leading it and the book selection was wonder by r. Auggie has a lot to acclimate to in middle school, but lunch is particularly tough, seeing as. I served on the social committee, welcome committee and created our quarterly newsletter the fun stuff. How to set up a book club in your school, including ideas for key questions for your discussion. We will be discussing orphan island by laurel snyder.
Scholastic book clubs is the best possible partner to help you get excellent books into the hands of every child, to help them become successful lifelong readers and discover the joy and power of good books. Wonder is not a ya book, i understand that, but it has an amazing message to send to readers of all ages. They can be quotes by famous people or they can be made up. A staff member at school sets up a new book club order via our website. Well talk about the book while doing a variety of activities based on it. Wonder activities for your classroom that are wonderful and kind. Discussion questions, activities, refreshments, and crafts for a book club about. Earn scholastic rewards for your school when parents buy books. Whether they were through school, the local library, or a bookstore, it was great when someone organized a group of children together who all had the special.
Wonder novel wonder book wonder art wonder bulletin board middle school writing teaching reading reading club learning teaching ideas wonder writing activity, collaboration poster is triple the fun with coloring, creativity, and group work. Book club provides your family with a fun and convenient way of bringing the best in childrens literature into your home, while also helping to bridge the important classtohome reading gap. Whether it is a beforeschool breakfast club, afterschool program, or summer program, elementary school book clubs are educational and fun. However, be careful of letting your common sense tell you any of the book club ideas are too youthful for grownup book clubs, if thats what youre dealing with. Wonder book club small online class for ages 812 outschool. Book club ideas kid through adult great group activities. What role does auggie play in either helping or hurting the situation. The graveyard book by neil gaiman, a heart in a body in the world by deb caletti, paper towns by john green, all. But if you have a little more time on your hands, here are 15 fun book club snack ideas and recipes that are sure to make your young readers smile. Below are our articles on the subject of book club activities. If the school has received leaflets, these are handed out to the children to take home parents and children go online or look through their. Scholastic book clubs is the best possible partner to help you get excellent childrens books into the hands of every child, to help them become successful lifelong readers and discover the joy and power of. Its quick and easy enough to do during a coffee break. Scholastic international school book club for parents.
Elementary school book clubs are a great way to engage children while developing their critical thinking skills and keeping them interested in reading. Discussion questions for wonder by rj palacio kate bowler. See more ideas about kids book club, school library displays and library book displays. A book club for kids is one of the best ways to combine learning and fun. Instead of writing it on paper, we decided to use more of an. Spend scholastic rewards on new books and teaching resources. Here is one way my school has applied technology to help our kids connect with others about what we are reading. I run a book club at school for yr56 children who are able readers. Heres a little background on how the book club works.
After the book reading, there was an activity and snack. Readwritethink has a variety of resources for outofschool use. Youll want to plan fun snacks for the kids to munch on while they chat about the book theyve just read. Wonder novel, wonder book, book club books, my books, book clubs, 6th grade ela, fourth grade, sixth grade, kind campaign wonder by r. When youre reading the book, think about why people see things differently and which characters are the most, and least, empathetic or sympathetic. How to do book clubs in the middle school classroom. Ive been asked on twitter by a few different people how i runfund my high school book club, so i decided i should write a post about it. Our book club selection is a new york times bestseller and soon to be major motion picture from author. Book club orders also support your childs school, as 20% of your order spend goes back to your school in valuable scholastic rewards. The wonder pennant is a reading and writing activity. Go to the global book club web site for more activity ideas.
Ideas on starting a teen book club in your school library. Armed with an ma in creative writing and childrens literature i decided it would be fun to set up a childrens book group. Each session should last a minimum of 40 minutes many chatterbooks clubs meet for 1 to 1. Introduce families to just right books our monthly flyers will no longer be sorted by individual grade level. Im still working on improving it, so if you run a book club id love to know what you do to make it fun. Because chloe invited friends from different circles school, church. Bcis is a charity delivering facetoface, crossage peer mentoring book clubs in secondary and primary schools, focusing on the most disadvantaged. At the end of wonder, each character writes their own precept.
Wonder book club a party school with soul hide the chocolate. We also know that running a book club is no small feat and that a book club organiser could use a team of people to lend a hand. When the kids arrived at book club, they enjoyed apples, graham crackers, and juice boxes some of auggies favorite snacks. It touches on many topics, such as kindness and bullying. The hosting family choose a picture book and read it aloud to the group. This activity was modified from the readwritethink lesson plan book clubs. The bell still hangs outside my living room window in a tree at my house. Palacio character study pennant is all you need to teach and promote the memorable characters found in the book.
See more ideas about high school books, book club books and bluford series. Now, i have them hanging on the wall and i love them. Scholastic book clubs offer hundreds of childrens books at fantastic discounts. The book club met once a month and rotated from house to house. I hope this has provided some helpful ideas on starting a teen book. Wonder is an inspirational story that has you laughing one moment and wiping away tears at the next. If you cant see what you are looking for our other categories are displayed on the left under our quick links. The main need for funding when starting a reading club is the use of a venue for meetings and the cost of books for members. Palacio comprehension questions teaching 5th grade whole brain teaching 6th grade reading teaching reading teaching tools teaching ideas wonder novel wonder book reading resources. I would guess it takes me about three hours of preparation for every hour of actual book club we have. The book begins with advice about setting up a book club, deciding who should be in it and which books will be read. Go ahead and take that train ride in disguise with your adult history book club, or pass secret notes at the coffee house without anyone seeing with other grownups of your spy novel club.
With classroom tieins from the start of the school year to bullying prevention. We offer free downloadable activity packs each month, full of ideas to use in chatterbooks sessions, plus recommended book lists on different themes. If the school is willing to lend an empty classroom for afterschool use as a reading club meeting place or perhaps allow use of the school library, this will take care of the first issue. Chloe chose the book wonder by rj palacio for her book club for girls. Youll soon be surrounded by people that want to be there for the right reasons. Am aware that you have adjusted your book club to suit middle school, but feel i can tweak this for my grade. What lessons are learned because of auggies attendance at the school. You and your friends are sure to love these great book club reads. The kids seemed to like it well enough but no one raved about it. After the school year is over, he asks kids to send him postcards of their precepts. See more ideas about wonder book, wonder novel and book club books. Im writing this post after the chatterbooks group i run weekly at our local primary school.
They can be quotes by famous people or they can be made up by the students. Many of my teens are entering high school next year. Using optional book clubs outside of school to increase reading levels and interest among elementary students. Heres some things you could do for your next book club featuring wonder by r. Wonder is an amazing novel study for young readers. Its a great way for schools to fundraise for books for their library as every book you buy earns free books for your school. I choose the books, and it takes us about a month to read a book together.
As authors of the book club cookbook, the classic guide to integrating great food and foodrelated discussion into book club gatherings, judy gelman and vicki levy krupp. Your students will list character traits using the bac. Usually, this would be on march 24th, but in an abundance of caution,we will postpone this book discussion until the april meeting. We meet once a month, during the school year only, on a monday evening at 6. The first complete guidefor use by adults and childrento creating fun and educational book clubs for kids.
Youll find yourself rooting for august as he stumbles through middle school with the kind of pluck and. A mustread for all middle school kids my son is and their parents. Our book club has gotten so large that we rented a room in an old school building for book club. Book clubs in schools bcis mission is to prepare young people with the skills they need to improve their life opportunities. Its easy to fall back on classic favorites and storebought treats. Using optional book clubs outside of school to increase. Many readers are adults here at book riot, but when we were kids, i bet we loved book clubs i know i did. Book club aka read between the wines were coming up on the last meeting of the year and i wanted to share some ideas that have kept our book club thriving. Read on for how to create an activitybased book club or jump to five winning books for a kids book club. From beloved classics to the latest bestsellers, there are books to get every child excited about reading. Book club ideas for wonder by rj palacio if every person in this room made it a rule that wherever you are, whenever you can, you will try to act a little kinder than is necessary. And this book is filled with interesting, fun ideas that would be useful to anyone planning a book club for a classroom, an after school program, for the neighborhood, for homeschool groups, ecetera. Any grade level work and you can start as early as first grade. Scholastic book clubs childrens books for parents and.
Find more advice on starting your book club in nikkis guide. Your guide to starting a book club in your school oxford. So what do book clubs in the middle school classroom need to be successful. Scholastic international school book club getting children reading. You can get monthly book recommendations and free teaching notes as part of our oxford education book club.
Palacio book club activity and discussion questions. Being part of the community where bens bells was started, i know much about the kindness movement in fact, i actually found one of the bells on the anniversary of my uncles death several years ago. Please call 7705282527 for more information or to register. Wonder by rj palacio is a beautiful young adult novel. If i had to give any advice on starting a teen book club it would be to simply start one. About four years ago i was a member of our hoa board.