Book Clubs!

Yes!  First graders can do book clubs!  Today we welcomed Ms. Deborah, Ms. Dana, Mr. Bill and Ms. Josie into our room to model book clubs in a fishbowl manner.  We watched and listened to them share the book Strega Nona.  

Book clubs incorporate many 21st Century skills:
Communication, Collaboration, and Critical Thinking.  

 It was great to have a male reader with us!

 Ms. Josie is Italian which led to great connections

 with Strega Nona!

 Laughing is a great part of book clubs!  We learn that reading can be fun!

 We are learning to mark the text with sticky notes, writing down our questions, wonderings, connections and inferences.

Using our crew microphone really helped each of us hear and focus on the speaker.

 After the fishbowl some of us were able to try out book clubs on our own.  Next week everyone will have a chance to get involved.