Roles and Goals

Goals:  We are finally taking off, people!  I thought about it a little more after you guys left, and since you have about 15 days to read between meetings, I am upping the reading goal.  Let's read to page 154, the chapter entitled "The Aryan Shopkeeper."  That's a little over 15 pages a day... that's doable, right?  If not, let me know; maybe I can revise it back down a bit. 

Roles:  Here's who's what for this goal and possibly the next:
The Connector--  Divya and Raven
The Questioner--  Ray
The Literary Luminary-- Jaiden and Jacob
The Illustrator-- The Erics (Yi and Riddle)!
The Summarizer-- Riley and Aidan
The Researcher-- Zoe and Savannah
The Word Wizard-- Emily (Knightmare) and Aly
The Scene Setter-- Dhruv

Make sure you revisit the roles sheets on Google Drive often to remind yourself about your focus for reading, and use your post-it notes as you read!  They'll help you as you prepare for the next meeting, I promise.  :)

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Can't wait to talk about this with you guys!  Happy Turkey Day, and happy reading!
:)
Mrs. P

Book Thief copies will be in on Monday!

 
Bookies--
We have some copies coming in from other district libraries, and I'm picking up a book bag of ten copies from the public library, so we should be good to start reading Monday.  Make sure to stop by and pick up your copy  Page goal coming soon...
6th and 7th graders-- Please complete a parent permission slip for this book.  I have them in my office-- get one ASAP.

All of you have a lovely weekend.  See you Monday!
:)
Mrs. P

What Book Shall We Read First?

What are we going to read, Bookies?  Vote, and let your voice be heard! I emailed the choices with links to Amazon summaries to you, so please check your SVVSD account.  Please post here by Tuesday, and when we meet Thursday at 12:15 in the IMC, we'll talk about what the first read of book club is!

:)
Mrs. P

Let's meet during lunch on Thursday, 11/1!

All right, returning and new Bookies-- let's meet this Thursday and vote on a book to read.  If you have a book you would like to suggest for us to read, add it as a comment here before Thursday.  Books will not be considered if they aren't posted!  We'll also talk about when our meeting times will be.

See you Thursday at about 12:15.  And hey, if you need a pass to get to the front of the lunch line, come see me.

:)

Mrs. P

Book Club Is Starting Up Soon!

Altona Library Book Club-- it's time to fire it up!  How does it work?  Well, it's pretty laid back.  We select a book to read, I hunt down enough copies for all of us and assign weekly reading goals, we meet once a week (it's been Thursdays in the past, but that is subject to change) during 3rd period and discuss the readings.  Then we usually do some sort of celebratory something when we finish it.  :)  If you're interested in joining us, please come to the library and put your name on the Book Club Sheet.

Veteran bookies-- comment here to fill in any details I might have missed, please, and also comment here if you have suggestions for our first novel.  Talk to you guys soon!

:)
Mrs. P

Welcome Back... A Little Late!

  Hey everybody! 

I'm finally getting around to reading the last book in the Inheritance Cycle. Did anyone else read it? What did you think?

(I'm having serious issues with Blogger right now, so bear with me if this looks weird when I post it.  They've changed things up quite a bit!)

So how's your start to the school year?  Any questions about anything?  What are you reading?

 

:)

Mrs. P

It's Still Summer, Folks!

I just finished reading Wonder, and it is a wonder of a book.  Once again, I was crying big tears (happy ones-- I'm such a sucker for them!) at the end of the story, and I LOVED the list of precepts at the end (you'll have to read it to find out what I'm talking about there).  What's it about?  It's about a bright and funny 5th grader named August who was born with severe facial abnormalities and is entering regular school for the first time after being home schooled his whole life.  It's about how he is treated at school and everywhere he goes in public.  It's about what assumptions kids make-- and also what assumptions adults make-- about those who are different.  And it attempts to show us what it means to be kind and courageous, and how sometimes those two traits can be the same exact thing.

If you get a chance, give it a read.  You'll be glad you spent time with Auggie, his family and his friends!

So anyone else read anything good this summer?
:)
Mrs. P