Book Club Response

Overall, I think that book clubs are a great way to make reading fun. Although I think they can get a little tricky to navigate, I think book clubs would be a great thing to incorporate into my math or science classroom. It may be difficult to find an entire book to read in a math or science class, but I think even having mini book clubs for excerpts or short readings would be beneficial. I would love to read an entire math or science book in my classroom, however, I don't know if there are any that are engaging and informational. The book I am reading now, The City of Ember, has many science related topics but I don't think it would be a good move to read the entire book; the book discusses topics but does not explain or go in depth about these topics. The sticky notes strategy is one of my favorites and definitely something I will use. I think that the most beneficial way to navigate book clubs and use sticky notes is to assign each student a specific reading strategy to focus on during their reading time. Giving students free reign to write what they want to on their sticky note may draw attention away from the reading strategies.

One thing I enjoy from our LLED book clubs are the handshakes. While we may not think they are all that fascinating, I can only imagine how excited students would be about it!

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Kaylie Herbert