Funded Dec 20, 2018Thank you so much for your support of literacy and the students at our school. We had such a great time over the past few months reading together and sharing our ideas and thoughts about the books you so generously donated toward. We have read Goosebumps, Matilda, and The Chronicles of Narnia.
Not only did our students get to discuss a longer text over time, but they got to focus on character development, plot, theme, author's message, and much, much more! We also were able to watch the movies made based on each of those three texts. It was wonderful to see the students pointing out the differences and similarities between each book and movie. Students came to realize that there is a whole lot more to the character development in a text and some events were even left out of the movie entirely!
What was also amazing about this project is that we did not group students homogeneously. We welcomed students reading above and below grade level, some with disabilities and some without. The students supported one another and found a love of reading just for fun!
We can't wait until our next book club coming up in April and this time it has a sports theme!”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Graveline