If you want book clubs to function well in your classroom, then you have to make sure the kids in each club:
a) read at the same level
b) GET ALONG!!!
Give your students this questionnaire prior to launching book clubs. You might discover that there are friendships you didn't know about, which may or may not work in a club situation.
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I'm a fourth grade teacher in Rhode Island. Before moving to Rhode Island, I taught fifth grade for three years in the NYC Public School System. (I also taught religious school classes to 3rd and 4th grade students.) LAST YEAR, I... -started a blog called Two Writing Teachers where we blog about the teaching of writing. -obtained a second master's degree in Literacy from Teachers College (Columbia University). -published a book with my students, which you can learn more about by going to www.theextendeddaygirls.com.
