Book Club

Looking for a concrete resource that will help you implement book clubs in your primary classroom? Getting students engaged and motivated with book clubs can be a daunting task. Teachers love this resource because it has everything you need in order to effectively implement a book clubs with your readers, while meeting the CCSS for Speaking and Listening.

There are 15 mini-lessons that are included in this file, which focus on establishing routines and setting expectations for book clubs with your students.

During this unit, readers will learn to:

• Define book clubs and understand its importance
• Describe characteristics of what book clubs LOOK like
• Describe characteristics of what book clubs SOUND like
• Book club members are assigned
• Commit to expected behaviors
• Shop for a book
• Follow agendas to stay on task
• Prepare for group meetings
• Read assigned portions of text and take notes about what they read
• Participate in a group discussion
• Share their opinions with group members
• Keep conversations on-task and focused
• Compromise and problem solve when issues arise
• Use prompts to guide their discussions
• Self-reflect and evaluate their performance

Every Mini-lesson Includes:

Detailed lesson plans

Colorful posters for you to print for your anchor charts

Reproducibles for your students

Also included in this unit:

• A note to send home to parents
• Tips for teachers about implementing book clubs successfully
• Detailed rubrics for teachers and students
• Bulletin board resources, where each group can post their group name, picture, assignment, and other important information

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Reading Workshop Bundle

Unit 1, Launching Reading Workshop in your Primary Classroom

Implementing Reading Workshop in Your Primary Classroom

Unit 2, Reading Workshop: Metacognition: Thinking about Reading

Reading is Thinking

Unit 3, Implementing Reader's Notebooks with Reading Workshop

Reader’s Notebook

Unit 4, Reading to Learn: Informational Text Features

I Spy Informational Text Features!

Other Must-Have Reading Workshop Materials that are included in this bundle:

Unit 5, Character Study Unit

Character Study Unit

Unit 6, Diving Deep with Book Clubs

Book Clubs

Also included in the bundle:

Classroom Library Kit

Cassroom Library Kit

Reading Workshop Book Awards Celebration

Reading Workshop Book Awards Celebration

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