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Explorer Book Club Inquirying Minds Book Club for 4th and 5th graders by Margaret Hausauer, Librarian

Standards:

Overview: To become members of these books clubs

1. Students will be able to choose and read 5 books each nine weeks from a: Explorers List (Social Studies books tied in with the standards covered for that nine weeks) Inquiring Minds List ( Science books tied in with the standards covered for that nine weeks). These book lists were created in collaboration with 4th and 5th grader teachers.

2. Students will read books on their level according to AR and take the AR test and pass with an 80% or higher. Students will complete an Explorer Book Club Log or and Inquiring MInds Book Club Log and attach the AR test to the log. These logs will be turned in to the library after completing 5 AR tests. Names will be announced during morning announcements and students will be awarded at the end of the year reading awards ceremony.

3. Students will select 1 or more books that they have read and create a book review using Voice Thread. This will be published on the West Creek Reading Den Library Web Page. A rubric will be used to select which book reviews will be published on the school web site and which book reviews will be read during live announcements on Friday.

Lesson - Introduce students to the rules of the book club - on the library website. Show the students how to access the reading log on the website. Show the students how to access the reading list for each of the book clubs.

Next show students the graphic organizer and rubric for the book reveiw to be published on Voice Thread or during LIve announcements.

Show students the sample voicethread book reveiw Model how you did it step by step. Using the graphic organzier to write the bookreview Using the internet to locate images to go with the book Log into voice thread and load images and record