This week, we used Big Huge Labs to create character trading cards from our sketches. They came out great! Each student will get five of their design to keep or trade.
Sunday, November 13, 2016
Tuesday, November 1, 2016
Talking about books and imagining characters
Today we spent some time in our discussion groups talking about our books. Readers then worked on a draft of a trading card of a book character. Mrs. Mullens finished with a fun game of two truths and a lie. Another fun meeting of the Hooked on Books book club!
Wednesday, October 26, 2016
A visit from a real Crime-fighter
Officer Brian Ravish of the Deerfield police Department stopped by this week to share stories of how police officers solve crimes. Officer Ravish is the School Resource Officer in Deerfield, working with all five schools to keep everyone safe.
He walked us through a hypothetical heist in the library, and what we would look for. Muddy footprints? Fingerprints? Open doors? The children had generated a great list of questions for him, which he answered enthusiastically. We shared a delicious cake thanks to Mrs. Mullens and cups of popcorn.
We'll see if these new skills help our readers to solve their mysteries!
He walked us through a hypothetical heist in the library, and what we would look for. Muddy footprints? Fingerprints? Open doors? The children had generated a great list of questions for him, which he answered enthusiastically. We shared a delicious cake thanks to Mrs. Mullens and cups of popcorn.
We'll see if these new skills help our readers to solve their mysteries!
Saturday, October 22, 2016
Week 3
It was great to finally break into groups and begin discussing our books! We also enjoyed tasty "bones" for snack, used our sense of touch to identify clues and prepared some questions for next week's visit from Officer Ravish. The hour just flew by!
Wednesday, October 12, 2016
Monday, October 10, 2016
Week One
Our first meeting of the Hooked on Books book club was a blast! We are thrilled to have so many readers join us. After book talking the books, students made their selections. There is something for everyone on the list, including current and past MCBA nominees.
We enjoyed popcorn, fruit and dip and mystery cookies (potato chip!) After our snack, a quick game of Eye Spy revealed our sleuths to have superior attention to detail and recall. As a group, they were able to remember all twenty items on the tray!
Readers received their Book Detective booklets and punch card book marks. Hopefully the books arrive before our next meeting!
We enjoyed popcorn, fruit and dip and mystery cookies (potato chip!) After our snack, a quick game of Eye Spy revealed our sleuths to have superior attention to detail and recall. As a group, they were able to remember all twenty items on the tray!
Readers received their Book Detective booklets and punch card book marks. Hopefully the books arrive before our next meeting!
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