Welcome To The Book Club

Book Club (4th-5th grade)
The Book Club is an easy and enjoyable way for kids to share books, experiences and feelings while developing many literacy skills. Simply by reading books in preparation for book club meetings, your child will develop fluency in reading and expression, learn new vocabulary words and be exposed to new ideas and concepts. Through the discussion that takes place at book club meetings, your child will develop a deeper understanding of books, consider others’ perspectives on the same book and practice analyzing books. The Book Club will also have a blog where it will share its collective rating and review of its book selections.
This club meets once a week for 1.5 hours on Fridays at 3:30-5:00. A typical meeting would be:
- 15 minutes - Snacks and Refreshments, Announcements, Welcome Activities
- 45 minutes - Book Discussion (discussion questions are given in advance)
- 15 minutes - Rate the Book and Blog Content
- 15 minutes - Proposals and Discussion of future book selections
The club has a coach who has an extensive expertise on books for children. The coach facilitates the meetings, orders selected books for members to use and ensures a positive and supportive environment for all members. Club members set their own ground rules at the beginning of each session (e.g. one person speaks at a time, members are encouraged to speak but not forced to, number of pages per week).
How are books selected?
Every week, book club members will have time to propose and discuss future book selections. Based on the proposals and discussions of the book club members, the coach will order the book club selections for use by the book club members. Parents do not have to order the books. Each book club member barrows the book being read by the club.
Who Can Join the Book Club?
Any student in 4th or 5th grade can join. The Book Club is limited to 12 members.
When Does the Book Club Meet?
The Book Club meets once a week for 1.5 hours.
Book Club (section A)
meets on Mondays 5:00-6:30
Book Club (section B)
meets on Fridays 3:30-5:00
There are three sessions (session 1 is September through November, session 2 is December through February and session 3 is March to May). Each session meets ten times for 1.5 hours. Students can join for one or more sessions. The club fee includes coach guidance and coordination, use of all books selected to be read by the Club, snacks and refreshments and computer access for blog entries.
After-School and Saturday Programs
for 1st through 8th Graders
Please Call (908) 899-1338