Girls Read-Aloud Book Club (Ages 8-10) Fluency, Comprehension, Critical Thinking

This is a read-aloud book club for girls ages 8-10.  If you feel your learner would fit well but does not fall exactly into that range, message me and we'll discuss it.  

We will be reading aloud, so girls enrolling in this book club should be at or above a typical third-grade reading level.  However, I will help students with unfamiliar words, and we will also work on those words together!!  We will use some of the larger words we come across to hone our decoding skills and learn new vocabulary.

We will be reading books aloud together during class.  After-class assignments will consist of a few thought-provoking questions to spur critical thinking related to the story.  Written work will be brought back to class the following week.

Each student must have her own copy of each book.  Every book title to be used will be posted several weeks in advance to allow plenty of time to obtain the book either by borrowing it from your local library or by purchasing it.  (I have found that used books on Amazon are usually very inexpensive if you prefer to own the book.)

This class will function as on on-going club, so that you may feel free to jump in at ANY TIME.  You are more than welcome to join in the middle of a book by simply following these guidelines:
  1. Message me to find out exactly where we are in a particular book.
  2. Obtain the book.
  3. Have your learner read (or you read aloud to catch your child up quickly) the chapters 
      that we've already read.
  4. Hop into class and join right in!!!  (We'll be excited to meet you!!)  

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A Note to Parents regarding book choices:
 Books read in this class will only be wholesome, award-winning children's classics that contain no controversial subjects, nothing dark or scary, nothing questionable or immoral.  

First 3 books are as follows:

 The Sarah Plain and Tall Series by Patricia MacLachlan
   1.   Sarah Plain and Tall   
   2.  Skylark
   3.  Caleb's Story

(Furthur books to be announced as needed, all holding to the same wholesome standard.)

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**Please read the goals below to ensure you understand the purpose of this class.**

This club will function to fulfill the following goals:

* To instill a love of reading by engaging students in positive, nurturing experiences with beautiful stories.

* To build expressive reading skills as students are guided to convey emotion and meaning as they read aloud.

* To build listening skills as we listen to others read.

* To learn to support and encourage classmates as they read aloud and share their thoughts.

* To have a comfortable, safe, supportive environment in which to share thoughts and questions about a beautiful story.

* To spur creativity and hone writing skills as we work on small writing projects related to stories.

* To build a comfort of public speaking at a young age

* To gain empathy as we discuss the feelings and thoughts of story characters.