Encourage your students to join our book groups to expand their reading list and discuss their favorite books with other students!
April Book Selections
Younger Students (grades 1-3)
The Iron Giant
by Ted Hughes
Read by: April 22
Discussion: April 23 at 2:15 PM
Older Students (grades 4 & up)
Frindle & The Frindle Files
both books by Andrew Clements
Read by: April 22
Discussion: April 23 at 3:00 PM
BOOK NOTES
THE IRON GIANT
The listening level for this book is grades 1-3, and the reading level is around the same, depending on your child.
FRINDLE & THE FRINDLE FILES
The reading and listening levels for these books are grades 4 and up.
LISTENING AND READING LEVELS:
Children can listen and comprehend books at a younger age, so I try to include listening levels in addition to publisher-suggested reading levels. Regardless, students can read books themselves or listen to them as read-alouds from a parent, an older sibling, or in audiobook format. Reading is reading – regardless of the method.
Discussions are conducted via Zoom.
Books are selected based on interest/listening level (not just reading level) for these age groups. Some books may seem a little “young” to the older children in each group, but hopefully they’ll enjoy them anyway.
Students can listen to the audiobook version, if they prefer that format. (Check to see if your local library has OverDrive, CloudLibrary, or Hoopla – these services provide downloadable audiobooks free on loan to patrons.)
The goal for both groups is to encourage a love of reading. Our discussions will focus on the characters, story, and plot and the students’ thoughts about the book. I won’t try to sneak in a grammar lesson, or literary analysis, or promote any agendas. We’ll just read good books, chosen from a variety of genres. If students don’t like one book, hopefully they’ll like the next!