Ms. Miedema’s reading group has moved away from guided reading groups and into book clubs (also known as literacy circles)! In these book clubs students are grouped according to interests. Students read and discuss a piece of literature in depth and the discussion is guided by students’ responses to what they have read. We have a variety of roles the students play during book club meetings:
These roles rotate every time we meet so that every student has the opportunity to experience each position.
During the group discussions students talk about events, characters and their personal experiences related to the story. As we dive into literature circles we have begun to recognize the importance of asking GREAT questions! And great questions begin with BLOOM. Parents: Ask us about Bloom questions and how they help us during our book clubs!
Here are some pictures of us engaged in our book club discussions:
After our first book club meeting we spent some time at the end of class reflecting as a whole group about what we thought went really well, what could have been better and what we think we should change moving forward to make our discussions the best they can be!
