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 2017-2018 Book Clubs

We had lots of book clubs in 2017-2018. Take a look at what we were reading below!

See our 2016-2017 Book Club Activities Here

After School Book Club

Our after school book club is open to all students. We meet on Wednesdays after school from 4-5 p.m. Once a month we discuss a book, and the other weeks we promote reading, play games, and do other fun book-related activities. Club sponsors are Ms. Kochel (librarian) and Ms. Mitchell (6th language arts).

Schedule
Sept. 6: First Meeting
Sept. 13: HURRICANE DAY--NO BOOK CLUB
Sept. 20: Get first book--The Outsiders or A Wrinkle in Time
Sept. 27:  Game Day
Oct. 4: NO BOOK CLUB--FALL BREAK
Oct. 11: Author Anna Benefield
​Oct. 18: First book discussion--The Outsiders or A Wrinkle in Time
Oct. 25: Take READ photos, make book posters, give out book
Nov. 1: Barnes & Noble demonstration of robots
Nov. 8:Work on READ posters in PicMonkey
Nov. 15: Finish READ posters
Nov. 22: NO BOOK CLUB--Thanksgiving Week
Nov. 29: Book discussion--El Deafo or Between Shades of Gray
Dec. 6: Game Day--Blobs and Lines
Dec. 13: Make Book Displays/Holiday Games
Dec. 20: NO BOOK CLUB--Winter Break Starts
​Jan. 10: Discuss City of Ember (graphic novel)
Jan. 17: SNOW DAY
Jan. 24: Get Advanced Readers Copies (ARCs) of books and brainstorm reading quotes
Jan. 31: Maker Challenge
Feb. 7: Maker Challenge part 2--try out our new Sphero Spark and Ozobot
Feb. 14: Discuss ARCs / Get first 3 chapters of Matt Laney's book
Feb. 21: Meet author Matt Laney
Feb. 28: Happy Birthday Ms. Mitchell! Decorate for the March Reading Challenge
March 7: Game
March 14 City of Ember movie: 
March 21: City of Ember movie
​March 28: Finish City of Ember movie
April 11: Game Day: Hidden scrabble letters in the courtyard
April 18: Discuss The War that Saved My Life
April 25: Game Day: Chain Reaction!
May 3: Discuss Pashmina (graphic novel)
May 9: Walk to Dairy Queen

Sixth Grade CLubs

We have 4 sixth grade book clubs that meet monthly during ELT. Book clubs will have names soon. For now they are listed by the first book they are reading.

Bookgang
Oct. 3: Double Down
Oct. 31: Roller Girl or Middle School the Worst Years of My Life
Dec. 11: Ghost by Jason Reynolds
Jan. 16: Diary of a Wimpy Kid --The Getaway
Feb. 15: Stormbreaker (graphic novel) or City of Ember (graphic novel)
​March 13: Explorer: The Mystery Boxes
May 1: Anya's Ghost

Lunar Donut Holes
Oct. 10: Cinder
Nov. 7: The Girl Who Drank the Moon
Dec. 5: Red Queen
​Jan. 9: A Tale Dark and Grimm
​Feb. 13: The Maze Runner
March 6: Anya';s Ghost or All's Faire in Middle School
April 18: Refugee by Alan Gratz
May 8: Nyxia by Scott Reintgen

12 Clues
Oct. 17: Space Case
Nov. 14: 11 Birthdays
Dec 12.: When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
Jan. Ugly by Robert Hoge
​Feb. 20: A Tale Dark and Grimm by Adam Gidwitz
​March 20: One Crazy Summer
​April 24: El Deafo by Cece Bell
​May 10: The One the Only Ivan

Book Busters
​Oct. 24: Kingdom Keepers
​Nov. 28: The One and Only Ivan
Dec.14: Roller Girl
Feb. 8: The Last Kids on Earth
March 1: Stormbreaker (novel or graphic novel)
March 29: Ghost by Jason Reynolds
April 26:  Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Getaway
​May: 
 
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Seventh Grade Lunch Bunch

We now have 4 different 7th grade Lunch Bunch book clubs that will meet monthly. See Ms. Kochel for more information. 

Big Big Sandwich
Sept. 21: Discuss Scythe by Neal Shusterman or Life As We Knew It/Dead and the Gone by Susan Beth Pfeiffer
Oct. 19: When You Reach Me or Antsy Does Time
​Nov. 16: Nyxia
Dec. 15: Ugly by Robert Hoge
​Jan. 26: Dear Martin or Ender's Game
Feb. 22: Akata Witch
March 15: Brave (graphic novel)
​April 18: City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
May 10: All's Faire in Middle School

​Dragon Pride
Sept. 19: Explorers: The Mystery Boxes
Oct. 18: Twilight Graphic novel
​Nov. 14: Last Kids on Earth
Dec. 12: Sea of Monsters (graphic novel)
​Jan. 29: Legend (Graphic Novel)
Feb. 27: City of Ember (Graphic novel)
March 29: Explorers: The Hidden Doors
April 25: Ms. Marvel
May 17: Anya's Ghost

7 Wonders
Sept. 22: First half of Wonder
Oct. 13: Finish Wonder
Nov. 10: Last Kids on Earth
Dec. 8: A Tale Dark and Grimm
Jan. 26: Cinder
​Feb. 9: Cinder (with Ms. Green)
Feb.: 23: 11 Birthdays
​March 23: Nyxia
​April 20: Ms. Marvel
​May 11 (at Read In): Ghost by Jason Reynolds

7th Girls with Ms. Johnson
Sept. 21: Dear Martin 1
Sept. 28: Dear Martin 2
​Next book: El Deafo


Eighth Grade Book Club

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September 21: I Hunt Killers by Barry Lyga or Nyxia by Scott Reintgen
Oct. 3: Skype with author Scott Reintgen
Oct. 19: Dear Martin by Nic Stone
Nov. 16: Life as We Knew It/The Dead and the Gone
Dec. 15:  Code Name Verity or Golden Boy
​Jan. 25: Akata Witch
Feb. 2: A Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
​March 1: All the Bright Places
April 13: Scythe or A Monster Calls
​May 4: Written in the Stars

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