Project Outline

Objective

The students in the 4th and 5th grade Book Club will read Front Desk by Kelly Yang. This novel has been selected as a contender for the Global Read Aloud for 2019. The students will participate in a Q & A where each student will post a question on Padlet for the other class to answer. Each student will respond to one question from the other class on Padlet. To promote global collaboration, the teacher will link the Padlet to the Global Read Aloud Facebook page for other students also reading Front Desk to respond to.

Timeline of Project

The schedule for reading the book has been broken down by the creators of the Global Read Aloud to have students in this age bracket keep the same pace as their global partners. (Each week will mirror the week before, but detailed notes have been left in case there is a sub needing to run Book Club)

Click for the Question and Answer Padlet

Click for the Google Doc

Click for the Final Assignment Padlet

Week 1: Chapters 1 – 9

For the Book Club meeting this week, the teachers will review the skills needed to create and respond via Padlet and Google Doc. (The students have learned about Padlet and Google Doc during their specials Media rotation)

The students will read the given chapters for each week and create a question per chapter independently. When the students meet for their weekly Book Club meeting, all the questions will be posted to the Google Doc. After the questions have been shared, the students will collaborate with their peers and select one question per chapter. After the final questions are selected, the students will post them to Padlet for Week 1, then they will be responsible for choosing at least one question and answering it. (The Padlet is posted to the Global Read Aloud forum where other students participating in reading Front Desk will also post and answer questions.)

Week 2: Chapters 10 – 21

The students will read the given chapters for each week and create a question per chapter independently. When the students meet for their weekly Book Club meeting, all the questions will be posted to the Google Doc. After the questions have been shared, the students will collaborate with their peers and select one question per chapter. After the final questions are selected, the students will post them to Padlet for Week 2, then they will be responsible for choosing at least one question and answering it. (The Padlet is posted to the Global Read Aloud forum where other students participating in reading Front Desk will also post and answer questions.)

Week 3: Chapters 22 – 35

The students will read the given chapters for each week and create a question per chapter independently. When the students meet for their weekly Book Club meeting, all the questions will be posted to the Google Doc. After the questions have been shared, the students will collaborate with their peers and select one question per chapter. After the final questions are selected, the students will post them to Padlet for Week 3, then they will be responsible for choosing at least one question and answering it. (The Padlet is posted to the Global Read Aloud forum where other students participating in reading Front Desk will also post and answer questions.)

Week 4: Chapters 36 – 48

The students will read the given chapters for each week and create a question per chapter independently. When the students meet for their weekly Book Club meeting, all the questions will be posted to the Google Doc. After the questions have been shared, the students will collaborate with their peers and select one question per chapter. After the final questions are selected, the students will post them to Padlet for Week 4, then they will be responsible for choosing at least one question and answering it. (The Padlet is posted to the Global Read Aloud forum where other students participating in reading Front Desk will also post and answer questions.)

Week 5: Chapters 49 – End

The students will read the given chapters for each week and create a question per chapter independently. When the students meet for their weekly Book Club meeting, all the questions will be posted to the Google Doc. After the questions have been shared, the students will collaborate with their peers and select one question per chapter. After the final questions are selected, the students will post them to Padlet for Week 5, then they will be responsible for choosing at least one question and answering it. (The Padlet is posted to the Global Read Aloud forum where other students participating in reading Front Desk will also post and answer questions.)

Week 6: Final Assignment – Response to Literature/Book Recommendation

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Each student will create a final Padlet post where they will embed a video of their thoughts about the book’s main idea using appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details to support main ideas or themes; speak clearly at an understandable pace.

Students will be graded using the given rubric which includes their participation in Book Club over the 6 week period.