Today we met in our literature circle groups and started day one activities. Overall this took us about 60 minutes. Here's exactly what we did in order:
1. Both classes received their clothespins and other supplies (packets and books).
2. Groups sat with their literature circle group and support teacher.
3. Groups read the rules (my advice to the children is to have the person whose birthday is next read the rules, see poster):
4. Then students finished the cover of the literature circle packet (name, group members, illustration of book).
5. Next students opened up their book packet and completed "Before Reading" and "Who is....Kate DiCamillo or Roald Dahl". For the author bio page, Sue and I split up the classes and I took the Kate DiCamillo groups and Sue took the Roald Dahl groups. Then we came back together after about 10 minutes.
6. Finally students read the directions for day one literature circle planning and received information on their clothespins.
What are the clothespins? Each student received a clothespin with their name on it. When students are completing reading and their literature circle jobs, the clothespin is inside the bucket (see picture), when students are done with the assigned reading and their jobs, their clothespin is on the rim of the bucket. This allows students to easily see who is done so they can work on something else until their group is ready.
All groups decided on a page number (everyone chose a few chapters to start), placed their clothespins in the bucket and then students were able to independently read for a few minutes before we ended.
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| bucket (clothespins are inside) |
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