This year Mrs. McSweeney and I started a book club for 3rd and 4th graders. The club is called Page-Turners and it's a lot of fun! We've been reading the Maud Hart Lovelace nominees, which is Minnesota's kids' choice book award. Any student in Minnesota who reads at least 3 books in his/her grade division is able to vote for their favorite. So far the club has read Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library by Chris Grabenstein, Rump by Liesl Shurtliff, and When Life Gives you OJ by Erica Perl. At our latest meeting, students created their own "practice dogs" just like in the book When Life Gives you OJ. Parent volunteers came and helped out. The parent volunteers were vital to this activity because we needed to use hot glue on the felt. Each child got to create his/her own personalized dog with details like ears, spots, collars, leashes, and more. They turned out very cute. It's always great to have an "experience" that goes along with the book, and I'm glad I could provide this one.
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