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<a href="http://kidslibraryprogrammojo.blogspot.com/">Kids Library Program Mojo blog</a> and thought many of you may be interested in the book club idea below.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">This is a great example of a fun program in which you can engage kids in conversations about different interpretations of what they are reading (especially
great for mysteries in which kids might have different ideas about who done it and why, or who the mole is during week 5 in the example below) and asking questions that help them develop comprehension skills. Learn more about why this is important by reading
my post from yesterday (<a href="http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/pipermail/kids-lib/2014-May/001580.html">http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/pipermail/kids-lib/2014-May/001580.html</a>).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Katie Anderson, Library Development Services<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">* Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator *<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="mailto:katie.anderson@state.or.us">katie.anderson@state.or.us</a>, 503-378-2528<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><img border="0" width="110" height="86" id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image002.jpg@01CF6ABF.B03DC650" alt="Fizz Boom Read"><img border="0" width="69" height="90" id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image004.jpg@01CF6ABF.B03DC650" alt="Girlandcloud"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Summer Reading 2014 at</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><a href="http://libdir.osl.state.or.us/">Oregon libraries</a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Find a</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><a href="http://www.summerfoodoregon.org/">summer food site</a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h1 style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><a href="http://kidslibraryprogrammojo.blogspot.com/" title="(http://kidslibraryprogrammojo.blogspot.com/)"><span style="font-size:16.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#888888;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none">Kids
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<a name="1"></a><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/KidsLibraryProgramMojo/~3/PZAs9nXQFSs/secret-agent-book-club.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#000099;text-decoration:none">Secret
Agent Book Club</span></b></a> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#555555">Posted: 08 May 2014 05:22 AM PDT<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:140%"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Librarian-students all had a chance to create/report out a program they developed as a final project. Each considered
the goals of the program, format (active, passive), how much time/money it might take and described how it was or would be done. Jennifer from NE shared this idea.</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:140%"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">Type:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black"> Active book
club program<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:140%"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">Location:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black"> On-site
at the Main Library in the programming room<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:140%"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">Age range:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black"> Grades
4-5<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:140%"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">Length and scheduling strategy</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">:
Every Monday at 5-5:45 and Thursday at 3:30-4:15 (This scheduling works for us because the Main Library is across the street from one of the elementary schools. Most kids from that school attend the Thursday session because they can simply run across the street
after school. Most kids from the other schools attend the Monday session, which is hopefully late enough for parents to get home and be able to bring their child.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:140%"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">Presentation time and budget:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">
Presentation time totals about 2 hours per week for both sessions. This includes overflow time and commuting to and from the Main Library. In total, book club cost about $8-$10. The only materials we needed to purchase were baking soda, lemon juice, and
Q-tips. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:140%"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">Collection connection:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">
Secret Agent Book Club includes discussing read-alikes and nonfiction books in our collection.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:140%"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">Preparation time:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">
This program took a few hours to plan, including picking out a book and finding questions and activities. This does not include the time needed to
<i>read</i> the book, although who really counts that as work, anyway? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:140%"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">Program description:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">
Secret Agent Book Club is a program we offered this semester and I felt the kids really enjoyed. The description here is both a summary of what we did do and an improved I-should-have-done-this version. The kids registered for this program ahead of time without
knowing what the book was. We read <i>Spy School </i>by Stuart Gibbs. I wrapped the books in brown paper and twine so they got to open them together. The sessions went like this:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">Introductions, including what books the kids like to read, where they go to school, etc. (If needed. I was new so all of
these kids were new to me.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">Talk about what will happen each week in book club (They’ll be given a certain number of pages to read, we have to be respectful
to everyone, etc.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">Open the book and talk about the cover. Read the summary on the back. Ask questions like “What do you think it’ll be about?
Do you think it’ll be funny, serious, fantasy, real-life, etc?”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">Read the beginning letter out loud and then let them start reading silently (They were chomping at the bit at this point.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">Stop them at the finish time and remind them of what they need to read to and hand-out homemade bookmarks with their assignment.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:140%"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">Weeks 2-6</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black"> (Most sessions
were similar in structure)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">Let them talk about any parts of the books they’re bursting to talk about.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">Ask questions thought of beforehand.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">Segue to the activity<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:140%"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">Week 2 (Kids have read chapters 1-6): Yarn Obstacle Course</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">Use red (or whatever color) yarn and packaging tape to create a “laser” course between Book Sale bookcases in the programming
room. Start the course before the kids arrive. Challenge the kids to make it through without touching the tape. Count infractions. Then challenge them to continue the course farther along the bookcases.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:140%"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">Week 3 (Kids have read chapters 7-11): Invisible Ink</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">Use lemon juice, Q-tips, paper, and a hair dryer. Let them write messages to each other or as the characters with the lemon
juice and Q-tips. Show them how to reveal the messages using a hair dryer.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:140%"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">Week 4 (Kids have read chapters 12-16): Fingerprinting</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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library to see what kind they are and any other interesting facts. If there’s time, use one of Ed Emberley’s fingerprint drawing books to make pictures with fingerprints.
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who they think is the mole. Talk with them about why they think it’s that person.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">Use a tablespoon-ish of baking soda wrapped up in a paper towel and a baggie of vinegar to make a baking soda bomb. Once
they’ve done it once, challenge them to brainstorm ways to make the bomb better and try them out.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">There are a couple ways in which this program engaged the older school-age children. They love the spy theme and the silliness of the book. They loved the
activities and being able to experiment with the projects. The independent aspects of the sessions are important because the older kids like being able to make their own decisions and it’s a safe place to let them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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