![]() I heard great discussions about character, setting, theme and author’s craft. ![]() ![]() We found ways for students to sit six feet apart in the hallway on the blue squares, so face to face discussions about great literature would not change.Īfter six 6 months of not having in-person book clubs, I finally heard children’s voices again.We had book clubs share their digital notebooks, have google meets, and create jam boards and padlets, so their “book talk” would not change.We created digital notebooks for our students, so that stopping and jotting would not change.Reading great books and discussing them with my students was something that could not change, so we figured it out. When life takes unexpected turns, it helps to focus on the things that will not change. ![]() Then I read The List of Things That Will Not Change by Rebecca Stead.Įven though the book has nothing to do with living and teaching through a pandemic, its message inspired me. Paper was discouraged, we couldn’t read notebooks unless they were “isolated” for 3 days, students were sitting six feet apart, in rows, with masks, facing front…Everything felt different. When the school year started, I struggled with how to continue book clubs in our new, hybrid model of teaching. ![]()
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