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I am really excited to start our "Writing About our Reading" book club. My goal is for us to reflect on our reading, whether it is celebrating quotes, character thinking, connection making, comments on turning points, vocabulary building, etc. By analyzing our reflections, I hope to come up with a document of explicit ways of teaching "What good readers and writers do." Maybe our students could use this document for their readers notebooks or a classroom blog. Whatever the case, my goal is that it will be something we can all use in our classrooms.

We will start the club by analyzing 3 books. The first book would be an adult book to get started and our ideas flowing. The second book will be an elementary fiction book and the third an elementary nonfiction book. My hopes is that by writing down our thoughts and ideas as readers, we can hone in on what we want our students to be able to do independently.

In order for this to be a successful collaboration of viewpoints, I would like to start an open forum for our essential agreements. Here is what I am thinking so far:

Please feel free to suggest any other essential agreements that might be necessary or that you would like on this wiki, there is a post under the discussion tab that will allow you to comment.
 * Essential Agreements**
 * Share all relevant thoughts and ideas
 * Work for the common good
 * Balanced participation
 * Active participation (every chapter you read, you blog).
 * Ask questions
 * Be respectful

Please check into our suggestion box for books, under the discussion tab. This is where we can suggest and vote on our first book!

Thank you for your interest and participation in this collaboration!

~Jacqui