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The Purpose of the Principal’s Book of the Month
The purpose of
The Principal’s Book of the Month is to have one book each
month that everyone in the school reads and discusses
throughout the month. The book should have a strong message,
(theme) that the principal would like for students, staff
and their families to discuss and think about. The
Principal’s Book of the Month is used to build community, a
positive school culture and character traits.
The book is used as an example of good writing
craft and should be referred to throughout the month to
teach writers workshop. The book should be revisited
multiple times throughout the month during readers workshop
to practice reading and thinking strategies. The books are
wonderful to teach interesting vocabulary, thoughtful word
choice and they are great for students to use for collecting
words!
Teachers are encouraged to carefully plan, Read
Aloud/ Think Aloud Lessons, spending time on developing
higher level questions. It is critical that teachers model
for students how to go back into the text to find or infer
the answers to the more difficult questions. Each time you
revisit the book there can be a different teaching focus.
Some books may be more complex and more
difficult for our younger students, in that case the book
may need to be read over several days taking the time to
stop and discuss frequently. The first few readings may be
picture walks and a retelling by the teacher, each time the
book is revisited the language, questions, thinking and
discussion becomes more advanced.
Each month students should respond to The
Principal’s Book of Month. The response can be a class
response written together after a culminating activity and
based on the reading standard Discussing Books: responding
to text. Several times a year students should write a formal
response based on the writing standard for Response to
Literature.
During the last week of the month student
responses should be posted on The Principal’s Book of the
Month standards based bulletin board in the classroom. Once
a year each class will be asked to display their work on The
Principal’s Book of the Month Bulletin Board in the
Administration Building.
Teachers on each grade level will be asked to
prepare and share a The Principal’s Book of the Month
Idea Sheet. Teachers and parents can use these ideas
with the monthly selection. The idea sheet is to be
submitted to the principal on the last Wednesday, two months
prior to the book selection. It will be posted on the school
website, included in the school newsletter and emailed to
parents for use throughout the month of each book selection.
The most important reason for The Principal’s
Book of the Month is to share exceptional books with
students and enjoy them. Students learn to love reading when
we love reading great books together!
Enjoy!
Ms. Sanders
Sharon Sanders, Principal
sanderss@duvalschools.org
3831 Forest Boulevard
Jacksonville, Florida 32246
904- 565- 2700, Phone
904- 565- 2702, FAX
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