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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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