Dive deep into books through engaging debates and unleash your critical thinking with friends!
Course Overview
Bear Book Club is the first of its kind to integrate foundational skills, reading comprehension strategies, and rich literacy experiences with explicit social skills and activities that foster students’ growth as responsible, caring, and collaborative leader.Our unique Alday-Butler curriculum and 5X reading method enhances the academic intensity of students and helps them find the joy of reading and have fun learning based on an active learning culture rather than a passive one. This course is designed to master Common Core literacy standards and their confidence in engaging with peers. Students will be focusing on enhancing debating skills with at least 3 evidences from the text or related nonfiction article. Students will be required to listen and analyze different perspectives.
Learning Goals
Independently read chapter books at the appropriate grade level
Engage in critical thinking debates with peers utilizing text sources and related non-fiction articles
Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
Analyze how visual and multimedia elements contribute to the meaning, tone, or beauty of a text.
Formulate higher-order thinking questions to ask their peers and/or teacher
Analyze multiple accounts of the same event or topic, noting important similarities and differences in the point of view they represent.
Based on California Common Core Standard 5X Reading Method
Read 1X : Read actively, not passively.
Read 2X : Discuss with peers while asking and answering questions.
Read 3X : Debate topics related to the text.
Read 4X : Summarize and Analyze the text.
Read 5X : Connect texts to real life.
Dive deep into books through engaging debates and unleash your critical thinking with friends!
Course Overview
Bear Book Club is the first of its kind to integrate foundational skills, reading comprehension strategies, and rich literacy experiences with explicit social skills and activities that foster students’ growth as responsible, caring, and collaborative leader.Our unique Alday-Butler curriculum and 5X reading method enhances the academic intensity of students and helps them find the joy of reading and have fun learning based on an active learning culture rather than a passive one. This course is designed to master Common Core literacy standards and their confidence in engaging with peers. Students will be focusing on enhancing debating skills with at least 3 evidences from the text or related nonfiction article. Students will be required to listen and analyze different perspectives.
Learning Goals
Independently read chapter books at the appropriate grade level
Engage in critical thinking debates with peers utilizing text sources and related non-fiction articles
Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
Analyze how visual and multimedia elements contribute to the meaning, tone, or beauty of a text.
Formulate higher-order thinking questions to ask their peers and/or teacher
Analyze multiple accounts of the same event or topic, noting important similarities and differences in the point of view they represent.
Based on California Common Core Standard 5X Reading Method
Read 1X : Read actively, not passively.
Read 2X : Discuss with peers while asking and answering questions.
Read 3X : Debate topics related to the text.
Read 4X : Summarize and Analyze the text.
Read 5X : Connect texts to real life.