Elementary book clubs meet monthly and for 3 consecutive months, we focus on the same series. Each meeting follows the same format: discussion, small activity, big activity. For our first meeting, we talked about the George, Harold and how they created Captain Underpants.This led into a discussion on imagination. If you haven't read Scholastic's Classroom Guide for this book series, it

 When you get new books at the library, what better way to get them checked out than to build an interactive table around them?For this table, free-handed a race track on poster board.Racecars were printed off and instructions were very simple: color a car, cut it out and then glue it to the track.The poster board is actually

 This year I made 2 poster boards to set out for the month of February. The individuals they focused on were Alice Ball and Charles Henry Turner. I flipped through Vashti Harrison's Little Legends series for inspiration. Alice Ball is most known for creating a treatment for leprosy before antibiotics were invented. This treatment became known as the "Ball Method". It

 BOOKSA Seed Grows by Anotoinette Portis is beautifully done. Sparse words accompany bold, clean sponge painted illustrations. This book is about the life cycle of a seed from birth to regrowth.We Are The Gardeners by Joanna Gaines is also gorgeous and includes several good teachable moments.SONGSOh Mr. Sun Oh, Mr. Sun, SunMr. Golden SunPlease shine down on meOh,