We are in the second week of the new book club at
SMUM Studio 17 (Santa Maria Urban Ministry). Each of the older children
in the after school homework program has the opportunity to check out a book
from Studio 17’s book shelf, read it, then give me an oral report. Prizes are
offered! Credit will be given for each book read before Thanksgiving.
(Studio 17 does not meet between Thanksgiving and Christmas.)
Prizes to be paid in a Target gift card.
We did well in week one. Most of the books were started, some were finished.
Several of the kids decided to trade books. Each child gave me a brief
report on the book before passing it on. Here is where we are:
- James Howe The Bunnicula Collection (3 books in 1 volume)
1st reader: Abigail – started 6 Nov (read most of book 1, passed it on)
2nd reader: Jose – started 13 Nov - Madeleine L’Engle A Wrinkle in Time
reader: Stephanie – started 6 Nov (extended for a 2nd week) - C.S. Lewis The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
1st reader: Jose – started 6 Nov (read half, passed it on)
2nd reader: Abigail – started 13 Nov - Christopher Paolini Eragon
1st reader: Robert – started 6 Nov (read half, passed it on)
2nd reader: Carlos – started 13 Nov - Tamora Pierce Alanna
reader: Leslie – started 6 Nov (extended for a 2nd week) - Tamora Pierce First Test
reader: Jocelyn – started 6 Nov (extended for a 2nd week) - Louis Sachar Holes
1st reader: Carlos – started 6 Nov (read it, passed it on)
2nd reader: Robert – started 13 Nov
Several more kids were begging to join the club this afternoon but I had no
more books. Tonight, I went to the Recycle Book Store (1066 The Alameda,
San Jose, CA) and picked up four more:
- Roald Dahl The BFG
- Jack London Call of the Wild
- J.K. Rowling Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
- E.B. White Charlotte’s Web
The Studio 17 kids liked the three pictures I posted on
6 November
from the
Make Your Own Kaleidoscope software toy. (I gave the three girls
color printouts of their pictures to take home.) More kids requested that I
take their photos today so that they can play with their own images next
week. Here are some of the Kaleidoscopes from today:
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