Book Talks on the Horizon!

Last week I modelled a book talk for our class using a narrative that I have read, to show the class an example of what they are to do.  A book talk is an oral report about about a book that a student has read.  The learning goals are that they will demonstrate that they understand what they have read independently and they do an advertisement of sorts so that their peers may become interested in reading the book also.  They received an outline and two rubrics because they will earn a reading mark and an oral mark for their presentation.  This book talk must be done on a book that has been read completely at school (from our classroom library), and the work must be done completely at school, therefore no work on it is allowed to be done at home.  Students will have the opportunity to use the computer software "Audacity" to rehearse and revise their work at school.  The students will work on this assignment during their independent reading time, after other work is complete, and likely in a future literacy workstation.  Each student has already signed up for their presentation date on a calendar that is posted in our classroom.  One of our students has requested that I post them on our classroom calendar on our web site also, so you will find them there as well.  From time to time we may need to adjust the date due to illness, for example, so I will change them on our electronic calendar as well.  Ask your child what their date is, what book they are reading, and how their work is going.