 STUDENTS LEARN THE ART OF STORYTELLING THROUGH ORALINGUA'S READERS CLUB It's a big plus to now have our very own "Oralingua Library" and librarian. Our library has been in operation for a little over a year, so we're able to have important programs such as Oralingua's Reader's Club. The process was easy; we had the perfect environment. One or two readers from 2nd through 6th grade were selected by their teacher based on present reading skills. |
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| We had a total of ten readers. The children had monthly meetings where they chose books and discussed proper storytelling methods. Wearing a lanyard designating them as a reader in the Reader's Club, members felt special. Each student read once weekly from 12:45-1:00 p.m. It was such a success! The classroom children applauded and asked readers to please come back. Needless to say, our readers felt full of pride.This has been a very positive program for each and every child. At the end of the school year, an Award of Recognition was given to each club member. This has been a positive, uplifting experience for all involved! Look for more info to come on Oralingua's Reader's Club. Happy Reading! Alice Love Librarian Oralingua's Book Club Literacy and language development go hand in hand. Every family should make reading a priority at home. Here are a few suggestions. Suggested Reading for Children Ages 3-7 What If? by Laura Vaccaro Seeger ISBN-13:9781596433984 (en Espanol) El Gran Granero Rojo by Margaret Wise Brown ISBN-13: 9780060091071 Se Venden Gorras by Esphyr Slobodkina ISBN-13: 9780064434010 Ages 4-8 The Longest Day: Celebrating the Summer Solstice by Wendy Pfeffer ISBN-13: 9780525422372 Yucky Worms by Vivian French ISBN-13: 9780763644468 (en Espanol) What Can You Do with a Paleta/Aqua (c) Puedes Hacer Con Una Paleta? by Carmen Tafolla ISBN-13: 9781582462899 (en Espanol) Owen by Kevin Henkes ISBN-13: 9788424115197 Ages 6-9 (en Espanol) Junie B. Jones tiene un monstruo debaja de la cama by Barbara Park ISBN-13: 9780439661232 Ages 7-10 Thunder from the Sea: The Adventures of Jack Hoyton and the H.M.S. Defender by Jeff Weigel ISBN-13# 9780399250897 (en Espanol) Me llamo Maria Isabel by Alma Flor Ada ISBN-13: 9780689810992 Ages 8-12 Drizzle by Kathleen Van Cleve ISBN-13: 9780803733626 Ages 10 and up The Boneshaker by Kate Millford ISBN-13: 9780547241876 Selected Reading for Adults Perfectly Imperfect: A Life in Progress by Lee Woodruff ISBN-13: 9780812979022 Lee Woodruff was the keynote speaker at the A.G. Bell Conference this past June. The following is a write up from Publishers Weekly: Following her memoir of healing, coauthored with her husband, Bob Woodruff, an ABC journalist gravely wounded in a bomb attack in Iraq (In an Instant), Lee delivers a collection of 17 brief, plainspoken essays about being a busy mother to four kids and a loving wife, daughter and friend who doesn't always know the right answers. Navigating the adolescence of her two oldest kids, Mark and Cathryn, focuses much of her parenting effort, and where the whole clan was once comfortable with nonchalant nudity, once her son turned into Mr. Hyde and her daughter into an eye-rolling critic, the bathroom door is sealed tighter than a government nuclear testing ground in New Mexico. In the essay A Different Ability, Woodruff writes movingly of first learning about her younger daughter's deafness (Nora and her twin sister were born by surrogate) and how a personal tragedy has been transformed in time to a testament to the resilience of the human spirit. Similarly, Lee writes of the sustaining friendship with Melanie, whose own journalist husband died in Iraq, through the initial hours of grief when she learned of Bob's injuries. Lee moves fluently from deep to lighter subjects, such as worrying about her sagging knees or bemoaning her otherwise ideal husband's woeful gift-selecting ability. Self-deprecating and modest, Woodruff is certainly likable, and this collection will broaden her appeal. (Apr.) 
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