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=FOURTH GRADE BOOK CLUB= =All fourth grade students participate in this club each week that is led by our specialist teachers. The club begins as all students read their self-selected reading for 10 minutes. Each specialist teacher then reads a character - themed book aloud to the entire class. At the end of the book the students are lead in a discussion around the theme of the 6 pillars of character.= =CHARACTER PILLARS AND SELECTED BOOK TITLES AND AUTHORS=


 * RESPECT - Mr. Michaels**
 * week # 1 - Lendler, Ian. //An Undone Fairy Tale//. NY: Simon & Schuster, 2005.
 * week # 2 - Reiss, Mike. //The Boy Who Looked Like Lincoln.// NY: Price Stern Sloan, 2003.-
 * week # 3 - English, Karen. //Nadia’s Hands.// Honesdale, PA: Boyds Mills, 1999.
 * week # 4 - Recorvits, Helen. //My Name is Yoon//. NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2003.
 * week # 5 - Graves, Keith. //Pet Boy//. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2001. -

__Discussion Questions:__ 1. What did you hear today about respect? Be specific. 2. Did you hear anything today that was //not// respectful? Why? 3. Would you do something differently?

__Discussion Questions:__ 1. What did you hear today that was fair? Be specific. 2. What did you hear today that you thought was //not// fair? Why? 3. Would you do something differently? Explain your answer.
 * FAIRNESS - Mr Chichilitti**
 * week # 1 - Sports Illustrated for Kids, September 2012. Title 9 article.
 * week # 2 - Uhlbert, Myron. //Dad, Jackie, and Me.// Atlanta, GA: Peachtree, 2005.
 * week # 3 - Associated Press article: []. April 30, 2008.
 * week # 4
 * week # 5


 * RESPONSIBILITY - Mrs. Rubinstein**
 * week # 1 - Brown, Marc. //Arthur’s Computer Disaster//. Boston: Little, Brown, 1997.-
 * week # 2 - Carlson, Nancy. //It’s Not My Fault!// Minneapolis: Carolrhoda Books, 2003.
 * week # 3 - Klise, Kate. //Little Rabbit and the Meanest Mother on Earth//. Boston: Harcourt Children’s, 2010.-
 * week # 4 - Keller, Holly. //Help! : a story of friendship.// NY: Greenwillow Books, 2007.
 * week # 5 - Durant, Alan. //Burger Boy//. NY: Andersen Press, 2006.

__Discussion Questions:__ 1.What did you hear today that was about responsibility? Be specific. 2.What did you hear today that you thought was //not// responsible? Why? 3. Would you do something differently?


 * CITIZENSHIP - Mrs. Casieri**
 * week # 1 - Gaeddert, Lou Ann. //Noisy Nancy Norris.// NY: Doubleday, 1965.
 * week # 2 - Stead, Philip Christian. //A Sick Day for Amos McGee//. NY: Roaring Brook, 2010.
 * week # 3 - Kerby, Johann. //Little Pink Pup.// NY: Penguin, 2010.
 * week # 4 - Underwood, Deborah. //A Balloon for Isabel//. NY: HarperCollins, 2010.
 * week # 5 - Seuss, Dr."What Was I Scared Of?" //The Sneetches and Other Stories.// NY: Random House, 1961.

__Discussion Questions__ 1. What did you hear today about good citizenship? Be specific. 2. What did you hear today that you thought was //not// good citizenship? Why? 3. What would you do differently? Explain your answer.


 * TRUSTWORTHINESS**
 * week # 1 - Scieszka, Jon. //The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs.// NY: Scholastic, 1989.
 * week # 2 - Hartman, Bob. //The Wolf Who Cried Boy//. NY: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 2002.
 * week # 3 - DiTerlizzi, Tony. //The Spider and the Fly//. NY: Simon & Schuster, 2002.
 * week # 4 - Singer, Marilyn. //Mirror, Mirror.// NY: Dutton Children’s, 2010.
 * week # 5 - Palatini, Margie. //Piggie Pie!// NY: Clarion, 1995.

__Discussion Questions__ 1.What did you hear today about being trustworthy? Be specific. 2.What did you hear today that you thought was //not// trustworthy? Why? 3.Would you do something differently? Explain your answer.

__Discussion Questions__ 1. What did you hear today that was about caring? Be specific. 2. What did you hear today that you thought was //not// caring? Why? 3. Would you do something differently?
 * CARING - Ms. Rivera**
 * week # 1 - Steptoe, John. //Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale//. NY : Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books, 1987.
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