This year at Carter Elementary the library will engage students in a book club for 5th graders. This book club will be by choice. Each book club will last about 4 weeks. Our book club meeting will take place each Monday during the students’ recess time. Your student will be asked to read a certain number of pages of the book. Then we will meet to discuss the book and do fun activities to go along with the book.
The books are chosen to represent cultural diversity which can improve how students view and accept themselves and others. Here is the first book that we will cover:
The riveting story of a heroic girl who fights for her belief that water should be for everyone.
Minni lives in the poorest part of Mumbai, where access to water is limited to a few hours a day and the communal taps have long lines. Lately, though, even that access is threatened by severe water shortages and thieves who are stealing this precious commodity—an act that Minni accidentally witnesses one night. Meanwhile, in the high-rise building where she just started to work, she discovers that water streams out of every faucet and there’s even a rooftop swimming pool. What Minni also discovers is one of the water mafia bosses. Now she must decide whether to expose him and risk her job and maybe her life. How did something as simple as access to water get so complicated?
Brief Outline
Sept. 11th- Introduce Book geography, characters- Read Chapters 1-13
Sept 18th- Book Discussion, Read Chapters 14-26
Oct. 2nd- Book Discussion, Read Chapters 27-39
Oct. 9th- Learn about the importance of clean drinking water
Community Project- We will have a bottled water donation drive. All proceeds will go to Lunches of Love to help the students in Lamar CISD.
https://lunchesoflove.net/
The Carter library has six copies of the book to be reserved by students. The public library has several copies as well. Or the book can be bought off Amazon.
For questions email at [email protected] or 832-223-5507
Your Librarian,
Mrs. Garrette