Grade 5: Dining at the Book Café
Fifth graders in Kimm Lucas’ English class had a creative assignment related to their independent reading selections -- Book Café. This week, they transformed the classroom with tables, place settings, flowers, and plastic utensils. Decorating the room were posters they created as alternative book covers.
Fifth graders in Kimm Lucas’ English class had a creative assignment related to their independent reading selections -- Book Café. This week, they transformed the classroom with tables, place settings, flowers, and plastic utensils. Decorating the room were posters they created as alternative book covers.
The menu of the day was a variety of foods that students cooked or baked at home to represent some aspect of their books. For example, Sloane made a chocolate cake in the shape of a mountain after she read Missing on Superstition Mountain, a book by bestselling children’s author Elise Broach.
“Students are expected to maintain their own independent reading books all fall,” Kimm says. “Some read just one or two books, and others are voracious readers who have consumed more than five since August.”
The project tapped into students’ creative natures, allowed them to have fun with reading, and encouraged them to sample new food. Happy reading and bon appétit!
Graland Country Day School
Graland Country Day School is a private school in Denver, Colorado, serving students in preschool, kindergarten, elementary, and middle school. Founded in Denver in 1927, Graland incorporates a rich, experiential learning approach in a traditional classroom setting, emphasizing the development of globally and socially conscious leaders who excel academically.
