tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80860792874745808672024-03-05T13:13:32.235-08:00Girls With Opinions Book ClubBethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17898378794706476846noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8086079287474580867.post-70368097111339184492016-03-08T09:49:00.000-08:002016-03-08T09:49:25.879-08:00Kizzy Ann Stamps- Meeting #21Our sixth meeting of the 2015-16 school year was on <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Kizzy-Ann-Stamps-Jeri-Watts/dp/0763669768/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1457457264&sr=8-1&keywords=kizzy+ann+stamps">Kizzy Ann Stamps</a> by Jeri Watts. This book was an excellent choice to celebrate Black History month. The story has all the things the girls love like a girl hero and her dog, and really helped them think about what it must have been like for the first African American kids who attended schools with white children after segregation. Kizzy Ann has a very different experience than her older brother, because she has a teacher who is progressive and embracing of all her students. Kizzy's brother becomes increasingly more distraught and angry as his teacher protests by refusing to acknowledge black students in her classroom. Kizzy also has a disfiguring facial scar which brought up themes of beauty standards and stigma, and the girls had an excellent discussion regarding the lack of fairness and how hard it was to overcome the obstacles Kizzy faced.<br />
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We used our <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5MxzsaZlLDWbEZmSmVxVFlaM3c/edit?usp=sharing">general discussion questions</a> to help guide the discussion, but these discussion questions specific to the book really helped get deep into the book.<br />
<a href="http://tarawarmerdam.com/2015/12/01/kizzy-ann-stamps-by-jeri-watts/">Questions and extension ideas for Kizzy Ann Stamps</a><br />
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The host mama served a good southern meal in honor of the types of food Kizzy would like. They had fried chicken, black eyed peas, biscuits, and okra.<br />
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We looked at pictures of a school exterior and auditorium from a black school and a white school during segregation and quickly determined that they were not "separate but equal." <br />
<a href="http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/davis-case/#documents">Teaching with Documents- Brown Vs. Board of Education</a><br />
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We then watched <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTGHLdr-iak">a short film about Brown Vs. Board of Education</a>.<br />
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They also watched a Scotland sheepdog trial so they could get a sense of what Kizzy was doing with Shag in the competition. Everyone got a kick out of the sneaky sheep in this <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LouXIuYqwYI">video</a>.<br />
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The girls then made homemade ice cream using plastic bags, heavy cream, sugar, and rock salt. <br />
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Then shook those bags until they got the delicious finished product.<br />
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And a few sweet faces and moments captured along the way:<br />
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Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17898378794706476846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8086079287474580867.post-5673530828871081382016-03-08T09:13:00.003-08:002016-03-08T09:13:36.585-08:00When You Reach Me- Meeting #20Our fifth meeting of the 2015-16 school year was on <a href="http://www.amazon.com/When-You-Reach-Yearling-Newbery/dp/0375850864/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1457456302&sr=1-1&keywords=when+you+reach+me">When You Reach Me</a> by Rebecca Stead. This book was a huge hit with the girls. Without giving away the plot (which is full of mystery and intrigue), the girls were on the edge of their seats wanting to figure out who was writing Miranda the letters. This book tackles issues of class and race, changing friendship dynamics, and time travel. Its fantastic. <br />
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We used our <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5MxzsaZlLDWbEZmSmVxVFlaM3c/edit?usp=sharing">general discussion questions</a> to help guide the discussion, but these discussion questions specific to the book really helped get deep into the book. <br />
<a href="http://www.litlovers.com/reading-guides/15-young-adult-fiction/1136-when-you-reach-me-stead?start=3">Lit Lovers Discussion Questions for When You Reach Me</a><br />
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Then the girls watched a short video of the author, Rebecca Stead, explaining a bit about her writing process, the idea of the book, and how it was influenced by A Wrinkle in Time.<br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZTzzR4SToc">An Interview with Rebecca Stead</a><br />
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Because so much of the story involves Miranda's mother and the $20,000 Pyramid, we played CATCHPHRASE together. First moms and daughters played together.<br />
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<span style="background-color: #fff9ee; text-align: center;">We love our book club and these wonderful friends the girls are cultivating. </span><span style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px; text-align: center;">Next month for Black History month, we are reading Kizzy Ann Stamps by Jeri Watts.</span></div>
Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17898378794706476846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8086079287474580867.post-13803160058637963982016-01-12T19:47:00.002-08:002016-01-12T19:47:40.360-08:00Lily's Crossing- Meeting #19Our fourth meeting of the 2015-16 school year was on <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Lilys-Crossing-Patricia-Reilly-Giff/dp/0440414539/">Lily's Crossing</a> by Patricia Reilly Giff. After looking extensively for a Christmas themed book, I gave up and went away from a theme for December. <br />
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The host mama put out a delicious spread that the girls munched on while we had our discussion.<br />
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Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17898378794706476846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8086079287474580867.post-75878778663135505562016-01-12T19:21:00.001-08:002016-01-12T19:23:44.204-08:00Drita, My Homegirl- Meeting #18Our third meeting of the 2015-16 school year was on <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Drita-My-Homegirl-Jenny-Lombard/dp/0142409057">Drita, My Homegirl</a> by Jenny Lombard. This book was a story of two worlds colliding as Drita, a refugee from Kosovo ends up in NYC. She doesn't speak English and a girl in her class befriends her and they both learn about the other's culture. The girls learned a lot about Kosovo, imagined what it must be like to go somewhere new, and not speak the language, and thought how difficult it was for the girls to connect. In the end, they have more in common than they realize.<br />
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For the activity, the girls colored black and white filigree coloring pages. Filigree is a time honored tradition of metal smithing in Kosovo. This <a href="http://craftcouncil.org/post/making-filigree-jewelry-kosovo">website </a>explains a little about filigree in Kosovo. A google image search for "filigree coloring page" will yield a lot of options to choose from. I picked two and printed copies for the girls to color.<br />
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The host mama had a fire pit going for the wonderful October weather, and the girls roasted hot dogs for dinner. They had lots of Halloween bling to wear and vampire teeth which made the discussion of the book interesting to listen to through the teeth :)<br />
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They roasted hot dogs while we discussed the book. Its a pretty light book with nothing major in terms of themes. Just a fun read they enjoyed. <br />
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Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17898378794706476846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8086079287474580867.post-25140337538792804692015-10-06T10:27:00.001-07:002015-10-06T10:27:16.025-07:00Flora and Ulysess: The Illuminated Adventures- meeting #16Our first meeting of the 2015-16 school year was on <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Flora-Ulysses-Illuminated-Kate-DiCamillo/dp/0763676713/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1444150836&sr=8-1&keywords=flora+and+ulysses">Flora and Ulysess: The Illuminated Adventures</a> by Kate di Camillo. This book was read by the girls over the summer and was a big hit. All thumbs up which might be a first for the Girls With Opinions.<br />
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The girls ate chicken nuggets, fries, and veggies while we discussed the book. We used our <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5MxzsaZlLDWbEZmSmVxVFlaM3c/edit?usp=sharing">general discussion questions</a> to help guide the discussion. We also used some comprehension questions that were found on <a href="http://www.floraandulysses.com/media/fu_discussionguide.pdf">this discussion guide</a> from the publisher. The girls always amaze us at the subtleties they pick up from the books we read. The part where William Spiver removes his dark glasses and can finally see again was also the time when he confessed some things to Agnes. One astute girl with opinions suggested that this was symbolic as he was finally opening up and trusting Agnes and coming to terms with what happened to him in his past. We also had donuts and nutter butter cookies to go with the theme since Ulysess the Squirrel loves food, donuts in particular.<br />
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For the activity, we got ambitious and attempted to make tiny cute kawaii squirrels holding a macaron made out of FIMO clay using this <a href="http://mijbilcreatures.blogspot.se/2013/10/tiny-squirrel-tutorial-mini-giveaway.html">tiny squirrel tutorial</a>.<br />
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We gave the girls a piece of foil as a work space and a choice to make a blue or pink macaron and then gave them each small portions of the colors of clay. We had the instructions on an ipad for them to consult as they made their creations. They occasionally asked for help, but in general did the project independently. <br />
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<br />We decided to bake them at the meeting but I will paint on the eyes for the girls after they cool and give them back at the next meeting. They came out very cute.<br />
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Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17898378794706476846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8086079287474580867.post-2470100029228640552015-08-13T11:29:00.002-07:002015-08-13T11:31:09.759-07:00Book list for 2015-16 school year<div style="background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Rebel-McKenzie-Candice-Ransom/dp/1423163885/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1439490552&sr=1-1&keywords=rebel+mckenzie">REBEL MCKENZIE- Candice F. Ransom </a></span></div>
Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17898378794706476846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8086079287474580867.post-65495691723709453222015-07-07T10:30:00.000-07:002015-07-13T16:49:46.435-07:00Fundraiser for the Wildlife Center of TexasSo, a few of our members (okay, just kidding ALL of our members) are animal nuts. A few of our girls are desperate to volunteer at the <a href="http://www.wildlifecenteroftexas.org/">Wildlife Center of Texas</a>. For those readers who are non-local or not in the know, the Wildlife Center of Texas is a non-profit wildlife rescue located in Houston that rehabilitates wildlife and returns them to the wild. We have brought injured doves there more than once. If you find an injured animal, you place in in a box, do NOT attempt to feed it, and then bring it to them. They do not charge a fee but do accept donations. It is a wonderful place to visit as they have a lot of educational displays/materials as well as 3 teaching animals on site. There are two owls (one screech and one great Northern) and usually some type of hawk or falcon in the center (it rotates. when we were there last it was a Cara Cara). You have to be 16 to volunteer at the Wildlife Center of Texas. My 9 year old daughter feels this is desperately unfair and had been writing poetry for weeks about the injustice ;) Three of the Girls With Opinions are on a swim team together, and they have sold homemade jewelry at some swim meets to raise money for the team. Since they are not old enough to volunteer, they could do that same for the Wildlife Center! <br />
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This was not actually an official Girls With Opinions project,but we realized later that all the friends included were also members of the book club. So why not share this project with our readers? ;) <br />
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The girls got together a few times to make shrinky dink charms for the jewelry. They decided to make bracelets, necklaces, keychains, and wine charms. Shrinky dink paper can be purchased at Texas Art Supply in large packs of blank sheets or on Amazon. The brand we like is Grafix and we use the Matte style. The sheets are transparent enough to trace images, but when they shrink, the shrinky dink appears more white on the background. On Amazon, they can be found <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Grafix-Shrink-Film-Matte-Sheets/dp/B002J8VN0W/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1436284230&sr=8-4&keywords=grafix+shrink">here</a>.<br />
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The girls printed images of wildlife animals from Google Image search. My daughter's trick is to search everything with the word "Chibi" after (which gives you pictures of cute animals). We copy the images to a word document and resize them. The images should be 3 times the size of the desired final image.<br />
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They worked on making a zillion charms over a few afternoons. Based on the size and shape, they were grouped into necklaces, bracelets, keychains, and sets of 4 for wine charms. The necklaces and braces were made with rainbow loom. The keychains were bought at Michael's and fastened with jump rings. The wine charms are hoop earrings with beads added and bent up at the end with pliers.<br />
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Two of the Girls with Opinions got inspired and made signs to go up around the neighborhood. We went around to 10 local businesses to hang up the signs. Everyone was super friendly and allowed us to hang them up. Here are two examples of the adorable hand drawn signs:</div>
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In front of the ever awesome <a href="http://mytiburger1967.com/phone/index.html">MytiBurger</a>, a local burger place run by a guy who always supports the community. His staff went above and beyond and allowed the girls to tape it in the front window and they were so happy. <br />
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One of the dads, Glenn Ferrell of <a href="https://www.facebook.com/JFFerrell">JF Ferrell Inc</a> built the girls an awesome stand for the fundraiser. They live on the corner of a busy intersection in the neighborhood, so it was the perfect place to set up the shop. Glenn also set up some lemonade for the girls to offer visitors for free. This is a great addition, as we sold out of jewelry in a very short time but were able to still give visitors lemonade and information. </div>
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The girls raised $603.55! Amazing! SO many wonderful people came to support the girls' project and made generous donations. <br />
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It was an awesome experience and we hope to do it again soon. Thank you to all who helped!Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17898378794706476846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8086079287474580867.post-46124844338206153382015-07-03T19:09:00.002-07:002015-07-03T19:09:18.139-07:00Anastasia Krupnik- meeting #15Our ninth meeting of the 2014-15 school year was on <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Anastasia-Krupnik-Lois-Lowry/dp/0440408520/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1435973804&sr=8-1&keywords=anastasia+krupnik">Anastasia Krupnik</a> by Lois Lowry. This book was my absolute favorite selection of this school year. Written in the 70s, it was cool for the girls read a book written in a different time. Anastasia is an only child of a writer and an artist. She writes a list of likes and dislikes which change a lot throughout the book.<br />
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The host mama served the girls delicious Papa Murphy's pizza while we discussed the book. We used our <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5MxzsaZlLDWbEZmSmVxVFlaM3c/edit?usp=sharing">general discussion questions</a> to help guide the discussion. The girls all read the book and we had varying votes of thumbs up, thumbs down and side. The discussion for this book was lively. There is a death in this book, as well as a birth of a baby brother. Anastasia's feelings change a lot and thinks move from the LIKE column to the DISLIKE column and vice versa. The girls talked about how their feelings can change and they all felt the book was very realistic. <br />
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We went outside to take pictures of the girls at our last official meeting before summer. We have a summer reading selection, but will not meet again until the Fall. <br />
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We didn't plan a formal activity, so the girls found their own fun doing makeovers. Example below :)<br />
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The summer selection book they are reading is Flora and Ulysess: The Illuminated Adventures by Kate di Camillo. We will discuss it at our first meeting in September. Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17898378794706476846noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8086079287474580867.post-49697019510765043572015-07-03T17:14:00.001-07:002015-07-03T18:35:10.885-07:00Pictures of Hollis Woods- meeting #14Our eighth meeting of the 2014-15 school year was on <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Pictures-Hollis-Woods-Patricia-Reilly/dp/0440415780">Pictures of Hollis Woods</a> by Patricia Reilly Giff. This book received a Newbery award in 2003 and was adapted for TV in 2007. It is a touching story about a 12 year old girl who escapes from countless foster families before ending up with a retired art teacher that she really connects with. She wants to stay with Josie, but a series of events leads to an adventure. Her story unfolds from the pictures she draws and its a great book examining the meaning of family, self expression, and relationships. <br />
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The host girls with opinions made a cute sign for the RULES of book club tonight. <br />
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The girls were mainly not happy with the bully in the book who is mean to David. They liked that Catherine did the right thing in the end. They were also curious to learn more about autism and communication disorders.<br />
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All the girls were asked ahead of time to send a list of their 20 most important words for a communication board prior to the meeting. I used my Boardmaker software to create the boards for them. Their boards were so cute. It was interesting to see what words they chose. The words were color coded by type (adjectives, nouns, etc). Some chose mostly nouns, others adjectives, etc. Their boards are pictured below.<br />
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NOTE: For those of y'all wanting to do this activity who do not have BOARDMAKER, this could be accomplished using clip art and Google image search. Also, there is a website with may premade boards that could be explored to learn more about augmentative communication. They are all free to download as both a Boardmaker file and a PDF. A great resource: <a href="https://w3.setbc.org/students/Pages/PictureSET.aspx">Setbc.org PictureSet</a><br />
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At the end of the activity, I gave the girls a sample of a "core vocabulary" communication board that I actually use with some of my students. They could see how these vocabulary words might be more useful across contexts. However, I think they did a great job choosing their words! <br />
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We all had a great time! Next month, we are reading Pictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Reilly Giff.</div>
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The host mama had an adorable dog themed spread with corndogs, snacks, and cute doggie statues to make the table festive. <br />
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Our book club meets the second Tuesday of every month, and it happened to fall on the birthday of one of the Girls With Opinions. She wanted to come to book club anyhow because WE LOVE BOOK CLUB! :) We were happy she wanted to spend her real actual birthday with book club :) So of course, we had some special stuff to celebrate.<br />
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The girls love any book about dogs so their favorite character was unanimously Willie the dog. In the story, Georgina is dealing with extraordinarily difficult circumstances. Her dad has left, they were evicted from their apartment, and she is living in a car with her mother and brother. She is desperate for them to have enough money for a real home. Her mother makes a lot of promises and is clearly stressed and working hard, but they appear to be in a hopeless situation. Georgina sees a reward sign for a dog, and figures if they steal the right dog and return it for reward money, their problem will be solved. The girls felt the characters were very realistic. And that people who do bad things sometimes do so out of desperation or because they are in a very difficult position. One girl said she felt frustrated that Georgina wasn't more patient with her mother who was trying very hard. They also weren't happy with the way Georgina lied to her teachers. <br />
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Our recipe came from the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Three-Dog-Bakery-Cookbook-All-Natural/dp/0836269195/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1424212176&sr=8-1&keywords=three+dog+bakery+cookbook">Three Dog Bakery Cookbook</a>.<br />
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One of our members brought this cute picture to book club to share. We have lots of Book Club pride!....and we all love Pokemon. Or at least most of us :) It is awesome that they are so into our little club. <br />
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We all had a great time! Next month, we are reading Rules by Cynthia Lord.</div>
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Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17898378794706476846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8086079287474580867.post-5322573194243830322015-02-06T09:42:00.003-08:002015-02-06T09:42:30.254-08:00Piper Reed, Clubhouse Queen- Meeting #11Our fifth meeting of the 2014-15 school year was on <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Piper-Reed-Clubhouse-Queen-Quality/dp/0312616767">Piper Reed, Clubhouse Queen</a> by Kimberly Willis Holt. This was a fun light read for the girls. No heavy topics or too much drama.<br />
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The host mama made a delicious dinner. We could smell the burgers on the grill as we came inside! The girls ate "Neptune Burgers" (hamburgers), "Pluto Potatoes" (fries), tator tots, and veggies while we had our discussion. We used our <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5MxzsaZlLDWbEZmSmVxVFlaM3c/edit?usp=sharing">general discussion questions</a> to help guide the discussion. No thumbs down on this book, but a few to the side. <br />
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The girls love any books with pets, especially dogs. So the pet show at the end was a hit. Another favorite part was when Peaches the fish died and was replaced by Peaches the second. Someone asked what a "milky eyeball" meant in regards to the dead fish. EUW. Not our favorite conversation over dinner. <br />
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The girls also learned about dyslexia in the discussion (which is something the main character has). <br />
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One of the morals of the story (for a Navy family always moving to new places) was "home is where your family is." <br />
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One our our close friends' little girl was in the hospital and this sweetie pie wrote a get well message to text to her mama.<br />
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For the craft, we made Christmas ornaments that look like donuts and cupcakes. I used this tutorial from YouTube. <br />
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Prior to the meeting, I premade the donut and cupcake ornaments and had them ready for the girls to decorate. I cannot stress how wise this decision was because the foam needs to dry overnight. Presumably you could do the icing and decorations in one step like she does in the video but I WOULD NOT recommend that. The caulk took a long time to dry. Also the foam expanded to make the bottom of the cupcakes round so they wanted to flip over in the muffin tin or resting on a table etc. as the girls were working. I would have had caulk all over the table! The last thing I want to do is have friends with caulk on the interior of their cars, etc. Glitter and glue is way more manageable. Also we used glitter, seed beads, and sequins to decorate rather than real sugar decor since we wanted to be able to store them and not attract critters. I painted a layer of modge podge gloss to the icing so it would look shiny and less like toothpaste too ;) I think it improved the "look." We also hot glued a loop of ribbon to the back after the girls chose their donut and cupcake so it was hang-able.<br />
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As the girls were working on the ornaments, they watched the movie of The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. It was produced in 1983, is only an hour long, and starts Loretta Swit and a very young Fairuza Balk. Nostalgia! It can be purchased on Amazon <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Best-Christmas-Pageant-Ever-Loretta/dp/B000JBXH96/ref=tmm_dvd_title_0?_encoding=UTF8&sr=1-1&qid=1418247142">here</a>.<br />
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One of the Mamas with Opinions got these adorable shirts for the girls as a gift.<br />
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The host mama had a variety of art materials including stickers, cardstock paper, markers, and embellishments for the girls to make a "fancy name" picture. Ramona liked to write her name fancily in the book. When they were finished, the host mama put the pages in laminating paper. They were sticky sheets you just place around picture and press down. The girls really loved this activity.<br />
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In case you wondered how hard it was to get all six to smile at once, here is a glimpse at the activity level we're dealing with.<br />
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Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17898378794706476846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8086079287474580867.post-36100585950072528702014-10-20T08:35:00.000-07:002014-10-20T08:35:41.497-07:00The Mystery of the Singing Ghost- Meeting #8Our second meeting of the 2014-15 school year was on <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Mystery-Singing-Ghost-Boxcar-Children/dp/0807553980">The Boxcar Children #31: The Mystery of the Singing Ghost.</a> A couple of the girls were a little scared to read it, but after being assured that there was no ghost and it was very Scooby Doo whodunit style, they went for it. This book was a hit. All the girls gave it a thumbs up which is rare for the Girls With Opinions. Many thought it was a real page turner. They had a lot of ideas about the characters motivations, as well as some interesting ideas on how they might change the book.<br />
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We used our <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5MxzsaZlLDWbEZmSmVxVFlaM3c/edit?usp=sharing">general discussion questions</a> to help guide the discussion. Our fabulous 3rd grade teacher, Ms. Graeve, gave us a sheet of question stems that we also used to guide the discussion.<br />
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The weather in Houston cooperated beautifully with a cool Fall evening that fit perfectly with the host mama's plans for a fire. The girls roasted hot dogs on the fire for dinner during our discussion. Host mama had a spread of veggies, snacks, and hot dogs as well as some fun blinking ghost rings for the girls to wear.<br />
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Instead of a craft, the girls made S'mores with ghost shaped Peeps.<br />
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We all had a great time! Next month, we are going back to our Mamas With Opinions roots with Ramona Quimby, Age 8. A classic!</div>
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Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17898378794706476846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8086079287474580867.post-52676271157202567942014-09-25T08:13:00.000-07:002014-09-25T08:13:44.823-07:00Breakaway- Meeting #7Our first meeting of the 2014-15 school year was on our summer selection <a href="http://www.amightygirl.com/breakaway">Breakaway by Andrea Montalbano.</a> This was our first sports themed book. We had mixed reactions from the girls. About half liked it. Others felt it was too heavy on soccer terminology they didn't know. This is a very good book for discussing themes of jealousy, competition, and managing girl friendships. It seemed to bring about a good discussion. Three of our girls have recently signed up for soccer team so a soccer themed book club was fun for them.<div>
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We added one more mother/daughter pair this year so now we have 7 girls and 6 moms. Six girls came to the meeting (as one mother/daughter pair couldn't make it). <br /><div>
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We used our <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5MxzsaZlLDWbEZmSmVxVFlaM3c/edit?usp=sharing">general discussion questions</a> to help guide the discussion. As usual, one of our girls always figures out a deeper meaning that the adults have missed. In the story, Lily is suspended from the team for not being a team player for two important games. "Breakaway" is a soccer term for when there is a sudden attack from a defensive position breaking away from others on the field. One of our girls also shared that it had the double meaning of representing Lily breaking away from the team when she was suspended. All the moms had an a-ha moment listening to this 8 year old clue us in on the deeper meaning. I never get tired of listening to them discuss these books!</div>
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I happened to be at a party store buying things for work and found some adorable soccer themed plates, napkins, and bunting. As a new soccer mom, I was excited to bling out the first meeting of the year.</div>
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I found a package of coconut M&Ms at Walmart with M&Ms only in white, dark brown, and green. Perfect for this easy soccer themed dessert.</div>
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Our craft was a little more complicated, but with the help of the moms for quality control/accuracy checking, all girls were successful in making a <a href="http://familycrafts.about.com/cs/soccercrafts/l/blspinsoccerb.htm">soccer ball safety pin craft</a>. </div>
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For each girl you need 13 safety pins that are size 1 and 1 safety pin that is size 3. You can find these at any craft store and they are consistently numbered in those sizes. The linked directions above refer to the inches of the pins, but those sizes are industry standard (i.e. size 3 is a 2 inch long pin).</div>
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I grabbed the JPG of the pattern and sized it up on a WORD document and printed one for each girl. The trick to the project is reminding the girls to work from top to bottom (even though as you add pins they stack bottom to top). Spatially, it can be a little challenging ;). </div>
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Using pliers to loosen up the loop on the big pin is important so the small ones can loop around and to the other side. The other trick is to load all pins on the big pin facing out, after it loops around, it will be facing outwards again. All of this is making little sense I'm sure, but if you try to make a sample prior to doing it with a group of kids, it helps troubleshoot areas where things might be confusing. </div>
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Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17898378794706476846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8086079287474580867.post-37371140034737246902014-08-24T12:53:00.000-07:002014-08-24T12:53:27.651-07:00Reading list for the 2014-2015 school yearGirls With Opinions took a break for the summer as vacations etc. would make it hard to find a time we could all meet. The girls are now entering 3rd grade and we are so excited for another year of book club fun. The girls read BREAKAWAY by Andrea Montalbano over the summer and will start the year off with that book. <br />
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Our 2014-2015 book list is as follows.<br />
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1. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Breakaway-Andrea-Montalbano/dp/0142419036/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1408909618&sr=8-1&keywords=breakaway+montalbano">BREAKAWAY by Andrea Montalbano</a><br />
2. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Mystery-Singing-Ghost-Boxcar-Children/dp/0807553980/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1408909637&sr=8-1&keywords=mystery+of+the+singing+ghost"> THE MYSTERY OF THE SINGING GHOST (Boxcar Children #31) by Gertrude Chandler Warner</a><br />
3. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Ramona-Quimby-Age-Beverly-Cleary/dp/0380709562/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1408909677&sr=1-1&keywords=ramona+quimby+age+8">RAMONA QUIMBY, AGE 8 by Beverly Cleary</a><br />
4. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Best-Christmas-Pageant-Ever/dp/0064402754/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1408909697&sr=1-1&keywords=best+christmas+pageant+ever">THE BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER by Barbara Robinson</a><br />
5. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Piper-Clubhouse-Queen-Kimberly-Willis/dp/0312616767/ref=sr_1_1_title_2_pap?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1408909740&sr=1-1&keywords=piper+reed+great+gypsy">PIPER REED, THE GREAT GYPSY (also published as PIPER REED, CLUBHOUSE QUEEN) by Kimberly Willis Holt</a><br />
6. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/How-Steal-Dog-Barbara-OConnor/dp/0312561121/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1408909777&sr=1-1&keywords=how+to+steal+a+dog">HOW TO STEAL A DOG by Barbara O'Connor</a><br />
7. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Rules-Cynthia-Lord/dp/0439443830/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1408909817&sr=1-1&keywords=rules+lord+cynthia">RULES by Cynthia Lord</a><br />
8. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Pictures-Hollis-Woods-Patricia-Reilly/dp/0440415780/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1408909836&sr=1-1&keywords=pictures+of+hollis+woods">PICTURES OF HOLLIS WOODS by Patricia Reilly Giff</a><br />
9. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Anastasia-Krupnik-Lois-Lowry/dp/0440408520/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1408909860&sr=1-1&keywords=anastasia+krupnik">ANASTASIA KRUPNIK by Lois Lowry</a><br />
Summer selection for 2015- <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Flora-Ulysses-Illuminated-Kate-DiCamillo/dp/076366040X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1408909887&sr=1-1&keywords=flora+and+ulysses">FLORA AND ULYSSES: THE ILLUMINATED ADVENTURES by Kate DiCamillo</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;">Our sixth book </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Just-Grace-Flower-Girl-Power/dp/0544022831/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1400096265&sr=1-1&keywords=just+grace+and+the+flower+girl+power" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;">Just Grace and the Flower Girl Power</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;"> was our first deviation from the Mighty Girl Reading List. As I've read many Mighty Girl selections, I'm finding a ton of contenders for them when they get older, but we weren't finding so many for their age level after reading five selections from the list already. A few we could have read now, but I think their messages will make more of an impact when the girls are 3rd and 4th graders. So I've been scouring the internet for books and came upon this silly little book. Most of our girls like graphic novels (BabyMouse, Amulet, etc.) so I thought this book would be right up their alley. It ended up being a hit with the girls. The style of the book is short paragraphs with comic strip illustrations. The light story line was perfect for the end of the school year. This was our last meeting of this school year, and will pick back up with book club in September. The next book selection is assigned for the whole summer. With vacations, etc. we figured book club during summer would be difficult to coordinate, and decided on a summer selection that they would have a few months to read.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Two of our girls weren't able to make it. Strep throat has made the rounds in Houston, Texas. One had piles of homework to complete after being out with it last week, and one had come down with strep the day before. We were so sad they couldn't be there. I have to say that it is VERY sweet how much these girls want to be at book club. They are so bummed to miss it, and I'm glad they love book club so much.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The girls liked the book. We had all thumbs up. I really was wondering how our discussion would go (since the book didn't deal with any major issues, and was a silly book) but they had lots of opinions to share. We used our <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5MxzsaZlLDWbEZmSmVxVFlaM3c/edit?usp=sharing">general discussion questions</a>. The moms laughed and laughed at these girls. They are so opinionated. When asked what they would change about the book, one girl expressed that she really wishes Luke (a UPS man) would have worn some different costumes. Cracked us up. Look at these girls!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She had the tissue paper precut and taught the girls how to make the flowers. They loved them!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="text-align: center;">Due to computer issues, I did not hand out </span><a href="http://girlswithopinionsbookclub.blogspot.com/2014/01/how-to-make-bottle-cap-buttons-for.html" style="text-align: center;">bottle cap buttons</a><span style="text-align: center;"> for their lanyards but promised them for next meeting ;</span><span style="text-align: center;">) </span>Here are the <u><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5MxzsaZlLDWV1B6b1lGTE9VTkk/edit?usp=sharing">bottlecap images for Just Grace and the Flower Girl power</a>.</u></span><br />
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Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17898378794706476846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8086079287474580867.post-6362218711568479032014-04-20T18:43:00.003-07:002014-04-20T18:43:57.235-07:00Year of the Dog- meeting #5<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Our fifth book <a href="http://www.amightygirl.com/the-year-of-the-dog" style="text-decoration: underline;">The Year of the Dog</a> followed a Taiwanese American named Pacy through a year of her life as she attempted to find herself and her talent. Its a cute book with cartoon illustrations inside as well that the girls loved. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I purchased some Chinese fans and chinese new year themed napkins from a party store to make the table more festive. The girls had <a href="http://paleomagonline.com/ginger-lime-chicken/">Ginger Lime chicken bites</a> and white rice with soy sauce for dinner. (If you leave off the green onions, kids generally like it. Its a family favorite at my house and easy to prepare).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The girls liked the book. We had all thumbs up. The book deals with themes about race and culture that was eye opening for the girls. In one scene, Pacy decides she cannot try out for the role of Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz because she is Taiwanese American. There is also a camp she attends with other Taiwanese Americans where some girls make fun of her and call her the name "twinkie" (yellow on the outside but white on the inside) because she does not speak Taiwanese. One of the girls has a close family friend who is Taiwanese American, so the book was exciting for her to read and learn about her friend's family customs. Every new year, she gets a red envelope from her friend with money for luck. The book does a great job of sharing different Taiwanese traditions, and also how the family in the book blends both cultures. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Some discussion questions for the book we used were from this <a href="http://www.gracelinbooks.com/files/Year_of_The_Dog_EduGuide.pdf">study guide</a> at Grace Lin's website. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For the activity, we used two activities from Grace Lin's website. I used the snipping tool on the computer to pull the images off the website and imbed in a Word Document so we could print them out as a worksheet.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The first was a drawing sheet how to draw the dog. We printed this out and gave to the girls as a fun worksheet</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The second was instructions for how to paint the FU (for luck). Here are the instructions: </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.gracelinblog.com/2010/02/chinese-new-year-banner-craft.html">Grace Lin Chinese New Year banner craft instructions</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We gave the girls red paper plates and yellow paint to paint the FU on. I printed this worksheet with the image of how to draw the FU for each to use as reference.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As always, at the end of the meeting, I gave the girls their <a href="http://girlswithopinionsbookclub.blogspot.com/2014/01/how-to-make-bottle-cap-buttons-for.html">bottle cap buttons</a> for their lanyards. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here are the <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5MxzsaZlLDWNVB1cEtLdzgxOWM/edit?usp=sharing">bottlecap images for The Year of the Dog</a>.</span><br />
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Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17898378794706476846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8086079287474580867.post-82974041287130532202014-03-14T13:15:00.000-07:002014-03-14T13:37:49.292-07:00The Magic Half- Meeting #4<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Our fourth book <a href="http://www.amightygirl.com/the-magic-half">The Magic Half</a> was written by the same author as Ivy and Bean (which most of the girls have read in the past and loved). It involves time travel between present day and 1935, twins, and some magic.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The host mama's daughter made this adorable sign to greet her guests.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The host mama served the girls a dinner of corndogs, tator tots, and juice boxes and had some other snacks out on the table. Typically we have our discussion of the book as the girls eat. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Most of the girls liked the book. We had all thumbs up, and one thumbs down. They discussed whether or not they would have gone back in time or not, and how the girls helped each other. I know I say this every time, but the moms are always so impressed with how much the girls remember from the book, how their opinions differ (and they proudly share their views), and how much insight they have into the stories/characters. They are really thinking about what they read. I would have never imagined that the conversations would be so rich and interesting.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For the activity, the girls wrote themselves letters for the future to be opened in 10 years (when they are 18 and seniors in high school....hard to imagine!). Prior to the meeting, an email was sent to the moms asking for input from the girls about the trends for this school year. I found most of the stuff by googling, and by just knowing what the girls are into. We included those two printed pages in the letter, along with their letter to themselves. Due to their ages, we felt that a free form letter would take more time/scaffolding from the adults, so we made a template for them to fill out about their interests now, and their predictions for the future.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> This has some good prompts for an open ended letter. This was used as inspiration for our template. I found it via Google from TeacherWeb.</span><br />
<a href="http://teacherweb.com/MN/PineIslandSchools/NRusch/Write-a-Letter-to-Your-Future-Self2.pdf"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Write a Letter to Your Future Self</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here is the template we created for the girls to fill out.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5MxzsaZlLDWNGhzYzVNU09CSTQ/edit?usp=sharing">Letter to the Future template</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here is our trend sheet to be included with the letter.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5MxzsaZlLDWeGVMdV9rSEJ5eG8/edit?usp=sharing">Trends from 2013-2014 school year</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(For whatever reason, the formatting is always getting screwy with this one. It IS possible to fit it on two pages if you mess with it. I don't know why it keeps changing on me).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The host mama also printed out two sheets of personalized stationary for each girl so they could add a real letter to themselves. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As always, at the end of the meeting, I gave the girls their <a href="http://girlswithopinionsbookclub.blogspot.com/2014/01/how-to-make-bottle-cap-buttons-for.html">bottle cap buttons</a> for their lanyards. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here are the <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5MxzsaZlLDWaVlnck10OUhKa2M/edit?usp=sharing">bottlecap images for The Magic Half</a>. </span>Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17898378794706476846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8086079287474580867.post-14278758636917293112014-02-11T19:45:00.000-08:002014-02-11T19:47:01.424-08:00Turtle In Paradise- meeting #3<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Our third book <a href="http://www.amightygirl.com/turtle-in-paradise">Turtle In Paradise</a> takes place in the 1930s in Key West. The girls are all fans of Jennifer L. Holm's graphic novel series BABYMOUSE so it was interesting to us all to see her versatility as an author. Although nothing like BABYMOUSE, it is a great little read and a fun adventure story. It was really interesting for the girls to read about a young girl's adventure during the depression era, and many references to comic strips, foods, places, and products were foreign to them. I found a website called <a href="http://www.helpreaderslovereading.com/">HELP READERS LOVE READING</a> written by an amazing teacher who is doing his part to make reading more interesting to his students. It takes the book chapter by chapter and shows pictures of actual places, maps, comic strips, and even YouTube videos that show Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire, Laurel and Hardy, The Three Stooges, and Shirley Temple. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">For our discussion, I brought my laptop to the host mama's house and using an HDMI cord, was able to show this website on the TV screen. We wove our <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5MxzsaZlLDWbEZmSmVxVFlaM3c/edit?usp=sharing">general discussion questions</a> into the presentation/discussion. He even gives question prompts on each page asking the girls things like "In chapter 14 she compares Pork Chop and Beans to Laurel and Hardy. What does she mean with that comparison?" I can't say enough about this site. Its awesome! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.helpreaderslovereading.com/search/label/Jennifer%20L.%20Holm">Help Readers Love Reading- Turtle in Paradise pages</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I'm always amazed at how much the girls remember from the books and their opinions about the story. They are so savvy and think so much about the characters and their points of view. I love the discussions with them. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Instead of doing a craft this time, I thought it would be fun for the girls to do vintage inspired hairstyles using a headband. I found this YouTube tutorial on how to stick your hair into an elastic headband to make it look like a messy updo.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHy8hOnQj6A">Quick and Easy Vintage Hairstyle Headband tutorial</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Because I like craft projects, I decided to make the headbands using fold over elastic and the following rosette tutorial. But you could just as easily get some elastic headbands without embellishment and have just as much fun doing hairstyles. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I used this tutorial to make the flowers for the headbands using old T-shirts: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I thought this was a nice tie in to the book as well since the Depression era was all about stretching your dollar. The original reduce, reuse, recycle. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Fold over elastic is way more expensive and precut to 1 yd. lengths at Jo-Anns. I got more for my money by ordering from Etsy. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/shabbyrosetrim?section_id=10523366&ref=shopsection_leftnav_8">Shabby Rose Trim fold over elastic for headbands</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">For those who don't want to make rosettes but would like to trim out the headbands, they have affordable flowers available on ShabbyRoseTrim's store.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've also noticed that a new trend in headbands is basically fold over elastic tied in a knot at one end. Couldn't be easier to make that. If you order your FOE from ShabbyRose, and cut and tie, you can recreate those for a lot less than the stores sell them for.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As always, at the end of the meeting, I gave the girls their <a href="http://girlswithopinionsbookclub.blogspot.com/2014/01/how-to-make-bottle-cap-buttons-for.html">bottle cap buttons</a> for their lanyards. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here are the <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5MxzsaZlLDWREEzYWdEeVdjVW8/edit?usp=sharing">bottlecap images for Turtle in Paradise</a>. </span>Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17898378794706476846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8086079287474580867.post-55222979137728485952014-02-04T12:57:00.000-08:002014-02-06T09:57:05.946-08:00Official book club stamp!<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One of the suggestions from <a href="http://www.amightygirl.com/images/pdf/organizing-guide.pdf">A Mighty Girl's book club organizing guide</a> was to consider buying two copies of each book (so Mom and Daughter can both read without sharing the same copy). After finishing that selection, one copy could be donated to a classroom library, community group, etc. My daughter has the most fabulous teacher (shout out to Ms. Anastasia, if you are reading this!) and we are going to donate a copy of each book to her classroom library. I also lost a dear friend last month who was a school secretary at a local elementary school and I want to donate books in her name as well. She was an incredible champion of children's literacy. She organized reading volunteers to come in from the community and help the kids read, set up reading challenges with neighboring schools, and even lead a project to paint the school's library to look like a bejeweled castle. Amazing. When she passed, the family requested donations be made to the school library in her honor. So now the Girls With Opinions book club will participate in this effort as well. Because donations to school libraries are complicated (they need to be a special binding, outfitted with barcodes, etc.), school libraries don't often accept book donations. However, there are many teachers at the school who have classroom libraries that could use some new material. I asked the school librarian to suggest a teacher (of an appropriate grade level for our books) that might like a set. This will benefit the children of Sinclair and allow us to donate our special books ;)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I spent far too much time looking on Etsy for the perfect stamp to mark the donated books as well as the ones that will remain in our collection. I had about 20 contenders, but I kept coming back to <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/MagnoliaLetterArts?ref=l2-shopheader-name">Magnolia Letter Arts</a>. After I placed the order I learned the shop owner and her mom are both reading teachers. So cool. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I don't know about anyone else, but I was all about finding treasures/secrets/secret clubs as a kid. I can imagine in my mind's eye how fun it will be for the kids who pick one of our books off the shelf, to find this stamp on the inside cover:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I will bring the stamp and a stamp pad to each meeting and the girls can stamp their books if they wish. All our books donated to classroom libraries will be stamped. Sinclair school classroom library donations will be stamped along with a message "donated in honor of Terisa Billingsley." </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I so wish I could share this idea with Terisa. I know she would giggle like a school girl about how cute and fun it will be for the kids to find inside. </span></div>
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Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17898378794706476846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8086079287474580867.post-19235864775633093632014-01-18T18:41:00.002-08:002014-01-18T19:48:41.487-08:00The Night Fairy- meeting #2<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our second book was <a href="http://www.amightygirl.com/the-night-fairy">THE NIGHT FAIRY</a> by Laura Amy Schlitz. This book was a hit. Two girls gave it a thumbs to the side, but most gave it a thumbs up. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We used our <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5MxzsaZlLDWbEZmSmVxVFlaM3c/edit?usp=sharing">general book club discussion questions</a></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">as well as some of these that came from a word document I found online at Indiana Library Federation's website: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: </span></b></span></div>
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Describe the life cycle of a fairy. </span></b></span></div>
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Why do you think Flory is willing to help Sk<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">uggle</span> get food?</span></b></div>
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After the book discussion, the girls made fairy houses. In the story, Flory lives inside a bird house when she has to become a day fairy after the loss of her wings. I found little paper mache bird houses at Hobby Lobby. They are usually 99 cents but were on sale for 30% off making them roughly 70 cents each. A word to the wise- if you have a lot of girls in your club, make sure to buy them early. I need six of them and the store I went to only had 5. I got those, and then went back a week later and got the last one (this time there were only 2 at the store). Don't wait until the last minute. It seems they are never heavily stocked.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At the meeting, we put out foam stickers, jewels, sticky scrapbook letters, shells, puff balls, glue, and other things for them to decorate their houses. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One mom brought some glue dots that really saved the day. They worked on some of the items that would traditionally need hot glue, and the girls could use them themselves rather than ask an adult to hot glue for them. </span></div>
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The host mama had one last craft- an acorn dessert. The night fairies are 1 acorn high when they are born and at the end of the book, Flory is 2 acorns high. So the girls made acorns from mini Nilla wafers, Hershey's kisses, and chocolate icing. You use the chocolate icing to stick the hershey's kiss to the nilla wafer and then dab a little icing on the top to look like the stem. <br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The second GIRLS WITH OPINIONS book club meeting was a success. The girls are excited to read the next book TURTLE IN PARADISE for February's meeting.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The girls arrived at 6:30pm and ate hot dogs, fruit salad, and snacked on a veggie tray. They brought their books along with them to discuss. As they sat and ate, we had our discussion.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">General book club discussion questions that we use as a guide for the discussion can be found here. (I am trying to upload documents via Google Docs. Lets see if this works ;) Click the link below and hopefully it will take you to my Google doc.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sheila is an interesting main character. She is somewhat hard to like, bossy, and brags about herself all the time. However, underneath the bravado, Sheila has many fears. She is afraid of dogs, learning to swim, and many other things. We talked about how sometimes when people are insecure they act like Sheila. The girls were very talkative and shared many insights about the book. They were all very shocked by the slumber party chapter. In this chapter, Sheila and her friends make a "slam book" and write brutally honest things about each other. The girls write very mean things to each other, and everyone's feelings are hurt. We talked about how "honesty" is not always the best policy, and that we should work to build our friendships up rather than criticize and tear each other down. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The activity we did after the discussion was to make a "sweet book." I bought mini composition notebooks from Walgreens (99 cents each) and each girl wrote their name on the front of one. They passed the books around and wrote something nice about the person in their book. They all loved the activity and got to take their notebooks home.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As a silly snack, I made blue jello and put gummy lifesavers on top with sour patch kids inside the life savers (since Sheila is afraid to swim). I should have taken more pictures, but here is a picture of the girls with the jello.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After the official meeting is over, the girls like to play while the moms talk and drink wine. It was a great first meeting! </span></div>
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