Junior Great Books! Sign Up Now!!!
Junior Great Books® “JGB” will be starting in the new year! Sign up now!
You will need to sign up via Signup Genius and then process payment via the PTA website. See links below.
If your 2nd thru 5th grade child is interested, please sign up and pay online NO LATER than January 3rd at the latest.
Sign up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/
Sign up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/
JGB is a national program that encourages students in 2nd through 5th grades to read, think critically and participate in small group facilitated discussions of the material, lead by a parent volunteer. By participating in Shared Inquiry discussion, JGB students learn to read for meaning and support their own interpretation of the text. Junior Great Books is for the student who wishes to come prepared, discuss opinions and participate in a small group setting. Students will read, discuss and participate in fun activities that engage understanding and interpretation of the story. Groups meet during recess/lunch.
This year Junior Great Books will meet at lunch/recess time on Fridays for 6 weeks, beginning January 10th and ending on Friday February 21st (NO MEETING ON VALENTINE'S DAY 2/14). Each week students will read a short story and meet with a parent volunteer to discuss it and have fun. Groups will be organized at grade level.
Books must be ordered so please no late requests to register. The cost for the book of stories is $19.00 and the book is yours to keep. Questions? Contact Miriam Baskies at baskies@me.com or cell 917-833-5813.
Please consider volunteering. We need Volunteers to lead a group!! WE NEED YOU TO RUN THE GROUP!
*You can lead your own group
* You can split a group with another Leader and divide the days
* You can co-lead a group with another volunteer with two volunteers attending same group
Requirements: 1 hour per week during lunch and recess on Fridays once the program starts. As a group leader you get to facilitate the discussion, create fun activities and pass along your enthusiasm for reading. (No teaching experience necessary.) We need volunteers to make the program work so I hope you will consider. It really is fun!
If you would like to be a leader please sign up online and make sure you add your child’s name and grade as well as teacher. It is important to add teachers name.
* If you would like to be a leader please also email me at baskies@me.com
