Fourth Grade Book Club in Progress

I am having a lot of fun with the Fourth Grade book club.  Its members are Peyton V., Emily F., Tyler M., Destiney W., Maya C., and Meagan G.  We are reading Debbie Dadey's Cherokee Sister, a historical fiction novel about two girls who are forced to walk the Trail of Tears.


To provide background information about the Trail of Tears, I showed the children a video clip from United Streaming called The Trail of Tears: The Cherokees Leave Their Homeland.  After viewing the video, the children decided that they did not want to read this book, because it was sad.  I presevered, because I think this is an important book. Now that we are at the point where the girls have embarked on their forced journey, I think the children have become personally invested in the story.


Each meeting of the club begins with a snack and a recap of the previous session.  The sessions conclude with some free time to allow the children to log on to the Destiny Quest accounts and send book reviews to friends.

The Trail of Tears: The Cherokee Leave Their Homeland.
Discovery Education, 1996. Video Segment.
8 November 2010. .