Book Club Activities | Reading Discussion Cards | Literature Circles | Questions

Encourage speaking and listening during book clubs or literature circles with these Reading Discussion Cards. 

This resource includes everything you need to facilitate book discussions in your classroom. There are 40 discussion prompts for fiction and nonfiction texts, which will make it easy for students to engage effectively in collaborative discussions.

What’s included:

• 20 Discussion Cards for fiction texts
• 20 Discussion Cards for nonfiction texts
• 2 "Come Prepared" Cards (fiction and nonfiction)
• 1 Discussion Rules page
• 1 Conversation Starters page
• 1 set of Role Cards 
• 1 Discussion Rubric (standard based)

(Discussion Cards, Conversation Starters, and Role Cards are available in both full color and black & white)

Rules and Roles: According to the CCSS standards students should “follow agreed-upon rules for discussion and carry out assigned roles.” The Conversation Rules sheet is designed to develop rules for conversations and discussions. Students can discuss and complete these in groups, or they can be completed as a class. Role cards are also provided to give students different responsibilities. These should be discussed whole-group.

“Come Prepared” Cards: The standards also state that students should “come to discussions prepared, having read or studied required material.” These cards would be assigned to students for homework or classwork. Students would complete the tasks on these cards prior to engaging in conversations with their classmates.

Fiction Discussion Cards: These cards are used during conversations and discussions based on fiction texts. These are great for students to use with literature circle and listening center books, whole-group novels, or other stories, plays, or poems being read as a class. These cards also address Common Core Standards related to “Reading: Literature”.

Nonfiction Discussion Cards: These cards are used during conversations and discussions based on non-fiction texts. These are great to use with social studies and science textbooks, classroom periodicals (like Scholastic News or Time for Kids), or other magazine, newspaper, or online articles. These cards also address Common Core Standards related to “Reading: Informational Texts”.

Here’s what teachers just like you are saying about this resource:

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Kelly S.  says, “A big fan of all the resources that you create - this has transformed our reading experiences and conversations in my special education classroom! Sometimes my kiddos even fight to be the conversation captain! :) Thank you!”

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Jennifer P.  says, “This product is excellent. It's exactly what my students need to help them have successful collaborative conversations. The Be Prepared Cards are genius and I love that each child can have a specific question to respond to with group members!”

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Carolyn S. says, “This resource is so helpful in providing support for my English learners and students who need structures for academic conversations--thank you!”

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Gabriella L. says, “Thank you for sharing another excellent, helpful, time-saving resource! These are fantastic for facilitating academic conversations and accountable talk.”

Be sure to check out some of my favorite resources for Language Arts!

• Book Activities for fiction and nonfiction texts
• Daily Journal Prompts
• Daily Grammar Activities
• Reading Response Journals for fiction and nonfiction texts
• Writing Units
• Discussion Slides
• Interactive Read-Aloud
• Picture Prompts
• Digital Weekly Reading Homework

Please email me at rebecca@createteachshare.com with any questions or comments. 

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