The Kay Carl Star Wars Book Club

We Reach For the Stars Through Reading

The Building of Lego Star Wars Vehicles and Creatures

I love the Empire Strikes Back!

Star Wars Book Club

Die Jedi,

Die!

Toys, Toys, Toys!

Padawan Readers learn how to do 'force chokes.'

Official Star Wars Book Club Bookmarks

@ Kay Carl Elementary School

Teacher-Librarian

Book Master Dwyer

Hour of Code

Members play Star Wars games to learn how to do computer coding.

Yo, I'm down with Obi-wan!

Yes, your Highness!

Now, will you

do my homework?

Once Padawan Readers learned how to do force chokes, they moved outside, where it's safer. Working in teams, Padawan Readers photographed their training.

AAAaa!

What's the first letter of the alphabet?

Now, will you

do my homework?

Yes, your Highness!

Once Padawan Readers learned how to do force chokes, they moved outside, where it's safer. Working in teams, Padawan Readers photographed their training.

Holiday Ornaments

Student Council Elections

credits

Padawan Readers ran their favorite characters for student council offices.

Common Core

State Standards

"Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band" is a disco single recorded by Meco, taken from the album Star Wars and Other Galactic Funk. It hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on October 1, 1977, holding on to the spot for two weeks. To date it is the biggest-selling instrumental single in the history of recorded music, having sold two million units, being the only one ever to be certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.

Jedi Librarian = coolest job in the galaxy!

(5)9.3 Devise solutions to information problems that integrate group members’ information and ideas while participating actively in discussions with others, in person with teacher’s assistance.

Vader: Vote for me or I will destroy the earth!

Common Core State Standards

(5)4.1 Explore a range of sources to find information on aspects of personal interest or well-being and apply the information to real-life purposes.

We Celebrate

Student Council Elections

Padawan Readers ran their favorite characters for student council offices.

. . . and May the Fourth!

Book Club Shirts

show and tell

"Vote Emperor for President. He is the most handsome and honest candidate who never kills anybody."

Trunk or Treat

Padawan Readers connect their favorite artifacts to the book.

We designed 3D objects

and then printed them!

Snack Time

On no, it's two Vaders!

yum!

Star Wars

Tattoos

Nevada Reading Week Decorated Library Doors

Favorite quotes from the book.

Padawan Readers decorated the Book Club's truck for the school's Harvest Hoedown!

Force Sensitive Goodies

The Death Star

Sith and Jedi Lightsabers

Dark Side Meal with

Pizza the Hutt!

Pizza the Hutt is so delish!

In Book Club, you can have your cake and eat it too!

Origami

Now, how do I free Han Solo from this origami prison?

Our favorite decoration!

"Fourth Book"

The Reading

Lightsaber duels to the death!

Padawan Readers are able to borrow an addition library book. This fourth book comes from the restricted section, only available to members of Book Club.

We have fun with our activities but reading is the heart of Book Club.

The power of the Dark Side is mine

. . all mine!!

Accelerated Reader

tests on the books

It's 7 easy points.

What do we read?

Trench Run

We read the Ryder Windham Junior adaptions of the original triology.

The 56¢ Star Wars Game

Wordles

Wordles (word-uls) are word clouds that describe something like a book, character or planet. http://www.wordle.net/

Awards Ceremony

Padawan Readers are granted the rank of Jedi Reader.

Empire Strikes Back Wordle

Our Hallway Display

Hoth

Wordle

Princess Leia Wordle

Common Core State Standards

(3)5.1 Choose fiction and other kinds of literature to read, discuss and analyze: compare and contrast different genres of literature including folktales, poetry, fiction and non-fiction.

Take that Death Star!

We got real lightsabers!

Our celebration after reading "Return of the Jedi."