February Book & Cookie Club: Hidden Figures (Student Adaptation)

​Book and Cookie Club is a monthly book discussion group for students in third through sixth grade and an adult caregiver.  I have been facilitating Book and Cookie Club at my library since December of 2015.  This is one of my favorite school-age programs to plan and lead.

Our book for this month was “Hidden Figures (Student Adaptation)” by Margot Lee Shetterly.  I have wanted to incorporate some nonfiction titles into our Book and Cookie Club reading for a while.  I want to challenge The Crew and try to get them to read some genres that they do not always read on their own.  I know that nonfiction can be a bit dry for some readers, so I thought that using a book that was turned into a movie would stir some interest.

Discussion Activity - Padlet

We used a Padlet to talk about two questions: What is it like when you are the first to do something?  and Why is it important to have a support system?

Space STEAM Challenges

I found the coolest downloadable resource called "Space STEM Challenges" from Kim Carroll on Teachers Pay Teachers.  It had lots of great activities that I just had to print off.  It was a huge time saver and I am so glad that I will be able to use some of the activities again in our Makerspace.  

​I also bought some badges from Amazon and made NASA badges for the kids to wear.

NASA Badges

I created the badges on PicMonkey with graphics from Pixabay and Clipart Library.