There aren't many things more important than learning to read. But should reading stop once you have learned how? NO! Grundy Center Elementary and Kling Memorial Library are collaborating for the 2015-2016 school year to help bring the experience of reading to the next level.
Enter One Community, One Book! Our goals for this program are to build community through literacy and promote reading and book discussions with a common book everyone can enjoy. Wouldn't it be great to see and hear people of all ages discussing their favorite parts of the same book?
Once you have read the book, be sure to sign the posters at either the Grundy Center Elementary School Library or at the Kling Memorial Library. How many people do you think we can get to read and talk about the book? We can't wait to see our community of readers!
After you have signed the poster, check out some of the extension activities you can do to stretch your book reading experience!
Happy reading!
Extension Activities:
1. Download the book study guide HERE
2. Watch the book trailer for Ivan: The Remarkable True Story of the Shopping Mall Gorilla HERE
3. Purchase Ivan: The Remarkable True Story of the Shopping Mall Gorilla HERE or HERE
4. Watch video footage of the real Ivan HERE
5. Watch video footage of the real Ivan at Zoo Atlanta HERE
5. Learn more about the real Ivan HERE
6. Learn more about illustrator Brian Karas HERE
7. Read Mr. Schu's interview with Brian Karas HERE
8. Learn how to "adopt" a Western Lowland gorilla from Zoo Atlanta HERE
9. Check out Katherine Applegate's Newberry Award winning book, The One and Only Ivan book HERE
10. Watch The One and Only Ivan book trailer HERE
11. Download and complete a story map HERE
12. Create a mural showing Ivan's three habitats (jungle, mall, zoo)
13. Listen to Katherine Applegate's NPR interview about Ivan HERE
14. Read Mr. Schu's experience of meeting Ivan HERE
15. Listen to a google hangout from Zoo Atlanta about Ivan HERE
16 Watch a video of 5 Questions with Katherine Applegate HERE
17. Tweet questions to Katherine Applegate on Twitter HERE
17. Check out these awesome companion books:
Me…Jane by Patrick McDonnell
The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
Gorillas: Gentle Giants of the Forest by Joyce Milton
Good Morning, Gorillas by Mary Pope Osborne (book 26 of Magic Tree House series)
Looking for Miza: the True Story of an Orphaned Baby Gorilla by Craig and Juliana Hatloff and Paula Kahumbu
Koko’s Kitten by Francine Patterson
Enter One Community, One Book! Our goals for this program are to build community through literacy and promote reading and book discussions with a common book everyone can enjoy. Wouldn't it be great to see and hear people of all ages discussing their favorite parts of the same book?
Once you have read the book, be sure to sign the posters at either the Grundy Center Elementary School Library or at the Kling Memorial Library. How many people do you think we can get to read and talk about the book? We can't wait to see our community of readers!
After you have signed the poster, check out some of the extension activities you can do to stretch your book reading experience!
Happy reading!
Extension Activities:
1. Download the book study guide HERE
2. Watch the book trailer for Ivan: The Remarkable True Story of the Shopping Mall Gorilla HERE
3. Purchase Ivan: The Remarkable True Story of the Shopping Mall Gorilla HERE or HERE
4. Watch video footage of the real Ivan HERE
5. Watch video footage of the real Ivan at Zoo Atlanta HERE
5. Learn more about the real Ivan HERE
6. Learn more about illustrator Brian Karas HERE
7. Read Mr. Schu's interview with Brian Karas HERE
8. Learn how to "adopt" a Western Lowland gorilla from Zoo Atlanta HERE
9. Check out Katherine Applegate's Newberry Award winning book, The One and Only Ivan book HERE
10. Watch The One and Only Ivan book trailer HERE
11. Download and complete a story map HERE
12. Create a mural showing Ivan's three habitats (jungle, mall, zoo)
13. Listen to Katherine Applegate's NPR interview about Ivan HERE
14. Read Mr. Schu's experience of meeting Ivan HERE
15. Listen to a google hangout from Zoo Atlanta about Ivan HERE
16 Watch a video of 5 Questions with Katherine Applegate HERE
17. Tweet questions to Katherine Applegate on Twitter HERE
17. Check out these awesome companion books:
Me…Jane by Patrick McDonnell
The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
Gorillas: Gentle Giants of the Forest by Joyce Milton
Good Morning, Gorillas by Mary Pope Osborne (book 26 of Magic Tree House series)
Looking for Miza: the True Story of an Orphaned Baby Gorilla by Craig and Juliana Hatloff and Paula Kahumbu
Koko’s Kitten by Francine Patterson
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