Family Book Club: Willa the Wisp by EPL https://padlet.com/epldotca/familybookclub_willa April 4-25, 2022 en-us 2022-03-07 18:43:18 UTC 2022-04-25 15:54:16 UTC hello@padlet.com Sign Out Willa the Wisp epldotca https://padlet.com/epldotca/familybookclub_willa/wish/2110230606 Starting Monday, April 4th, sign out the Willa the Wisp eBook or eAudiobook (or both) through Overdrive.  Or try streaming the read along video through hoopla.  Prefer print? Place a hold on one of 7 copies. Check out epl.ca/FamilyBookClub for instructions on borrowing digital titles and complete details for Family Book Club.]]> 2022-03-23 17:34:01 UTC https://padlet.com/epldotca/familybookclub_willa/wish/2110230606 Check out the book trailer for Willa the Wisp epldotca https://padlet.com/epldotca/familybookclub_willa/wish/2110306770 2022-03-23 18:12:47 UTC https://padlet.com/epldotca/familybookclub_willa/wish/2110306770 Discussion Prompts epldotca https://padlet.com/epldotca/familybookclub_willa/wish/2110368526 Use these discussion prompts to have easy conversations with your child while you read out loud.  ]]> 2022-03-23 18:47:38 UTC https://padlet.com/epldotca/familybookclub_willa/wish/2110368526 Chapter Discussion Questions epldotca https://padlet.com/epldotca/familybookclub_willa/wish/2110369655 Here are some more specific questions related to each chapter. Remember, you don't have to use all the questions - this is an optional starting point!]]> 2022-03-23 18:48:23 UTC https://padlet.com/epldotca/familybookclub_willa/wish/2110369655 Literacy Activity epldotca https://padlet.com/epldotca/familybookclub_willa/wish/2110387276 Download and print this word search. Or, use Book Connections to make your own word search.

“Beasts galloped and slithered and flapped and skittered all over the island.” - These are very vivid verbs! Try to act out these verbs. Can you think of more verbs to describe how animals move? Can you act out those movements too? 

]]> 2022-03-23 18:59:03 UTC https://padlet.com/epldotca/familybookclub_willa/wish/2110387276 Literacy Tip epldotca https://padlet.com/epldotca/familybookclub_willa/wish/2110392363 Don’t stop reading out loud to older kids.  
  • Reading out loud builds vocabulary and deepens family bonds with kids of all ages, even and especially after they are reading independently. Just because kids can read to themselves doesn’t mean they want you to stop reading to them! 
  • Get ideas from other readers around Alberta – check out this podcase from CBC’s Alberta at Noon.  It’s all about reading out loud!  

]]> 2022-03-23 19:02:12 UTC https://padlet.com/epldotca/familybookclub_willa/wish/2110392363 Discussion Question epldotca https://padlet.com/epldotca/familybookclub_willa/wish/2139595040 What is your favourite part of the book so far?  What do you think will happen next? ]]> 2022-04-11 17:53:56 UTC https://padlet.com/epldotca/familybookclub_willa/wish/2139595040 Literacy Activity epldotca https://padlet.com/epldotca/familybookclub_willa/wish/2139596266 Draw a picture of what you think Professor Cake looks like.  Why is he so mysterious?  Does he really exist? 
OR  Draw your own version of “Fabled Stables” What types of magical animals are in your stables? What do they look like? 

Click on the + sign below to upload your drawing and share it with other readers.

]]> 2022-04-11 17:54:44 UTC https://padlet.com/epldotca/familybookclub_willa/wish/2139596266 Literacy Tip: add audiobooks to the mix epldotca https://padlet.com/epldotca/familybookclub_willa/wish/2139599358 Listening to audiobooks counts as reading and provides many of the same benefits of reading out loud. The whole family can listen together while doing household chores, other activities or when driving. Audiobooks also allow families with reading challenges to experience many of the benefits of listening to a book together.  Willa the Wisp has an audiobook, as well as a video read along available on Hoopla  ]]> 2022-04-11 17:56:37 UTC https://padlet.com/epldotca/familybookclub_willa/wish/2139599358 Discussion Question epldotca https://padlet.com/epldotca/familybookclub_willa/wish/2145564651 Willa the Wisp falls into the fantasy genre.  It’s a story with elements that are not realistic. What are some parts of this book that fit with the fantasy genre? What do you like, or dislike about the genre?]]> 2022-04-16 16:34:06 UTC https://padlet.com/epldotca/familybookclub_willa/wish/2145564651 Literacy Activity epldotca https://padlet.com/epldotca/familybookclub_willa/wish/2145565755 Search outside for a stick that you can craft to look like Fen, the Stick-In-The-Mud. 

Decide how you will decorate your friend Stick. Be creative and use what you can find. 

Or use the attached Story Map to summarize the highlights of the beginning, middle and end of the book.   
]]> 2022-04-16 16:37:07 UTC https://padlet.com/epldotca/familybookclub_willa/wish/2145565755 Literacy Tip epldotca https://padlet.com/epldotca/familybookclub_willa/wish/2145566516 Have conversations about books with other families and their children. 

Show your child that outside conversations and connections about books are meaningful. Has anyone else in their class read the same book? What do they think about it? You can also connect with other families taking part in Family Book Club at a live zoom event on April 23. ]]> 2022-04-16 16:38:48 UTC https://padlet.com/epldotca/familybookclub_willa/wish/2145566516 Wrapping Up & Reading More epldotca https://padlet.com/epldotca/familybookclub_willa/wish/2156828325 This edition of Family Book Club is wrapping up. We hope you enjoyed reading together and learning about the benefits of reading aloud with your family. Keep at it!  

Instant access to the eBook and eAudiobook versions of Willa the Wisp ends today, Monday, April 25. You have Willa the Wisp on loan for three weeks starting from the date that you borrowed it. That gives you time to finish it if you haven’t done so already.  Or, read it again! 

If you loved Willa the Wisp, we have recommendations for your next family read aloud.  What are you going to read next? 
]]> 2022-04-25 15:50:54 UTC https://padlet.com/epldotca/familybookclub_willa/wish/2156828325 Complete the Survey epldotca https://padlet.com/epldotca/familybookclub_willa/wish/2156833982 Tell us what you think about EPL’s Family Book Club.

Complete this survey by Friday, May 6 and help us make future editions of Family Book Club even better. ]]> 2022-04-25 15:53:56 UTC https://padlet.com/epldotca/familybookclub_willa/wish/2156833982 Literacy Tip epldotca https://padlet.com/epldotca/familybookclub_willa/wish/2156834615 Make a commitment to read aloud and adapt it to the way that works best for your family.  
 

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