First grade has been reading about the science of shadows and the imaginative offspring that literature provides. We shared in the fun of Robert Louis Stevenson's poem, and read two books by Paul Fleischman - one that reinterprets city shadows, and one that imitates a shadow puppet play. Having tried our hands at hand puppets, we use paper cutouts to tell shadow puppet stories with the overhead projector.
Second grade will move from biographies to an author study. Reading a variety of books by one author allows students to recognize the elements that are shared due that authors style of writing and approach to storytelling. They understand that it can be fun to look for more books by the author of a story that they love.
Third grade is done with their Native American celebration and are learning some basic tools for accessing information in non-fiction books: table of contents and index, then on to online catalog and database use.
Fourth grades will enjoy a short novel read-aloud that encourages some critical analysis. They will be learning to make their own interpretations rather than answering questions with the "right" response. It requires risk-taking to take a point of view and support it with evidence from the story.
Second grade will move from biographies to an author study. Reading a variety of books by one author allows students to recognize the elements that are shared due that authors style of writing and approach to storytelling. They understand that it can be fun to look for more books by the author of a story that they love.
Third grade is done with their Native American celebration and are learning some basic tools for accessing information in non-fiction books: table of contents and index, then on to online catalog and database use.
Fourth grades will enjoy a short novel read-aloud that encourages some critical analysis. They will be learning to make their own interpretations rather than answering questions with the "right" response. It requires risk-taking to take a point of view and support it with evidence from the story.
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