This month, third graders were thoroughly engaged in a "Caldecott Exploration." We read aloud several Caldecott winners which included the wordless book Tuesday by David Wiesner. Students participated in some pair-reading activities and discussed why they thought the illustrations of certain books were deserving of this very prestigious award.
Fourth graders discussed what it meant to make inferences. We read Brave Irene by William Steig...but the students were not told the title of the book. Students were asked to make inferences about Irene's character based on her actions and then had to come up with their own title!
Fifth graders explored books about animals by renowned award-winning author and photographer Nic Bishop. We learned about the Sibert Award for nonfiction and read Marsupials as well as his most recent book about snakes. Students then visited his author website and completed a webquest activity about his life and how he researched several of his books.
Sixth graders were introduced to a periodical about world cultures called Faces. Each issue highlights a different country or region of the world and relates to the “five themes” of geography. We took a look at “a day in the life” of a Chinese student and learned about Chinese New Year. To connect to the sixth grade study of Russia, we perused more articles in Faces and were intrigued by the article on “The Amber Room.” We also read a variation of the popular Russian folktale “Baba Yaga.”
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