Grade 5 Science Big Ideas

All grade 5s now have a copy of this chart of Big Ideas in their Science duo-tangs

How do our Conservation of Energy and Resources Big Ideas tie into the themes and messages of "The Lorax"?

Grade 4 Science Big Ideas

All grade 4s now have this chart in their Science duo-tangs.

How did our Rocks and Minerals Big Ideas tie into the themes and message of this picture book?

What is a Text?

The Land of Stories: Characters, Setting and Plot

As we continue our read-aloud of The Land of Stories, we are practicing reading comprehension strategies, such as:

-making connections

-asking questions

-visualizing

-inferring

and

-predicting

We are also learning about Plot, Setting and Characters. We had a great class discussion where students recalled three details that they thought were important and added them to our anchor chart. They could share details about the characters in the story, the setting (both the where and the when) or the plot (which we started mapping on two separate plot lines - a real life and a fairy tale one)