Tuesday, April 29th

Today I introduced students to text mapping.  I gave them printouts about John F Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson from a text (Presidents - an Eyewitness Book).  We read one together and we identified important dates and Civil Rights Movement connections. Then they worked on the other president with a partner.  They will use this information for their informational writing task later this week.

We continued with discussing the narrative writing assignment, My Favorite F.AVE Memory.  It will be the final narrative for the year and it's a great opportunity for students to improve upon their previous narrative grade.

Then we discussed the term 6 reading challenge and students shared their ideas for individual and group rewards.  I will reflect on their ideas and make a choice about the rewards within the next few days.

Lastly, the two classes joined together and we read a few chapters in Son and finished the day by watching the final part of Selma Lord Selma.