Writing About Reading

We will continue to work on writing about reading this year. Thought + Evidence + Higher Level Thinking. I am excited to show students...

 Theme: The lesson learned. It is the big idea or message of the text.  It can go across several books. It is a post reading strate...

 Symbolism is a hard concept for 4th and 5th graders. It is always helps to find friendly ways to define a difficult concept...

4th and 5th grade students begin to learn the importance of backstory. Backstory can help you form character theories, anticipate possible...

 5th grade nonfiction entry at the beginning of the year. Just keeping with the entry formula of thought + evidence + higher level thinkin...

There is always a discussion between problem/solution and problem/resolution. Sometimes students struggle with this fairly simple concept....

 We want students to recognize social issues in books.  We also want students to recognize social issues around them and in the world...