Newsela is an excellent resource for extending our learning from Discovery Education. Find an article that relates to our unit, Patterns in the Sky. Make sure your article is in your reading level.
Copy and paste the article's URL. Summarize your article and explain what your community members could learn by reading the article. Try and CONVINCE them to read the article, too.
Misconception: The sun moves across the sky.Please correct this misconception with evidence from your research. Consider using a sentence stem below:
Misconception: The sun does not rotate.Please correct this misconception with evidence from your research. Consider using a sentence stem below:
The sun has a solid surface.Please correct this misconception with evidence from your research. Consider using a sentence stem below:
Great readers can extend and deepen their understanding about thier books by doing additional research on the topics covered in the book. Consider reading one of the articles below to extend your knowledge of the topic. Comment with your new understanding or inferences.
History of Pigeon Shoots Contest Kills Pigeon Problem 11 Facts about Bullying Stop Bullying Why is it important we celebrate our veterans?
How can you show your appreciation on this day/weekend? Check out these recipes:
Food.com Sweet Corn Recipes Plains Recipes What food looks tasty? What recipes align with your tribe's food sources and natural resources? The Lakotas tribe created pictographs that represent an important event or idea in their lives. This was a way to record their history for their children and grandchildren.
What would you record in a pictograph? What event has been important in your life? I would add a pictograph of______. This was an important event in my life because... During Reader's Workshop we are reading the story Wringer by Jerry Spinelli. In our first chapters we learn about our main character's friends, Beans, Mutto and Henry. We question the definition of "true friends."
Define a true friendship, explain how you have come to this definition.
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