Christopher Columbus and More

This week I read a Christopher Columbus biography to First Grade and then we completed a Quizizz afterward.  The kids always love to do a Quizizz!  They really did an outstanding job considering the fact that this was the first time we had done one with multiple choice answers instead of true or false.  I was also amazed at much they remembered from the story and was able to call out the correct answer before I even had a chance to read the answer choices to them.

In Fifth Grade, we watched a video of the reading of Encounter by Jane Yolen.  It is a story of Christopher Columbus as seen through the eyes of a young native boy.  It has a totally different perspective of Christopher Columbus and his explorations.

In Pre-K, we read Barn Dance since they have been learning and talking about fall.  I keep hoping that the fall weather will eventually blow in, but no luck so far.

In Kindergarten and Second Grade, we discussed character, setting and plot.  I read Frog and Toad Together to Kindergarten and Poppleton Has Fun to Second Grade.  We were able to identify each element after we read each “chapter’ of the books.

In Third Grade, we discussed the definition of historical fiction and then I read Katie’s Trunk to them.  We discussed how the events in the story could have happened back in the 18^th century during the American Revolutionary War.

Finally, in Fourth Grade we discussed author’s purpose. I showed them three different books and talked about how the words the author chooses is critical to the purpose and audience he is writing to. I read Turkey Tot as an example of entertainment.