Thursday, December 9, 2010
Too Many Tamales and Merry Christmas, Strega Nona
This week we read and compared two books: Too Many Tamales and Merry Christmas, Strega Nona. On Monday, we read Too Many Tamales and created a story map as a group. The next day we read Merry Christmas, Strega Nona. We also created a story map for this book. On Wednesday, we discussed how the two books are similiar and different. As a part of this discussion, we created a Venn Diagram. After our three charts were completed the students worked in small groups to create their own story maps using their own words.
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I love how you did the story maps on each book and then did the Venn Diagram. I've been looking for something like this for next week. I also need to do something for a bulletin board that has been bare, except for brown paper, since last week. I think I'll do this with 2 ginger bread books. Then it will look nicely on my brown paper! Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your comment! The students really seem to love working in small groups and it is great for problem solving.
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