Genius Hour & Taft - in one week? The kids were celebrating! What a great time we had out at the Lorado Taft campus in Oregon, IL. Phew! I'm sure you've heard all about it by now. Is your child leaving any ort on his or her plate??
This past week we dove into reading & writing about The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton. We're taking a Whole Novels approach to this book - not stopping students after each chapter to discuss. This is an easier text for them at this point in the year, and they are taking notes, doing activities in class based on their notes and what they've shown me they understand so far, and writing about what they're reading. Next week we will discuss what we've read as a class, using the questions and comments they've formulated.
This past week we dove into reading & writing about The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton. We're taking a Whole Novels approach to this book - not stopping students after each chapter to discuss. This is an easier text for them at this point in the year, and they are taking notes, doing activities in class based on their notes and what they've shown me they understand so far, and writing about what they're reading. Next week we will discuss what we've read as a class, using the questions and comments they've formulated.