Character Traits vs Feelings

In my classroom today we worked on how to distinguish between character feelings and character traits. The kids were asked to meet with their series book club members after a brief mini-lesson. They began by sorting a variety of feeling words and traits words. Then they were instructed to talk about how the character's feelings in their series books have changed across the text so far. Finally, they were asked to identify some traits of the main character in the series and to support their thinking with evidence from the text. They had a great time and the level of talk was excellent! Here's a peek!

PEACE,
Carol

                                      

                                      

Inquiry Teams

My students began their inquiry teams this Monday. They browsed baskets of books related to weather and went on a "nonfiction weather words hunt." They devised a list of words that they predicted they would find as they browsed the baskets full of weather related resources. They each chose a word and kept a tally on how many times they came across those words as they explored the materials in the baskets. Great lesson. Kids loved it and learned so much!

PEACE,
Carol