We are thinking about the Big Question:
WHAT MAKES A GOOD STORY??
WHAT MAKES A GOOD STORY??
We started our inquiry journey by asking the students What makes a Good Story? They weren't really sure at the time. So we knew we had to start to look closely at story structure.
We did several read alouds in smaller groups. We first just focused on being able to retell the story in their own words. We talked about the criteria needed for a good retelling choosing books like Stanley's Wild Ride to engage in great discussion.
We did several read alouds in smaller groups. We first just focused on being able to retell the story in their own words. We talked about the criteria needed for a good retelling choosing books like Stanley's Wild Ride to engage in great discussion.
After reading several different selections, we began to co-construct our story criteria. We then used a graphic organizer with story elements to guide our retelling.
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In order to integrate some more technology to our learning we also chose to do some viewing of our books on Tumblebooks. Students filled out the organizer while listening to the stories.
Below are some of the examples of the organizers that students filled out during the read alouds.
We also purposely then chose a book that contained some math aspects as well. In this case, Counting Coconuts is a counting book. At the completion of this book round, we discussed how some books can have other learning parts to them, like Math.