My practicum this week was rescheduled until Wednesday because my advising teacher is out of town, but the exciting thing is that I get to work with the kids on Wednesday and will be able to attend an assembly by J. Mortenson, the mother of G. Mortenson who has built schools for girls in Pakistan and Afghanistan!
Last week we began brainstorming ideas for their planet stories. The children were asked to make story webs and create a story line that consisted of the planets as characters. The plot line is set up in four stages where a conflict arises and a solution is found that ends up creating a trait of a particular planet. For example, how Saturn got its rings, or how Pluto feels about being a dwarf.
This week we will begin the week by writing the Constitution and a biography study about Ben Franklin, and finish the week with the planet stories.
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Awww, that is so cute! Poor Pluto! Sounds like you will have a very exciting time with your children. Story webbing is very important at that age, because oral story telling from children is often extremely disorganized, so there is a lot of work that goes into building organizational skills. Tough work, but someone has got to do it!
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