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Monday, January 28, 2013

Today in ELA 1/28

Learning Goals:
~Use strategies to become an active reader, while reading Maniac Magee
~Compare/Contrast East and West Ends in Maniac.

Activities:
AM
Journal Questions
1)Why is The Little Engine That Could a good book for Grayson to read first?
2)At the end of Chapter 28, what does "I'm okay... I'm okay-and he knew that was the truth of it" mean?  What is this "truth"?
3)Why does Maniac paint a number on the outside of the Band Shell Room?  How does that relate to him looking at the Beales' address at the end of Chapter 12?
PM
Journal Questions
1)Why is The Little Engine That Could a good book for Grayson to read first?
2)At the end of Chapter 28, what does "I'm okay... I'm okay-and he knew that was the truth of it" mean?  What is this "truth"?
3)Why does Maniac paint a number on the outside of the Band Shell Room?  How does that relate to him looking at the Beales' address at the end of Chapter 12?
 
Homework:
~Spelling: Rewrite 3Xs Each
~Read Maniac Chapters 30-32.  Do Lit Role