Shades of Meaning

Challenge add a level of  sophistication to primary students' writing. Growing an understanding of shades of meaning is an essential learning in English Language Arts.  A couple of important questions that teachers ask when devoting any length of time to an activity are: Where's the learning? How are standards driving the learning? This lesson knocks the ball out of the park answering those questions.  From beginning to end the lesson is driven by purpose. 

Common Core Task Revisited: Alexander Who Used to Be Rich

Here's a final product for the "Alexander Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday," Common Core task.  After watching the video clips, my next pedagogical area to tackle is academic feedback.  I would like to hear more of that from myself and my students.  With that said... here it is. :)

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