Students will work in collaborative groups this week to determine the correct sequence of events for Number the Stars.  By collaborating and using flexible thinking, students will need to justify which events are rising actions, what the climax is, and what the falling actions and resolution are.  Students will the apply these skills in guided reading groups to determine how the sequence of events within a story affect the plot.  Students will continue to examine theme and even have the chance to reflect on how multi-media elements can make the text easier to understand.

Our vocabulary focus within small groups is homographs.  Students will identify words that sound the same and are spelled the same but have a different meaning depending on the context in which they are used.

Due to the irregular week, Literature Circles will not take place so that students can focus on publishing their adventures stores!