Last week during Catholic Education Week the students participated in Mentor Text readings, where we discussed, brainstormed and shared many different views and connections to the story. We read Enemy Pie, where we shared many thoughts about friendship, manners, kindness, and caring. We also read The Girl Who Never Made Mistakes, where we shared many thoughts about problem solving, taking chances, feelings of excitement and nervousness, and always trying our best. The children did a great job with both readings! As a final activity, we grouped the students and asked them to work together to illustrate their own pictures to go along with the ideas in the story. Way to go boys and girls!
We encourage all of our students to continue to read various texts, both independently and with your support, while ensuring a thorough understanding of the material by discussing and making connections to the material presented. Here are a few examples of discussion questions we may use to prompt further thinking of the material read:
*what is this story about? Story sequence from beginning to end.
*who is this story about?
*where is this story taking place?
*what is happening to the characters in the story? Beginning, middle, end
*what is the problem?
*how is the character going to solve the problem?
*what do you think is going to happen at the end?
*what would you have done if you were that character?
*what does this story make you think of?
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