We've been reading Scholastic chapter book biographies for homework (Rosa Parks and Neil Armstrong) but in class we are enjoying
Helen Keller by Margaret Davidson
I have a class set so every child has a copy. The text is easy reading (third grade level) but my focus has been inferring both Annie and Helen's
personality traits through actions, dialogue or monologue. To introduce the skill I refer to them as thoughts, actions, or words.This is the first time I have done this with my fourth graders and I thought they got the hang of it pretty quickly. We listed the
trait, how it was
revealed to us in the story, and the
text based evidence with pg. number.
This is the anchor chart we developed for Annie, or
Teacher, as she was fondly known
Several of my 4th graders have really become interested in learning more about Helen Keller. The following website for kids gives lots of info and pictures of Helen throughout her life:
http://www.afb.org/braillebug/hkgallery.asp?tpid=1
Its great for showing on the Smartboard. Christine