4th Grade Enrichment

Last week we continued with our novel, A Handful of Stars.  We practiced using visualization strategies while drawing the mason bee houses that Salma and Lily create in the book.  Students had to draw the 2 different bee houses, then use text evidence to explain their drawings.  We also learned a new signpost, Again and Again.  We learned that when the author repeats a phrase, situation, or object over and over again, we need to stop and think.  In this case, we would ask ourselves why the author is repeating it, and how is it important to the story?  This gives the reader a clue about the theme or conflict, or can foreshadow future events in the story.