Creating our Wall of Words

Peak-this is one good book by Roland Smith. It is difficult to read it in class, then eventually put it down and be about other tasks. I wonder of Roland Smith does school visits?
Private reading and discussion-we had 20 minutes of reading workshop time. Students gave short presentations of the books they have selected, and rated them 1-5 in quality.
Vocabulary words-homework words were collected in preparation for this week's vocabulary lists. Some of these words are of the 'quite challenging' variety. Stay tuned for list publication.
Whodunnit?-our next English unit was introduced, the Whodunnit. This will be different than a mystery unit. Concepts such as aliens, the yeti, ghosts, are all certainly mysterious, but the Whodunnit is more narrow, focusing on a crime and working through the steps to find the perpetrator of the misdeed. This unit of study usually generates high student interest.

Homework-Read 20 minutes from a book of choice.