[MOSAIC] Determining Importance

[Joy]

We're revisiting Determining Importance this week by doing a Textmapping project using a short book about the Trail of Tears. The groups were actively engaged in determining importance like I've never seen them before. Today we highlighted text features like italics and bold print. Tomorrow we will highlight names of people, places, and geographic features (rivers, lakes, mountains, etc.). Friday we are going to highlight the problems encountered by the Cherokee, and the solutions, if any. Then we are going to create story bags using icons the students will create to signify their own imaginary journey along the Trail of Tears. 
   


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  How children learn is as important as what they learn: process and content go hand in hand. http://www.responsiveclassroom.org
   









 
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