We just finished working with the story Akiak: A Tale from the Iditarod. The story describes Akiak's, (the lead sled dog) journey along the Iditarod trail; it is his last year running the race. Along with reading the story, we completed a graphic organizer timeline describing the checkpoints and weather conditions, as well as homework worksheets to help enhance our vocabulary.
During the reading of this story, we focussed on the concept of story structure. The story structure is defined as how the story is put together, the beginning, middle, and end, including the basic elements of a story such as setting, main idea, characters, and plot. Next week, we will continue working with the concept of story structure as we transition to the new story Grandfather's Journey.
Social Studies:
Last week in Social Studies we started working with map skills. Our reading story Akiak used text features, such as maps to help enhance the text. In class we read the book Follow That Map to help us learn exactly what maps are, their basic parts including the compass rose, scale, symbols, key/legend, and route, as well as, how they can help us with our reading.
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