We began class with a community building game... where Ms. Barsky invited students to come along on a trip to space, but only if they brought something that began with the same first letter as their name! Once students caught on to the trick... we had a space ship full of interesting items: eggs, mashed potatoes, a kite, a space suit, and a killer robot.
Then, students worked in small groups, facilitated by a mentor student, and practiced making predictions using text features (such as pictures, title, subtitle, bold words, and quotations). Once students had made predictions, they read through the article together (sharing the job of reading aloud) and summarized the main points. Finally, students began to organize the main points into a graphic organizer titled, "Seeing Both Sides." Their task is to find evidence to support both sides of the argument - Should students be allowed to rate their teachers online? - and to place the evidence on the corresponding side of the graphic organizer. We will complete this part of the task next class.
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