Ruth Law Thrills a Nation
(p. 386-403)
Student Sites
Background: record breakers
Spelling: over/un
Vocabulary: feat, heroine, hospitality, refused, spectators, stood (p. 384-385)
Preview, predict, picture walk, read story aloud and discuss
Story: Choral Read, partner read, independent read, listen to story on tape
Poetry: Dream Song (p. 384p)
Writing: Word Choice: What record would you like to break?
Word Building: overnight
Centers
Cool Computers: Design your own airplane using Pixie
Awesome Artists: Make stick puppets to retell the story
Word Wizards: Prefix word sorts
Rockin’ Readers: Guiness Book of World Records books
Research record breakers online
Reading comprehension: Amelia Earhart