Ruth Law Thrills a Nation

Ruth Law Thrills a Nation

(p. 386-403)

Student Sites

Guinness World Records

 

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