Characters & Currently

yep... it's just another manic Monday, oh how I wish it was still Sunday!!!

Our kids are working hard to practice for our state exam these days and not much fun it taking place.

We're just practicing & reviewing, counting the days till the nightmare is over.

Our test is on the week of 4/16 and all of us are ready to put it behind us!

I did want to share one of my favorite strategies for character study.
This is part of our interactive student notebook.

This can easily be applied to Social Studies as well.

This is a point of view & sensory figure

Students illustrate the character based on the physical traits mentioned in the text
and create thought bubbles to describe the character's point of view and senses throughout the text.

  

   

 

  

  

 

 

  

 

 

This last one was created by one of my ELL girls. 

She moved here this year from Eastern Europe and did know a word of English!!!

It is a great tool to help student process characterization.

Their figures came out awesome!

To learn more about my Interactive Student Notebook be sure to join me for 

my Interactive Notebook Presentation & grab the goodies I have waiting for you!

Finally, I'm linking up with Farley over at 

for her monthly currently linky party :)