With it being the Super Blue Blood Moon, I didn’t have high expectations for today’s lesson. However, I was pleasantly surprised. We covered comparing and contrasting using the Three Little Pigs by Barry Moser and The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka. Monday I read the Three Little Pigs aloud, then Tuesday I read The True Story of the Three Little Pigs.
Today each student drew a Venn Diagram in their writing notebook and filled it out independently. Next, We played musical partners. I played Happy by Pharrell Williams as the students walked around with their writing notebook. Once the music stopped the students had to find a partner to share with. We played about three rounds then came back together whole group to make a classroom anchor chart of our Venn Diagram.
They did so well, and even came up with a few that I didn’t think of!
Of course with my afternoon class, the fire alarm went off as soon as we started the anchor chart. But, hey if I’ve learned anything from the last 7 years of being in a classroom it’s to be flexible!
