Bringing History to Life: CONNECT, EXTEND, CHALLENGE

Bringing History to Life:  Researching Your Topic

**Continue with your research as you would in class.  Look at the clock and spend about fifteen minutes using all of your research skills to learn more about your topic.  

**Choose one article, blog, or youtube video that helped you learn more about your topic.  

**Copy the link of your information (Youtube video, or website) and paste as a reply in this post.

Connect/Extend/Challenge.  

**Write a paragraph where you discuss:

• How did this connect to what you already know about the topic?
• What new information did you learn from this piece of information?
• What new questions do you have or what do you not understanding about this new piece of information?

Response to White Socks Only

Welcome to Our Virtual Book Club!

Let's start a conversation about White Socks Only!

After listening to the story, please leave your response to the book below in a comment.  Think about the notes you usually take when you read, then leave them for your friends below.  Make connections, describe your inferences, ask questions, discuss what was the most important part of the story and/or discuss the theme.  Write as much as you want!

Then, read through what your friends have shared and comment back to them.  Let's get a conversation going!

Author Your Own Response Chapters 9-11

What are you thinking now about Number the Stars?  Has it changed since the last time you posted?

"I used to think _________, but now I think ______________."  
"Something that really struck me in the story was ________________."
"One important theme of this book is ____________________."

Is the Weather Good for Fishing?

What did you think was significant in this chapter?
Please leave your thoughts; then, leave a reply to the comment of another person.

Response to Chapters 1-5

Number the Stars Chapters 1-4

Anne Marie is ten years old in this story.  Think about how you think about your life, and how this is different than Anne Marie.  Ideas you might want to discuss are friendship, courage, and helping others.  

What do YOU notice about this passage?

 Leave a comment about what YOU think is important in this text.  Then, read through the comments of others and add your own thoughts.