![]() These are wonderful tools that will allow the students to express themselves and to be creative.Ĭ.3.1 - Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons. Also, the students are asked to create meaningful representations of what they have learned about the subject of rioting by creating an anti-violence flyer and to write a simulated newspaper journal. I have decided to incorporate the students' lives in the situations by allowing them to examine their own lives at home and compare that to the book by seeing how rioting would affect their living situation. With the inclusion of different writing ideas that go beyond simply writing in a journal, the students are given more of an authentic look at creating something more meaningful. The three activities contained in this part of the website allows for the students to really let their creativity show. Simply defining the word is not enough, so the students will need to see how the word is used in a sentence, which is what I have provided in the word wall section. Since the students will be enhancing their knowledge of vocabulary words by defining the words they will be using the primary level of the Taxonomy.Īpplying - The students will use the word in a sentence, which fits under the application level of Bloom's Taxonomy. Remembering - Defining words fits within the first level of Bloom's Taxonomy. I believe that the inclusion of this page on the site allows for students to learn more vocabulary and build greater story comprehension.Ĭ.3.4 - Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, distinguishing literal from nonliteral language. Included in the word wall were the words, a definition from Merriam-Webster, and the word used in a sentence. I chose the words included on this word wall because I feel as though these words can be tough for children to understand when they are reading the book. I hope you have enjoyed my website and will find it useful in your own classroom! My idea is that with the help of this website, teachers will be able to easily access information about the book and how they can tie those into their own classroom and not have to worry about what standards these activities pertain. Each of these activities align with Common Core Standards so that they may be used in classrooms all across the country. Below is a summary of each activity with a rationale for each. ![]() I believe that Smoky Night is the perfect book to teach young students about the importance of accepting one another and also exploring social issues and how people react when they are angry. Since I have been placed in a third grade classroom for student teaching, I felt it necessary to further enhance my planning for the classroom by developing this website for my future classroom. I understand the symbolism of the cats uniting with their owners, but that in itself does not magically change people’s minds about racist thoughts, regardless of what your color is.This entire website has been created with the 3rd grade classroom in mind. It so delicately touched on the topic that is almost seems better to have left it out, rather than to leave the reader hanging. This book can be perceived as white privilege because the characters are minorities, which could suggest only riots occur around minorities and not whites. This book has won many awards and I do like the message it sends, but I feel that it barely touched on the race issue. Having the illustrations confirm that point was important. I’m sure this was the point because the theme of the story is to show how all humans are equal. There is no clear distinction between the Asian and African-American features. Regardless of varying races of people, everyone looks the same. Another area of confusion is the illustrations. The riots are not explained in depth and keeps the reader wondering the cause. It is a topic most children are unaware of. He tells them that they were found “holding paws” under the staircase in the apartment building.ĭaniel’s mother does well in explaining what a riot is to a young audience. Kim’s cat (Daniel’s Korean neighbor.) At the shelter, the fireman brings both Daniel’s and Mrs. During the riot, Daniel’s beloved cat Jasmine goes missing, along with Mrs. Due to the fire, he has to leave his apartment with his mother. Daniel sees the fires and looting occurring outside his window. The families choose not to communicate with one another in the beginning of the story, because they are “different kinds.” The story is told through an African-American boy, Daniel. In the book, there are two families of two different races- African American and Korean. Smoky night, is a picture book by Eve Bunting, that focuses on race, urban violence and the Los Angeles riot. ![]()
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