1. They improve students' comprehension.
2. They provide students with a framework for identifying the elements of a story.
3. They help students of varying abilities organize information and ideas efficiently.
4. They are fun and interactive.
This week we took all our brain powers and completed a story map for our current story, "A Walk In The Rain With A Brain". The students had fun recalling the events of the story and were able to fill in the map with excitement as we also talked about the areas our brain were working to recall the information.
Our Alders continued with making MLA citations with magazines and we added different media sources. I felt a bit old when I had to explain what a VHS tape was. Mr. Luke will be working with them on using search engines and citing websites in the following weeks. They should be well prepared for the upcoming independent projects.
http://www.readingrockets.org/strategies/story_maps
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