Bits and Pieces

Easy? Hard? Advice to future students who will be taking the test?

Are you like Suki or her sisters?  Explain.

Likes? Dislikes?

Share your favorite part of the story. What surprised you? Do you think there should be a Harriet Tubman holiday? What would you have done differently if you were Harriet in those days?

In our story this week, a blizzard trapped the whales. Have you ever been caught in a blizzard? What happened? If not, have you ever been stuck at home without power do to a storm? Describe that time.

Write your own night letter.  Step outside of your back door. What would you see. Who would write back to you?

Pushing up the sky tried to expain where the stars came from. It was a made up story to explain something in nature. As a small child, you probably heard many stories like that. Describe a similar story about nature you thought was true as a little child yet know now to be a made up story.

Just like Lidia Grace, pretend you are staying somewhere wihtout your parents. Where would it be? What would it be lieke there? Write a letter home explaining these details as well as what you would be doing while your parents are away.

Are you like the hare or the bear? Explain.

Prudy had a problem and a rather unique solution. Share a time you had a problem and what you did to solve it.