Students in Kindergarten are working on expressing their understanding of texts read aloud through conversation. Here they are learning about how and why Thanksgiving is celebrated. They are responding to typical questions that teachers ask when checking for students' understanding of text.
Vocabulary: feast, parade
Question/Prompts to promote key understandings within text:
Tell some of the ways people celebrate Thanksgiving.
What are some Thanksgiving foods?
Questions/prompts to promote key understandings beyond the text:
How is Thanksgiving today different from the first Thanksgiving? How is it similar?
Can you think of a food that is eaten on Thanksgiving that was not in the text?
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Students in First Grade are reading Nursery Rhymes. They are working on rhyming, building vocabulary, building background cultural knowledge, and reading fluency. Leah Castrovillari (teaching in the photograph) is a Lesley University student who is working 6 hours a week alongside Emily Núñez to support English Language Learners in grades 1 and 2.
Vocabulary/Grammar: bare, strike/struck, crown (top of head), tumbling, fetch, great (big), spout, wee (little), frightened
