With that said, my class recently finished our first class novel, The Chocolate Touch by Patrick Skene Catling. I really love all of the chapter books that my teaching partner and I chose to use as a part of our reading curriculum a few years ago, and this one is such a great choice to start with as as kids LOVE this book.
As one of the final activities to be completed I followed an idea shared by Fourth Grade Frolics. It's the perfect book to use to show how a character has changed as the story moved along. Talking about how the character has changed has always been something that I've done, but when I saw this activity I knew it was the perfect wrap up for the book.
After the book was finished we together brainstormed different words to describe John Midas and what he was like at the beginning/middle/end of the story. Then I let them loose to follow the plan I wanted them to follow.
Here are their results:
Non-fiction reading is up next for my students using their hardcover reading book.
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