Bag O' Facts Reading Project

The students have recently completed the 
book The Matchlock Gun by Walter D. 
Edmonds.  This book was a story that took 
place in Guilderland NY during the French 
and Indian War.  The students were asked to 
search through the book for items that they 
believed had some significance to the plot or 
the setting of the book.

After choosing the items, they wrote the item 
on a card and then folded the card in half.  In 
the inside they would write out why they chose 
the item and what it's significance was to the 
story.

Then they placed the cards into a bag with a 
chart and gave their bag to another group.

Each group reads the other group's cards and 
tries to guess why they chose that object.  They 
record their guesses on a chart and award 
themselves points if they chose the same 
reason as authors of the card.

If a group chooses the same reason, they earn a 
point.  The students can read as many bags as 
they want, so as to earn as many points as 
possible.

The group that earns the most points wins the 
Bag O' Facts game

Mrs. King's 2nd Grade Class

We will be visiting Mrs. King's Second grade 
class to work with them on creative writing 
throughout the school year.  Mrs. Walker and 
Mrs. King will be guiding the students in how to 
discover their voices as authors and providing 
students with skills and strategies to develop 
and improve their writing abilities.