Thursday, October 28, 2010

Tomas- Events in Order

Today, students will finish their work and understanding of the story, Tomas and the Library Lady.  We will complete a graphic organizer that places the events of the story in order.  You can ask your child how they completed the following events:
  • Pages 160-161
    At midnight, the family was headed by car...
  • Pages??
    The boys carried water to the field, and when they got hot, they...
  • Pages??
    First, the library lady brought Tomas some water. Then she...
  • Pages 168-170
    All summer, whenever he could, Tomas...
  • Pages??
    In the evenings, Tomas...
  • In the future, I predict Tomas...
To build background for this story, students learned about Tomas Rivera, the boy that the story is about.  Tomas grew up to be a well-known author and educator.  You can ask your child what they learned and know about Tomas.

6 comments:

  1. Thank you, for reading Tomas And The Library Lady to us. I like Tomas reads about dinosaurs and tigers!

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  2. I like reading about Tomas And The Library Lady, and Ihope that Tomas makes more books for people to read!!!

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  3. Reading Tomas And The Library lady was fun because Tomas goes into the library and checks out books about dinosaurs and tigers!!!!!!

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  4. Rubi morelos hernanddezNovember 4, 2010 at 7:53 AM

    The best part was spanish lines!!!!

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  5. I tried to read the spanish but it was to hard!!

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  6. its cool reading tomas and the library lady because we get to learn about a famous person Tomas!!!!!!

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