This past Tuesday we began the third and final "bend" in the Calkins Deep Study of Character unit of study for middle grades reading. I personally did not care for the mini-lessons and the methods for framing/introducing theme, so I decided to keep the key concepts but design a different path to the same ends. … Continue reading Day 1 of Inquiring Into Theme: Deconstructing “Harlem” and Constructing Possible Thematic Concepts and Statements
