A Week with Kevin Henkes

Adding character traits to our character map

It was a busy week in 1-Thomson!  The children are settling into the routines of first grade and there is wonderful learning happening!

This week, we studied one of my FAVORITE authors and illustrators-Kevin Henkes (check out his website-http://www.kevinhenkes.com/)!  We read several of his popular stories such as "Chrysanthemum", "Wemberly Worried", "Sheila Rae, the Brave", and "Lilly's Big Day" to name a few.  The children enjoyed discussing and comparing the character traits of Wemberly, Sheila Rae, and Chrysanthemum while practicing their retells of the beginning, middle, and end.


(CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.3: Describe
characters, settings, and major events in a
story, using key details)
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