![]() ![]() At each pausing point (I think I stopped 5 times during the text), I ask them to turn and talk to a neighbor or two close to them and then we share out as a class. Eve Bunting, 1928 - Eve Bunting was born in 1928 in Maghera, Ireland, as Anne Evelyn Bunting. They are welcome to write as I read if they have something urgent to record. I explain that I will read a few pages and then will pause and give them time to write their thoughts. ![]() So, I ask my students to come by the easel with their reading response notebooks and I tell them we are going to be reading closely and tracking our thinking. Tracking Our Thinking and Looking for Text Evidence What I find so interesting about this text is that it isn’t an “in your face” immigration story instead, it is a story about people. ![]() I always start off–before I even tell them what we are studying–with a close read of Eve Bunting’s “How Many Days to America”. there are so many fascinating things to learn and so many great pieces of literature that can be tied to the unit. ![]() I hope I can remember so many things when I am her age! I can barely remember to put two shoes on now and I am half her age! She was a sharp as a tack–and her story was so interesting. Yesterday we kicked off our immigration unit with an A-MAZING visit from a 90 year old woman who had immigrated from Germany back in the mid 20’s. ![]()
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