Our class
read the book Chocolatina together. No one in our class
had ever heard that story before. We used Kidspiration to
develop a sequence of events map.
When we
read the story again, we went back and added more details to our
map. Chocolatina's favorite food was definitely chocolate. That
sparked a lively discussion on our own favorite foods. We
decided to use the format in Chocolatina and write our own page
of likes and a dislike.
I love ribs
more than anything in the world. I love them more than the
Fourth of July, roller-skating, and definitely more than
lasagna.
I love
Reeses more than anything in the world. I love it more than my
birthday, baseball, and definitely more than spinach.
I love
peas more than anything in the world. I love them more than
Christmas, softball, and definitely more than fish.
I love
apples more than anything in the world. I love them more than
Christmas, basketball, and definitely more than broccoli or hot
peppers.
I love
hamburgers more than anything in the world. I love it more than
September, football, and definitely more than avocados.
I love
candy more than anything in the world. I love it more than
skating, playing sports, and definitely more than broccoli.
For a
poetry connection, we used Chocolatina as our main word for an
acrostic poem. Here are samples:
Chocolatina loves chocolate.
Her teacher loves chocolate
more than anything.
Over night, she turned into
chocolate.
Chocolate is bad for you,
but I do not care.
Oh, how I love chocolate!
Like my mom loves ice cream.
At my grandma's house, I get
to eat chocolate.
Tina turned into chocolate.
I liked the book Chocolatina.
Now, can I get chocolate?
A Hershey's kiss is good!
Chocolatina loves chocolate.
Her favorite candy is
chocolate.
One day Chocolatina turned
into chocolate.
Cocoa is a kind of
chocolate.
Offering chocolate is a nice
thing to do.
Like Chocolatina, I love
chocolate, too.
At lunch, Chocolatina always
gets chocolate milk.
Tina turned back into a
regular human.
Instead of playing,
Chocolatina had to watch her friends play basketball.
No ones hates chocolate.
At the end, Mrs. Ferdman
turned into chocolate.
Here are some
graphics the students created with Microsoft Office.
The following
are the district standards addressed in our project:
Explains
major literary elements in text
Understands a story by locating major structures in text
Explains the difference between fiction and informational text
Writes short stories, paragraphs, and poems to express ideas
Expresses ideas in complete and clear sentences
Uses technology for a learning tool
Uses graphic organizers to clarify information
Makes predictions about what is more or less likely to happen
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