Global Read Aloud Week 5

This week for the Global Read Aloud Program, we read Going Places by Peter H. Reynolds.

Going Places is a story about teamwork and about thinking outside the box.  In the story, every student gets the same kit with the same instructions to make a race car for the "Going Places" race.  However, Rafael and Maya think outside the box and come up with something amazing! 

Before reading the story, our third grade students from Ms. Kuziel's class contributed to this Padlet from Mrs. Matysow's class in Warsaw, Poland with our predictions:

Created with Padlet

Then, our students commented on a Tackk created by the students in Mrs. Raisutis' class from Flossmoor, IL.

Finally, after reading the story, our students had a chance to use their own creative juices!  Each student was given the same materials to use: 4 large marshmallows, 9 small marshmallows, 3 straws, 25 toothpicks, colored paper, scissors, and pencils.  Here are some of their creations!

Some of the creations were: a robot, a dinosaur, a snowman, and a boat.  What a fun project! We have some really creative students at Harrison School!!