We just finished reading , “When Jessie Came Across the Sea” . This was a beautifully written book about one fictional character’s journey across the sea to America. On our student blogs, each student will be writing a blog post about this book and responding to these prompts:
In the book, they called American “The Promised Land”. Why did they call it that?
We have been focusing on Monitoring our Understanding as a strategy for becoming stronger readers. What strategies did you use as I read the book. Please give at least two specific examples as they relate to the text.
Add the image of the book to your post!
Check out what the students have to say to demonstrate their learning! I am sure we will see some amazing responses!
