So one of the concepts of Depth and Complexity that we introduce is Big Idea. That's a tough one for my young kiddos because they really don't think in big ideas yet. I can read a story and say "what is the author trying to teach us?" and I just hear crickets. They just think in details right now.
I read them (or actually played them the story: http://www.storylineonline.net/ ) :
Which is about a little boy talking to older people about what memories are. Now I think "memory" is a pretty big idea! And the characters define it in many different ways.
Here's how my kiddos defined it:
Looks like your students did a great job! I love those online stories!
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Eclectic Educating
You sure get those little ones thinking and writing.
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Forever in First
This is a fabulous book ~ I bought it years ago. Thanks for the reminder .... sometimes I forgot which ones I have:)
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