The Life and Times of a Fourth Grade Class at the Dalton School in New York City
Cinderella Skeleton
3rd Mausoleum
On the Right
Boneyard, Acres
Dear Cinderella Skeleton,
I hope this letter finds you dusty.
How is Prince Charnel spooking?
Are Gristlene, Boney Jane and Skreech remaining ashes and dust?
Has your marriage continued to rust?
Are there any new skeletons to ride in your hearse?
I hope this letter makes you feel hatefully worse.
Is your foot still shriveled and detached?
Or [...]
1) Review the Cinderella stories you have read so far. Pick three that you like because of their use of language, vocabulary and how they tell the Cinderella story. (One of these will be assigned to you)
2) Reread your assigned story. Take notes and look for:
_ setting
_ vocabulary
_ [...]
Here are Ms. Levithan’s Smartboard documents from today’s lesson:
Our letter is going to Cinderella Skeleton
Yesterday we had an incredibly special visit from The Arrival’s creator Shaun Tan and his editor Arthur A. Levine and presented our Arrival Collection box. Shaun was gracious and lovely as he listened to the children as they told him about the objects in the box. He willingly answered a myriad of questions and [...]
The following items were made by the members of Edinger House from ideas they got from The Arrival by Shaun Tan. They read this wordless book because it is about immigration and they are studying it in school. The students were inspired to do this because they live in New York City and many [...]
We had a beautiful day last week for our trip to Ellis Island. It was a bit rushed — the buses were late and so we did not get to the Museum until well after 11 AM. In order to cover the most important parts I had to do a fair amount of [...]
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