Dear families,
This post relates to the 5th grade TAG Reading class, first block of the day.
We have begun a new book! We are reading the book A Long Way from Chicago as an entire class this week and next week, and we are doing some exciting projects with it. Today we created tableaus of the first few chapters of the book. In the coming days students will rewrite the lyrics to the traditional song “Camptown Races” to reflect the main events of each chapter of the song. Maybe your child will sing their new song for you when it’s finished..!
Below are the page deadlines for the book. Please note that we are moving through it quickly because it’s a pretty short book!
| Pages and chapter title: | Be finished before class on… |
| 1-16: Shotgun Cheatham’s Last Night Above Ground | Tuesday, March 29 |
| 17-35: The Mouse in the Milk | Tuesday, March 29 |
| 37-59: One-Woman Crime Wave | Tuesday, March 29 |
| 61-78: The Day of Judgment | Wednesday, March 30 |
| 79-99: The Phantom Brakeman | Thursday, March 31 |
| 101-120: Things with Wings | Friday, April 1 |
| 121-148: Centennial Summer and The Troop Train (end of the book) | Monday, April 4 |