Chris Eboch

I like this book for a 4th-5th grade class for a literature circle or group reading. I would use this for a fourth class and have them focus on the point of view. Although it is about Jesse Owens it is not told in first person from his point of view, instead it is told in third person. I would have them discuss how this changes the story and have them compare it to a first person account and find similarities and differences between the two. For a 5th grade class I would use this a civil rights lesson and have the different groups reading books about people who overcame adversity. After all the groups had read their books I would have them discuss in their small groups first about character traits and key details in the story that adds to the theme of overcoming adversity. I would then have each small group pair with another small group and compare and contrast the experiences they read about in their books.… (mehr)

Magnets in the real world

First it talked about the power of magnets. Magnets are all around us. Magnets mainly attract iron,nickel,and cobalt but all of them are metals. They are in everyday life things like refrigerators and even tvs. A compass will use a magnetic needle to tell where you are and where you need to go. Earth itself is a magnet. The largest one in fact. William gilbert was interested in magnets and was studying them. 1580 they used the compass a lot but where very confused about it. They realised that electricity went with magnetism. An english scientist realized that they went together. Atoms are tiny magnets they are very little. The poles were magnets also and on all magnets they have a south and north part of the magnet. We talked about the earth being a magnet and how. We use it for medicine and many other things like a train to.
It wasnt that good of a book. If you like info then you will like it. Personally i didn't like it. It was a good informational book. It also told me about history. It was pretty good.… (mehr)