1. Students will view video "Christmas for Cowboys" performed by John Denver. Class will discuss rural features of the video.
2. Teacher will read aloud the story "Amber Waves of Grain" by Eric B. Schultz from Cobblestone Magazine. Students will follow along as teacher reads orally and "thinks aloud."
3. Students meet with their groups and continue reading from their literature circle books for the remainder of the class period.
2. Teacher will read aloud the story "Amber Waves of Grain" by Eric B. Schultz from Cobblestone Magazine. Students will follow along as teacher reads orally and "thinks aloud."
3. Students meet with their groups and continue reading from their literature circle books for the remainder of the class period.