Grade Three students have started their second Ziggy and the Black Dinosaurs Mystery, Lost in the Tunnel of Time. We loved reading the first book together and are already enjoying the second. Ziggy continues to make us laugh even while we are learning about serious historical events. Ziggy and his friends live in Ohio near the Ohio River. As the story begins, Ziggy is looking for his homework that he needs to go on the class field trip to visit the Ohio River.
Students are introduced to some chapters in Lost in the Tunnel of Time with short picture books that highlight the chapters and help them learn about the historical events that Ziggy and his friends are also learning about. Prior to Chapter 2, we read Freedom River by Doreen Rappaport with illustrations by Bryan Collier. This is a "grown up" picture book and captivates the students as I read it. Bryan Collier's illustrations beautifully compliment the serious nature of escaping slavery and highlights abolitionist John P. Parker, an ex-slave that brought many slaves to freedom on the Underground Railroad.
We read Underground by Shane W. Evans as an introduction to Chapter 3. Mr. Greene has been invited to join the students on their class field trip and he is about to reveal why. Click here for more about the book Underground. When we return from break, students will be summarizing what we have read, checking out new library books and reading Chapter 4 of Lost in the Tunnel of time. Please encourage your third grade student to READ EVERY DAY...
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