I am a SPED teacher for a third grade Inclusion class. For my Edmodo lesson, I chose the story "The Trial of Cardigan Jones" by Tim Egan. I was first introduced to this story on the third week of school. It is a part of our basal reading unit from Houghton Mifflin.
This story is about a moose, Cardigan Jones, who is accused of stealing a freshly-baked pie from Mrs. Brown's window sill. Eyewitnesses, policeman and jury members are quickly convinced that he is guilty. However, when the judge gets to see Cardigan in action, he is able to prove his innocence.
For my Edmodo activity, I created two activities for my students to post. I listed scenarios where they can choose a character from the story to role play and answer a question I posed "in character." They were also required to reply to a classmate's post "in character.' The second post was a journal entry activity where they could personally reflect on how it would feel to be falsely accused. They would also be required to post replies to other classmates. Their posts could also transition into a whole group discussion using a bubble map to identify the qualities of the judge that made him a good leader. This Edmodo lesson will help my students gain a sense of ability and importance in identifying positive and negative character traits as well as being able to make connections to self, to text and to the world.
I believe this will be a great read aloud for any grade level for a variety of reasons. The book is short and visual. It can be used as an introduction to Social Studies units about trials, jury, judges, and/or court systems. It can be used as a guidance lesson to discuss bullying, about being a tattle tale and a moral lesson on not waiting for the facts before presuming someone is guilty. It could be a Drop Everything and Read book with no academic lesson driven purpose just because it's an entertaining story with great illustrations.
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