Point of View

Today, Ms. Leom was able to teach one of her FAVORITE lessons of the year.

Ok, in full disclosure, there is probably at least one favorite lesson each week, if not more, because if you don't like what you are doing, you better change it ... Life is too short not to like what you are doing!!

Today, our lesson was Point of View. Our notes on the board looked something like this when we finished ...

Ms. Leom was able to share some of her all-time favorite books and characters to teach her lessons ...

Beloved, Junie B. Jones is all about the first person point of view. She is a character of the story, and we enjoy the book from her perspective. She uses "I", "me", "my", and more as clue words. We ant help but fall into her stories with her word choice and quirky voice.

Another favorite, from my childhood memories of visiting my grandma (ask about the secret hiding spot) demonstrates second person point of view. The reader is invited to be a part of the story and asked to participate. The clue words are "you" and "your".

What I LOVE about working with students, THEY drive the learning!! One of our class members added this as an example, and I usually introduce it a day or two later. I couldn't resist sharing it today!

Our third person point of view is told from a narrator perspective. It has the clue words or using character names and the pronouns "he", "she", "they", and more.

This can be a tricky one, because a narrator might use quotes that have "I" or other first person clue words. A reader needs to pay attention. 

My favorite book of all is 

"Tacky is an odd bird, but a nice bird to have around." I have come to love my odd moments and those of my individual students and team members. In our uniqueness, there is a place and a gift of all of us. I had my chance to point out my quirky self, and how feeling odd is normal and good and belongs, 

Then we got back to the lesson. Point of View matters. As fourth grade readers, we will be rereading texts. We will be viewing the texts through different lense and digging to new levels. We will pay attention to the setting, character traits, point of view, and determining the main ode. There is so many ways to comprehend. This is a year of growing and adding to our leaning. 

I can't wait to see what we "fall into" next ...