Reading Response

Today I read, The Little Scarecrow Boy written by Margaret Wise Brown.  This story is about a little scarecrow boy who longs to accompany his father, old man scarecrow, to the cornfields to frighten the crows.  Instead he must remain home to grow and to practice the terrible facial expressions his father taught him. Students enjoyed this story because they easily made connections about times when they wanted to do something but because of their age and/or size, they just weren't ready.
For their reading response activity students recorded the problem and solution in the story.