Small group, at-risk first graders mirrored layout of learning goal scales by creating their own collaborative scale. The students collectively integrated Level 2 skills and academic vocabulary they discerned were necessary to reach their learning target during table top annotations phase of lesson.

At-risk first grade students creating personal/group, life size learning goal scale using skills they discovered during annotation activity.

Student places table top annotations in focus wheel that will be used to set learning goal goal target.

Student places table top annotations in focus wheel that will be used to set learning goal goal target.

Student places table top annotations in focus wheel that will be used to set learning goal goal target.

Circe- The Adventures of Ulysses Students annotated literary elements in their double-entry journals, citing page number, element, & factual evidence to prove their inference, and meaning of it. Student groups voted and transferred information to create large scale replicas of characters from text, using the imagery from the literary elements they annotated.

Ulysses- The Adventures of Ulysses Direct/Indirect characterization Annotations of literary elements derived from double-entry journal annotations.

lysses- The Adventures of Ulysses Direct/Indirect characterization Annotations of literary elements derived from double-entry journal annotations.

Students document skills they use to overcome learning challenges as they read on their group table top.