The exceptions are chapters 2 and 4 where the author has provided a great deal of information that can lead to good discussions among students. Most chapters have just one question card.
These can be discussion starters for each chapter. The first are geared towards getting students to reflect on specific chapters. Two sets of question cards have been created. You will find a map where students can locate their home and Denmark. This page can be a place for students to take notes and fill with what they learn as they preload knowledge.Īlso, help your students identify where the book takes place and where they are in the world. You have been provided with an Activating Background Knowledge page. To do this, you might provide students with books that they can look through, a favorite web site on World War II that is age appropriate or another resource. Activating Schemaīefore students read Number the Stars, a day of activating schema could be useful. It can be sometimes be difficult to remember where students are and these pages will help you quickly catch up. They are simply a guide for teachers who are circulating the classroom and switching between books. These pages are designed for teacher use – they are not intended to be handed to students. Finally, you will find a list of questions that cover important events in the chapter.You will also find a list of words that your students will be introduced to or words that will be important for them to understand the reading.Each of these pages includes a short summary.We know it can be difficult to follow along with many books as your students choose different books in the classroom. For this reason, we have included a resource page for each chapter. This resource collection is designed to be used for book clubs in your classroom. As an adult it will be a quick read that is also very engaging. If you have not read Number the Stars, it is a story that I encourage you to pick up before you pass it on to your students.
Though Number the Stars was written in 1989, it continues to be a book that grabs the attention of young readers and encourages them to put themselves in Denmark at the time of World War II. If your students are reading Number the Stars in book clubs, this resource collection will help you provide your readers with questions and activities that are designed to encourage them to think deeply as they read.
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