Showing posts with label Chris Van Allsburg. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chris Van Allsburg. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Ben's Dream

We have been reading and comparing many of Chris Van Allsburg's books. It all started with the book, "Ben's Dream".


In the story a boy (Ben) falls asleep while studying for his geography test, and begins to dream. In his dream Ben floats by several famous landmarks across the world. We created a process grid with the landmarks, why it was special, and why it was built.

From there, groups worked together to create a flowchart - a map - showing the places Ben traveled in the story.

Now that we're familiar with many of the landmarks, it seems that we see them everywhere!