![]() “Courage. Kindness. Friendship. Character. These are the qualities that define us as human beings, and propel us, on occasion, to greatness.” ― R.J. Palacio, Wonder Last weekend, I sat down to read a book that had been recommended to me by an author friend of mine. I was so inspired by the characters, theme, author's craft, and by how it changed me, that I just knew it was a book that needed to be shared and explored with my fourth graders. And so here we are! We began reading Wonder this week. But before we did any reading, we did a little listening. R.J. Palacio tells the story of August Pullman through different characters' perspectives throughout the book. We meet August first, and his section opens with a quote from Natalie Merchant's song, Wonder. We watched the music video below and used the lyrics to help us make predictions about the story. Students identified important phrases from the song and made some excellent observations, predictions, and asked some very thoughtful questions. We have now read through page 16 and the class is hooked. Courage, compassion, and friendship are at this book's heart. This will certainly be an exciting reading journey!
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