The Refrigerator Story

7 thoughts on “The Refrigerator Story”

1. John Piazza

   October 14, 2015 at 11:22 pm

   I love the refrigerator story. Between this and the tent story, both from Matava’s volume 1, I probably got 2-3 months of material with my middle schoolers, , and that was what made CI a reality for me, not just something that wacky teachers did.

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2. Matthew DuBroy

   October 15, 2015 at 6:48 am

   I just pulled this one out to use. It looks great. How do you get 2-3 months out of 2 stories? I’m still learning the art of doing more with less. I would love to see your script in Latin for middle schoolers (mjdubroy@gmail.com). Sometimes I think I need to make it simpler (not to shelter grammar per se but to make it more comprehensible in terms of vocab).

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3. Ben Slavic

   October 15, 2015 at 8:03 am

   I don’t know how John does it, but the link below helps a ton. So with this story I can get two 85 min. blocks of Steps 1 and 2 and then as long as I want in Step 3 as per:
   https://benslavic.com/blog/reading-option-a-latest-update-2013/

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4. Alisa Shapiro-Rosenberg

   October 15, 2015 at 12:19 pm

   This story dovetails nicely with similar vocab/targets as Goldilocks and the 3 Bears:
   http://www.pictocuentos.com/ricitos-de-oro

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5. Charlotte

   October 17, 2015 at 11:01 pm

   Please don’t use “drinks bleach”. Has suicide overtones that are very real in my class.

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6. Ben Slavic

   October 18, 2015 at 4:53 am

   Charlotte you are so right to point this out. I have Anne’s permission to fix it in the original book and will so so immediately.

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7. Charlotte

   October 18, 2015 at 1:58 pm

   Thank you!

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