Once again my computer won't let me comment on other posts, but this is what I was trying to comment on Ashika's post:
It sounds like your CT has established a great classroom community for his students! This reminds me of the 3rd chapter of the Tompkins text where Tompkins says that reading and writing should be demonstrated as integrated processes. Your CT is doing this by reading a book with the class and then writing out the students' questions. This will help them become more familiar with sentence structure and spelling of high frequency words. Is "Fly Away Home" a chapter book? I saw the movie but I never read the book. It's great if it's a chapter book and the students are able to comprehend what the teacher is reading and able to ask questions about the book.
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Actually Fly away home is a picture book about homelessness. It takes place in an airport where a boy and his father move from terminal to terminal trying not to get noticed. It deals with the dad trying to get a job, the death of a parent, and remaining hopeful. It sounds sad but it really doesn't read that way. It got a great discussion from the kids about what that life must be like.
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