Martin Luther King Jr.

We learned about Martin Luther King Jr. this week.  Each day during our reading centers, students who were at the computer center typed sentences about Martin Luther King, Jr.  Students re-read what the students before them had written and tried to come up with new facts.  The following list is a master list, combined from all four computers, so there are some repeats.   It is unedited and uses students' original spelling.  Not only are students reflecting on their learning, they are also practicing keyboarding!  Even better - after centers, I can quickly skim what students have written and see what they have learned and know if there are any misconceptions I need to clear up.

• MLK Jr. got shot. MLK Jr. worked at a church.  
• He gave a speech .  He had a dream and a speech.
• He   was   a leader                
• He changed  the law.
• A white person shot him when he was 39.
• He was born 1929.
• Rosa parks  refused  to  give  up  her   bus  seat.
• He   gave a speech.
• He got shot
• Honest
• Somebody threw a bomb in his house
• He had a dream
• A leader
• Born in 1929
• He gave speech
• Good man
• He is nice
• Became a minister
• He had a speech
• He gave I have a dream speech
• He got shot.
• He worked at a church.
• He  was born in 1929.
• He decided to become a minister.
• He gave a  speech
• He belived   that if   people worked together  they could
• Someone  throw a bom at his  house
• He said I have a  dream
• He  could   not   play  with   white   Cilldren.
• He won a noble prize
• He had a loving  family.
• He changed the law.
• His hous  got blown up. Each year we
• He was shot.
• His house was on fire.
• He gave a spech.
• Someone threw  A   bomb  `at his house.
• He was born in 1929
• He did a speech that was called  I have a dream
• He won a nobel prize
• He had a loving family.
• He can  play with  black people
• His first  job was at a church
• He acted
• Led a march in 1963
• His brothers house was blew up
• He was shot.
• His house was on  fire.
• He was super nice.
• Some one throw A bome at his house
• He was born in 1929
• He won a nobel prize
• He had a famous speech
• He had a loving family
• He stoped riding the bus
• He foled his drem
• He acted
• He led a march in 1963