Writing: Sixth grade writers took their final on-demand writing assessment of elementary school this week! We also studied Malala Yousafzai and other youth activists, in order to teach others about various causes in our world. (Additional note: students are wrapping up the year in science with a brief in-school research project on the planets.)
Reading: In Reading this week, students continued to read with their partners in their fantasy books. During our read aloud, Thief of Always, as well as our own reading is identifying the quest and how the main character(s) approach their external and internal journey. As we look at the quest and the theme of a story, we are practicing how to analyze parts of a story and relating it to the whole, overall message. In addition, students are excited to begin their planning for their final project- creating a game, developing a “facebook page” for the main character or filling a Mystery Bag with props and clues about essential story elements.