Week of April 27

Continuing with our study of the story, Bad Characters, this week, I have decided to change things up a bit from our usual process of study.  This week the students have formed 6-person literacy circles in which each person takes on a different role in order to shed some new light on our story.  Within each literacy circle will be a Summarizer, a Vocabulary Enricher, a Quote Finder, a Connector, an Illustrator and a Discussion Director.  I have broken this story into parts and each literacy circle will focus in greater depth on a particular section of the text.  In this way, the students can learn from each other's different perspectives as each student either summarizes the main points of the story, shares new words from the story, picks out important quotes, makes connections to the real world, visualizes parts of the story or creates interpretive questions for all to discuss.

As we wrap up this week, we will be discussion our next important habit, Habit #6: Synergize!  In this habit, the students will learn about the importance of working with others to create something better than they could've created on their own.  No time to compromise... it's all about how to SYNERGIZE!