I can't believe it's Thanksgiving break already! This year has flown by, primarily due to the wonderful enthusiasm this group has for learning. This year, I've felt particularly grateful for my circumstances: to get to teach passionate, positive students in a supportive and innovative work environment. Thank you, all of you, for being a part of that. This past week in class, we managed to fit quite a bit of learning around the ERB's each day. In Language Arts, sixth graders drafted, edited, and submitted their first five paragraph essay. The essay asked students to observe what factors (physical, emotional) helped Salva survive his journey, and to draw lessons about humankind from his story. Also this week, students were able to connect in a Google Hangout with another class in Wisconsin and share their experiences with the book. It has been fun to go back and visit the students' written responses on some of the pages, and see middle school students from France and New Zealand responding to them. On Wednesday, we watched a short documentary and learned about Salva's organization, Water for South Sudan. On Thursday, Laguna alum Spencer Dusebout came and shared his experience installing wells and water filtration systems in over 17 different countries with his organization, Hands4Others. Friday's bake sale raised over $200, which the students voted to donate to Salva's organization, Water for South Sudan.
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