This past week students used the characteristics they determined a president needed to have to comb through various examples of fiction stories looking for a character they felt worthy of the presidency. We have a variety of candidates from Harry Potter to Olivia the Pig to Luke Skywalker. Students then had to provide evidence to support their theory about their character. For example, if they said that this character was determined, they needed to have an example or quote to prove it. They took these ideas and began to craft an opinion piece of writing that will be presented in speeches this week.
We are working on building our students confidence daily in a variety of ways. Speaking in public is an area that is new to our students and can test the confidence of even the most outgoing student. We are going to scaffold this process by observing and discussing other speeches, working in partners, and finally presenting in small groups. Then we will vote at the end of the week to see which character will become our fictional President of Mosaic! Stay tuned for the election results.
We also had the students register to vote this week. As they were filling out their registration forms we both noticed that many of our students do not know they addresses by heart. This is an important piece of information and we encourage you to remind them of their home address.
Thank you to any families who have volunteered to be a part of our Harvest Craftermorning event on Monday. We appreciate you volunteering your time and/or contributing snacks for us to enjoy on this fun-filled day.
Fondly,
Jess and Liz
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