Literacy

Literacy is integrated into our concept of transitions. The Innovators read during Science and Social Studies as well as taking notes, writing up experiments and working on their first major presentation on a revolution.
The Innovators did their first novel study of "My Brother Sam is Dead", a book about the American Revolution. From reading and discussing this novel they were able to understand much of the conflict between the loyalists and the patriots and what a toll the war took on families. A study guide was completed that included new vocabulary from the book as well as questions that required interpreting what they had read.

The Innovators took on the Seabury book blog (http://seaburybookblog.blogspot.com/) this year. Each month they read and write a review of a different genre of book to be posted on the blog. The reviews are peer edited and then added to the blog for others to enjoy.

Finally, the Innovators have been working on their essay writing skills while looking at their personal values inspired by the NPR site, This I Believe (http://thisibelieve.org/). They are writing about something they believe in which we will share on another blog post when completed.