Which musical artists today do you believe are having a similar impact as Louis Armstrong and the jazz musicians of the Harlem Renaissance? Why?
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AOWs 8 & 9 featured young people taking action for causes they cared about. (Ask your 5th grader which Time Kid of the Year or Honoree stood out to them most & why.) We are now in the process of identifying causes/issues we care about, what we can do about them now as 10 & 11 year olds, and what moonshot thinking solutions might address them. (AOWs are archived here.)
These slides represent our ideas in-progress:
This Padlet is where both classes shared the causes they care about with each other:
Last Friday's Black Lives Matter at School work focused on the guiding principles Queer Affirming and Transgender Affirming. We used the book Intersection Allies: We Make Room for All by Chelsea Johnson, LaToya Council & Carolyn Choi as the foundation of our discussion, which focuses on the themes of allyship, diversity, intersectionality, and community. Then we made our own identity maps of all the different parts of ourselves that intersect: education, religion, age, citizenship, language, heritage, ability, skin color, gender, etc. This work led to so many thoughtful, respectful questions & discussions.
Lastly, we are writing poetry in ELA. Check out some of the mentor poems we've been studying. These 5th graders love expressing themselves through poetry!
Students are also strongly encouraged to write a poem to submit to the Washington Post's Kidpost "Poetry of the Pandemic" contest. (poems are submitted to me by March 5 and I will submit them to the contest. If you have read this far, we so appreciate you! ~Julie
5th graders: Click the image below to go to the World Read Aloud Day Activity Hub for loads of fun activities:
Hear authors read exciting excerpts from their new books:
Who will you read aloud to today to celebrate WRAD?
We began today's work with the beautiful book A Place Inside of Me by Zetta Elliott.
Then we worked with partners in breakout rooms to collaboratively examine the 13 BLM at School Guiding Principles: In Social Studies, Cedar studied some youth activists and the concept of Moonshot Thinking, and began work on the causes they are passionate about, building upon yesterday's work. Tolt will be doing this work on Thursday & Friday. All the best, Julie I see the richness of this moment to record for our future generations. Our kids will ask us: What did you do? –Tyree Boyd-Pates, Historian and Curator Dear 5th grade families, This week is the Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action. We will be sharing our activities with you here so you can continue these conversations as a family. In ELA Today we started with this Maya Angelou quote (& identified the typo in the graphic ;): We watched this panel interview: And we reviewed this week's Article of the Week (#10), which teaches us about the origin of the movement itself. "How "Black Lives Matter" became a U.S. protest cry" In Social Studies (Cedar) today we read Amazing Grace and had a discussion about what a cause is, what it means to use your voice for a cause, and why it's important to standup for what you believe in. We brainstormed an extensive list of causes, wrote on our collective Padlet, and then made posters to represent our causes. We will be using the BLM at School Week Early Childhood guide as a framework this week, as well as delving into the 13 BLM Guiding Principles (see below). We will be using utmost care presenting this important work. –Julie " The events of the past year have brought even more urgency and importance to this yearly week of action. The killing of unarmed Black men and women, including LGBTQIA+ persons of color, by police has left young people and our communities searching for answers to incredibly complicated issues of race, justice, and fairness. Our public education system and educators play an important role in disrupting legacies of racism." (SPS website) Excellent Resources from the SPS website for families:
It's hard to believe we’ve been in remote learning mode for almost a year now. We're approaching our first "quarantin-iversary" (March 11th.) Despite this past year’s relentless parade of challenges, our young school community continues to shine bright. From the warm support of our families and cohesive vision of our staff to the resilient beauty of our students, I can’t imagine a more nourishing place to teach, learn, and grow. Still, the year has been harsh, the winter long, and we’re all in need of a boost. Lucky for us, we’re just about to get one--through the magic of STYLE!
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