family+activities


 * Activities for Families: **

We would love for you to be involved in your students learning! Here is a list of ways you could help your student learn about courage and support them in their academic tasks in this unit.

1) Sometimes courage means standing up for what you believe in. Together with your family, discuss a time when one of you or another family member was true to himself or herself and/or to his or her dreams.

2) Read with your student! Choose one of the suggested books below or feel free to choose your own. The picture book should demonstrate a character finding courage in difficult times. After reading, discuss how the main character demonstrated courage.
 * Suggested readings
 * //The Empty Pot//written by Demi
 * //Nine Spoons//written by Marci Stillerman
 * //Passage to Freedom: the Sugihara Story// written by Ken Mochizuki

3) Read your students 2nd draft of their story about courage and discuss how it relates to theme. Ask your students to explain writing process they have used to get to this point (brainstorming, rewriting/revising and editing). Do you have any suggestions for your student’s story?

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