What we're reading

As you can see, we LOVE to read! Check out the comments for some books we'd highly recommend.

Bracelet of Life

We've been learning about hunger and the kinds of challenges that countries are up against. We learned about the Bracelet of Life and how it helps Doctors Without Borders quickly assess children so those who need help the most get it the quickest. Check out our writing assignment where we imagine to be a child who is in the red zone and how this program assists us.


*After you've posted your RAFT, you can check out the Doctors Without Borders website and see what other kinds of assistance they provide.

Choir Trip

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Starvation

Here's the link to our Google Doc about the kinds of diseases, causes, and symptoms that can result from a lack of proper nutrients.

Jane's Practical Guide to Human Rights

We watched the video Jane's Practical Guide to Human Rights and made some startling discoveries. Read the comments to see what we thought.

World Leader Research

Here's the link to our Google Doc to research the current World Leaders.

TIP: Go to the doc and type your name beside that of a leader who has not been chosen. Then go about doing your research. Hopefully this will eliminate double up on the same leaders!

Release the Crickets

We've started to talk about being literate media consumers. We looked at a Zits cartoon in our literacy guide to spark this discussion. We're practicing identifying audience and purpose of types of media. Here are the questions to hand in: