As a way to analyze the connections between multiple texts, construct a broader theme, and annotate higher level texts, we read three different articles/blogs on teamwork:
A Great Metaphor for Teamwork from Steve Jobs
The Importance of Teamwork - Something I Learned from My Teenage Son
The Goose Story - Teamwork
Reading, annotating, and discussing these three articles brought a great understanding of what it means to be a team and why it's necessary to work with groups. This also ties into several of our expected outcomes on Critical Thinking, Collaboration, and Communication. As a fifth grader, our goal is to have kids be able to listen to a different point of view, understand it, and either rebut it or perhaps change their thinking.Please feel free to have these conversations at home and/or read the articles yourself! =)
