The "Mighty Oak" Team meets with Melissa!

We met with Melissa today after school, and just like all great educators before us we changed our plans. Ok, we modified our plans:) Yes, we are still using our big idea of Character, Empathy, and Identity for our American History unit. Collaboration is just that - getting messy with notes around a table. We fell in to our rhythm and the light bulbs turned on. Look at Lisa's intensity as she explains to the group how we can incorporate our Daily Five reading comprehension skills into the lessons at the beginning of our theater games introduction. Cindy is in complete agreement as she excitedly records the unit plan notes and adds to the discussion. Melissa, not one to sit silent, interweaves theatrical terminology as we forge ahead on our cross-curricular journey. Me, I'm behind the lens capturing the moment. We even took a second look at the "History Rock Star" exercise and decided it could make sense as a "Character in a Book" exercise. This is also a way for the students to think about character and observation as a way to get to know people and learn physical and personality traits from a book. So, we are still planning on pursuing the "Living Timeline" and will pick up our planning notes next week.