R.A.F.T. and Power!

We are in full swing this week.  In reading, we are working on developing theories about our characters and tracking them.  This moves us into being able to defend our thinking with evidence from the text.  In writing, we are working on developing a plan using R.A.F.T. and our read aloud book Wringer by Jerry Spinelli.    

R.A.F.T = Role, Audience, Format and Topic

We also began to think about the concept of power.  We will move into thinking about power within our books and with our characters, however, this is a social studies theme that will come up again and again also.  So far, we have thought about what power is, who has power and whether or not kids can change the world.

Throughout all of this we have been using as much technology as we can.  We have been using edmodo and blendspace as platforms for lots of thinking and discussion. 

Below are some pictures of us hard at work!