Hi families!
In my reading class this morning, we talked a bit about our upcoming project, the Global Read-Aloud. Set to start on October 5 and run for 6 weeks, our class will be joining nearly half a million other students around the world to read aloud a book at the same time and share our thoughts about it. Our class has voted to read aloud the book Fish by L.S. Matthews. I am currently working on making connections with other classes for us to communicate with and learn from, and I am really excited about the potential learning opportunities that this project will provide.
Students should have taken home a letter with a bit of information about the Global Read Aloud, as well as a permission form asking for your permission for some of the technology tools (all web-based) that I hope for us to use throughout the project as a way to connect and extend our learning with the other classes reading the same book.
I have attached both of the documents below in case you need them; please have a chat with your child about the tools, possibly explore them a bit this weekend (links for most of the tools are provided on the form) if you have a chance, and return the signed form to school as soon as possible.
I will be sharing more detailed plans as they come together. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns!