This 6th grade class β€οΈ Reader's Theatre!!! You never know what kind of staging or creative props they'll come up with! #ela#fluencyisfun@LitchfieldPS
We love Spooky Season around here! 8th grade finished a mini unit on Poe's "Masque of the Red Death" comparing the text to art, then played Quiz-Quiz-Trade with seasonal idioms. #ela#spookyszn@LitchfieldPS
We β€οΈ Poe! And today, 8th graders get to be detectives and find the beating heart in "The Tell-Tale Heart" escape room! @EmilyAierstok@LitchfieldPS
My students never shy away from a challenge: here are this year's 40-Book Challenge awards! So many books of so many genres were read this year! Way to go! (My final count: 58) @LitchfieldPS#readersareleaders#studentchoice
I wish you could hear this photo: This activity was a good reminder to me that collaborative discussion is SO much better with the addition of clear expectations, specific roles, and even a handful of sentence starters! #6thgrade#ela#engagement@LitchfieldPS
We finished off Animal Farm with a bang in English 9 with a Mock Trial, and these students absolutely nailed it! Something brand new for all of us, and I couldn't be prouder!!! #AnimalsvsNapoleon#ELA#freshmen@LitchfieldPS
After a semester of practice, these 6th graders have really improved their annotation skills! Love to see those highlights and notes! #ela#6thgrade@LitchfieldPS@studysync
Brought in a guest speaker to help build some background knowledge on WWII and the Holocaust before reading Elie Wiesel's Night. Thanks, Mr. Drew! @mdrew11@LitchfieldPS#10thgrade#English