Last week we did a cross curriculum study of gingerbread stories. Students read them, compared contrasted different books, wrote persuasive letters of recommendation for their favorite & watched a video to write why they did or why they didn’t recommend it.
I read this book to my class with the focus of letter writing ,but what my class saw in the book were examples of compassion. They started this incredibly moving discussion on what compassion looks & feels like. Sometimes you have to let go of the lesson plan & go with the flow.