Come out to Connect Charter to work with grade 4 students on their Stories & Shadows writing project. Students are "twisting" a tale (movie) of their choosing, in order to create a shadow puppet show that demonstrates their understanding of Light & Shadow from the grade 4 science curriculum. This task will require students to prewrite, plan, write & revise independently, before working collaboratively to create a puppet show for chosen twisted tales.

Your role will be to work with students at whatever stage of the project they are at. The nature of grade 4 is that students are often at different places in the process! Your role could include:

-Helping individual students write their stories

-Using a provided checklist to help students review & revise their writing

-Working with teams to turn their chosen tale into a puppet show

-Creating shadow puppets with groups

-Observing collaboration & work habits at the grade 4 level

-Questioning groups about their light & shadow knowledge to aid teachers in assessig student knowledge