Dear Parents,

Next week we will be starting our Themed Literature Unit on Building New Relationships.  The unit will focus on three main ideas; forming a new relationship takes work, meaningful relationships can be formed with those very different from oneself, and sometimes you need to take a risk to form a new relationship.  We will also be trying to answer the following three questions throughout the unit:

What does it mean to start a new relationship?

What does it take for someone to be able to form a new relationship?

How do people form new relationships?

My hope is that this unit will enhance your children’s understanding of what it means to have a meaningful friendship as they prepare to enter young adulthood. 

 

If you have any questions or concerns, you can contact me at reedl@seattleu.edu or via Mrs. Van Oeveran’s school phone line, which is available in the student handbook.

Sincerely,

Laura Reed

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We will be using these books with our unit:

King-Smith, D. The Invisible Dog

(1993) Knopf Paperback, USA

 

Selden, G. The Cricket in Times Square

(1960) Bantam Doubleday Dell, USA

 

Howe, J. Bunnicula

(1979) Avon Camelot, New York

 

Bonners, S. The Silver Balloon

(1997) Farrar Straus Giroux, New York

 

Schaefer, J. Old Ramon

(1960) Walker and Company, New York

 

Smith, R. The War with Grandpa

(1984) Bantam Doubleday Dell, New York

 

Cummings, E.E. Fairy Tales (Specifically The Elephant and the Butterfly)

(1950) Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc, New York

Lorbieki, M.   Sister Anne’s Hands

(2000) Puffin, USA

 

Taylor Lisle, J. Afternoon of the Elves

(1989) Penguin Putnam, New York

 

References:

Database of Award-Winning Children’s Literature (DAWCL)

http://www.dawcl.com 

 

The Literature Circles Resource Center

http://www.litcircles.org/

This website gave me an idea of what to do.