Students did a "Think and Write" in response to this quote by Henry Ford: "One of the greatest discoveries a person makes, one of their great surprises, is to find they can do what they were afraid they couldn't do."
After a class discussion, students made bar graphs that showed their perceived level of skill or proficiency with different activities in their lives, reading among them. We then watched a video about Patriots player, Malcolm Mitchell. We heard about his journey as a reader and why he is more proud of his reading accomplishments than his football accomplishments. The last thing students did was add words to their bar graphs to capture how they are going to improve in areas of lower skill or proficiency.
It was a really fun and helpful activity! Feel free to watch the video for yourself!
