Reading Equals Power

Hello O. L. Smith Community,

This week, we are beginning our look at an article, “Malala, The Powerful.” Malala is a young activist fighting for the right to education for girls, particularly those oppressed by the Taliban in the Middle East. Her story sends a message of strength and perseverance while reinforcing the importance of reading and education to our students.

This week, the students will be focused on pre-reading activities such as vocabulary and accessing prior knowledge. Some words students have chosen as their vocabulary words include pseudonym, oppressive, and corruption. Please ask your students about the words they have chosen and talk about how understanding these specific words could benefit them in their future.

Next month, a documentary will be released called, “He Named Me Malala.” I encourage you to take your child to watch the documentary as a way to expose them to the material outside of class.

Finally, I will be sending home ClassDojo invites tomorrow with your student. Please get the access code from them. Each student has a different access code so you must get your child’s access code from them.

Thank you and have an awesome week,

Megan Timpf