We learned that authors, characters, and people in our daily lives have different points of view. We read different versions of fairy tales which were told from different characters' perspectives. We delved into more serious topics by reading a biography of Christopher Columbus and then the historical fiction book Encounter by Jane Yolen. This story is told from the point of view of a native child meeting Columbus for the first time.
During writing, students wrote opinion pieces that expressed their own points of view about a variety of topics.
We are currently learning about how fossils can be examined to tell us about creatures that lived long ago.