Thompkins 8th Graders to Read to Highland Elementary Students
Wednesday, Dec. 3; 8:40-9:15 a.m.
Highland Elementary School
For the past several years, Madelyn Russell, a teacher at Thompkins Middle School, has had her eighth grade advanced and honors students write short stories and gear the stories toward smaller children. The students also create activities to go along with the books they have created to either reinforce a moral/character lesson exhibited in the story – or to reinforce skills being taught in the classroom. Then the students actually read these stories and do the activities with kindergarten and first grade students at two elementary schools feeding into Thompkins – Highland and Stringtown. This day’s event is taking place at Highland.
