4th Grade Chooses a Theme Song

After last week’s hexagonal learning activity during which the students had deep conversations about Tuck Everlasting, they were prepared to choose a theme song that best represented the book.  Despite some technical difficulties, they were able to listen to 5 different songs and to find lyrics that connected with the book.  Most of the students chose, “I Lived,” by One Republic, but we had one outlier who chose Natasha Bedingfield’s song, “Unwritten.”  Here are their thoughts about this activity, as well as our “Alice in Fractal Land” lesson:

 

Cristian I might think differently about songs when I listen to them because now I know what the surface and deeper meaning of the lyrics can be and I will be relating them more often to books, movies or other songs that I have heard or seen.
Connor A new word I learned today is fractal. This is a geometric shape that repeats itself over and over at smaller scales. Such as a snowflake,a triangle,and much more.
Max One pattern I noticed is Pascal’s triangle is endless like the Fibonacci numbers in it. There is a list of prime numbers that is also endless.
Luke One way my perspective of Tuck Everlasting seems to have changed over time is what I thought of Winnie. At the beginning of the book she wasn’t doing anything with her life but near the end of the book she was living a free life.
Jordan One question I still have after today’s learning is what does the lyrics mean in “I Lived” because I think my meaning could be a little deeper.
Keely I see a connection between Tuck Everlasting and “I Lived” by One Republic because “I Lived” says “I did it all”and Jesse wants to do it all

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