I love these photos of Avery and her best friend, Mila from earlier this month. As soon as they got back from break the teachers put them to work, and here they were working on a story for an upcoming musical performance. As explained in the school newsletter:

As inspiration, the class is using the book The Day the Crayons Quit and rewriting the letters from each crayon in the context of the Seven Ways We Learn and Work Together at Brandeis. The story of The Day the Crayons Quit includes letters from different colored crayons that feel their owner is either overusing or underusing their color. “The book provides a great framework for discussing the seven ways, and ultimately will help the fourth graders create a musical performance with the seven ways at its core,” says Ms. Lostetter…

For example, two students [M’s note: Avery and Mila] wrote a letter from the perspective of the pink crayon and in the context of the first of the seven ways, “Act with Kindness”: “Pink crayon here. I’m a boy, by the way. When I’m being used, black crayon is always making fun of me for wearing pink because I’m a boy. I feel like I don’t get used because I’m a pink crayon and a boy and people think that only girls can use me. I’m going to stand up to them and say, ‘I like pink, pink is my color, and I’m never going to be ashamed of who I am.” 

M

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