Europe: Our Journey is coming to an end

This week will likely be our last for reading around the world. Today we visited Greece and read about the Girl Who Changed her Fate.

Ill-fated Eleni travels to the house where all the Fates live and battles to change her lot in life.

Europe: France

Our reading journey around the world has brought us to our seventh and final continent, Europe! We were getting a little hungry from all our travels so we decided to have a story that was about food.

A French mouse decides to earn an honest living by tasting the cheese in a cheese factory and leaving notes about its quality.

Asia: China

We read a very entertaining story set in China. Seven brothers avoid being executed by the emperor because of amazing individual qualities.

Asia: True Story from India

We have arrived on our sixth continent in our reading around the world journey.  This week we are reading a story set in a country that has the second largest population in the world.

The true story of Noor Nobi, a tailor from Calcutta, India, who, after the loss of his family, set about to rescue, heal, and set free thousands of illegally captured birds.

Africa: Folktales

We read two folktale from Africa this week.

Our first story is set in West Africa. It is a story about misunderstanding. Click on the student journal entries below to read what they thought of the story.

Samara

Gwen

Jesse

Niko

Marin

Oliver

Rylan

Hunter

Bella

In this Bantu tale, when the other animals fail at the task, the slow but wise turtle finds a way to obtain the bountiful fruits of a magic tree.

Africa: True Stories

While we read around the world students are to think about the following questions:

• What does each story tell us about the continent in which they take place?
• What does the story tell us about the land and the people that live there?
• How is reading around the world getting us to know more about other places?
• Why should we learn about the different continents of the world?

Our world reading travels have taken us to five continents so far, including Africa.

A story from Ghana about how one small loan for a hen led to the creation of the biggest farm in West Africa.

A story from Kenya that made us aware that many children live in poverty because their parents became sick and die. It tells about how people from other parts of the world can help bring education and homes for children.

Australia: Possum Magic

Australia makes for our fourth continent in our read around the world adventure. We have visited North America, South America, and Antarctica up to this point.

We traveled all around the outside of Australia and even to Tasmania in one book. Possum Magic introduces all sorts of unique Australia foods.

Below are some journal entries by students about the story. Click on the image to make it larger.

Brandon

Emily

Emma

Liam

Lilia 1

Lilia 2