Kate Hughey Charlotte Latin School

1. CREATING CONNECTIONS:
DEEPER LEARNING THROUGH
COLLABORATION
“ T H E F U N F O R M E I N C O L L A B O R AT I O N I S ,
O N E , W O R K I N G W I T H O T H E R P E O P L E J U S T
M A K E S Y O U S M A R T E R ; T H AT ’ S P R O V E N . ”
L I N - M A N U E L M I R A N D A

2. Presented By:
Kate Hughey
Charlotte Latin School
“Collaborate with people
you can learn from.”
Pharrell

3. THE NOVEL STUDY
“I’ve picked you to accompany me on the
greatest adventure of our mutual lives.”
Claudia (The Mixed Up Files of Basil E. Frankweiler)

4. ONE BOOK LED TO MORE BOOKS…

5. WHICH THEN LED TO: THE PROJECT
“Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you. Spend
a lot of time with themand it will change your life.”
Amy Poehler

6. LIB GUIDE

7. EVERYONE PLAYS A SPECIFIC PART
“Alone we can do so little. Together
we can do so much.”
Helen Keller

8. SUCCESSFUL COLLABORATION BEGINS WITH CLEAR EXPECTATIONS ABOUT
ROLES. BE EXPLICIT ABOUT WHO IS GOING TO BE DOING WHAT, SO THERE ARE NO
MISUNDERSTANDINGS. FOR EXAMPLE:
 Role of the Classroom Teacher:
 Select Novel
 Design unit and study novel
 Work with Librarians to determine research connection
 Facilitate writing and Green Screen portions of the project post research
 Role of the Librarian:
 Work with teachers to determine research connection
 Curate compatible resources
 Create LibGuide (or other resource list)
 Create note-taking and Works Cited formatting
 Facilitate research and citations
 Together:
 Share resources, project, and class notes
 Schedule research sessions
 Post-project reflection
"Coming together is a beginning, stayingtogether is
progress, and working together is success." – Henry
Ford

9. HELPFUL RESOURCES
MetKids – www.metmuseum.org/metkids
Do Ink (Green Screen App) - www.doink.com
LibGuides by Spring Share –
www.springshare.com/libguides

10. THE STATE PROJECT
“Thestrength of the teamis eachindividual member. The strength
of eachmember is the team.” – Phil Jackson

11. LANGUAGE ARTS – LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
“One piece of log creates a small fire, adequate to warmyou up, add just a few
more pieces to blast an immensebonfire, large enough to warmup your
entire circle of friends;needlessto say that individualitycounts but teamwork
dynamites.” – Jin Kwon

12. MURALS IN ART/STATE SONGS IN MUSIC
"Cooperation is the thorough conviction that nobody can
get there unless everybody gets there." – Virginia Burden

13. THE STATE FAIR!
“Individually, we are one drop. Together, we are an ocean.” –
Ryunosuke Satoro

14. Any questions?
Thank you for coming!
Kate Hughey, 4th Grade Teacher
khughey@charlottelatin.orgwww.charlottelatin.org