What was it like to survive in America’s Pacific Northwest as a Native American tribe?  The Hamilton Southeastern School Board highlighted the work of 5th grade teacher Kelsey Renbarger and many of her students told board members how their teacher brought to life the survival skills shown by those Native Americans.  Ms. Renbarger taught a specific book about life for that group of people at that time in history.

The point of view of this book is written from the Wolf, the main character and is also based on a real story of a wolf who journeyed over 1,000 miles in a month. The students read the book and created their own journals – covering comprehension, vocabulary, figurative language, point of view and inferencing. The students were then also able to use the nonfiction story of the real wolf to cover the nonfiction standards tied with the unit.

The school district produced a video that was shown at the board meeting and can be seen at the link below.