Happy Saturday Everyone,
Just a reminder that we do not have have school Monday. This is because of Martin Luther King Jr./Civil Rights Day.
I hope your students enjoyed their day off yesterday. It was a very productive and fun day for me as a teacher. Ms. Sara and I had the morning to work in the classroom and get caught up on some things. We then had a professional development centered around team building with the rest of our colleagues in the afternoon. It was very productive, fun, and allowed us to let loose with people we usually only work with.
This month our home project will be an author study. This will basically be a short biography on an author of your child’s choice. Your child will need to pick an author from a book or series of books they like. They will need to learn some things about this author such as:
Birth date
Death date (if applicable)
Where they were born and/or raised or lived
Their first book published and when it was published
Number of books they have written
The type of writing they do (fiction, non fiction, fantasy, picture books)
Any other fun facts you learn about them
Your child can present this to the class in whatever way they would like (poster board, PowerPoint, dress up as the author, etc.) These projects will be turned in to be presented the week of January 29th. If their project is done sooner, they can bring it in to present before that week.
We already had a fun presentation Thursday on an author. We were privileged to have the actual author come and share a book with us and leave a book with us to enjoy in the classroom. We look forward to all the other home projects.
Enjoy the long weekend.
Jalee