Wax Museum-
1. All the children have their biographies picked out and are in the process of reading their books.
2. The Wax Museum Packet was handed out this week and is intended for the children to use it as a way to keep their notes organized as they are reading.
3. The children should have finished the “Overview”, the “Background” and “Questioning” pages of this document. These are all pre-reading activities that have been discussed in class.
4. Next steps are to work on the “Notes” pages while reading. The children have been told to bullet their notes, record the page the information can be found on and put a post-it note in their text to help them refer back if needed.
5. The deadline for completing the book, and packet is Wednesday March 14th.
6. Please have your child bring their biography book and packet to school each day, as I want to give time in class to keep up with this assignment.
7. Important dates to remember:
a. Wednesday March 14th- Book and packet are complete
b. Wednesday March 21st- Initial note cards are finished and ready for review.
c. Monday March 26th- Final Note Cards are due. Costumes and props are also due in school.
e. Wednesday March 28th- Wax Museum Presentation
Reading Journals
1. Each week the children are responsible for two entries in their journals.
2. As the children are reading their biographies, their journals can be about these books.
3. The journals should remain in school unless the children are taking them home to work on their entry. If taken home, the journal should be returned to school the next day.
4. New prompts will be given to the children within the next two weeks.
