Informational/Research Writing Unit

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We are wrapping up our biography unit for reading and are moving on to research in writing. Today the students have chosen a person that they read about or that they wanted to know more about after looking at the following sites:

Everyone in the room has a different person (therefore if you decide to change your person, please check with me first). We would like to have them bring in additional facts to supplement the materials that they have here. Please bring in printed articles or books from the local library for Tuesday. Looking ahead…the students will be writing speeches/presentations at school and completing a poster project in the upcoming months (date to be announced soon) for a Living Bio Museum on the person that they have researched.

They will be expected to gather information about the following:

  • birth date and place
  • death/or where and what they are doing now
  • a childhood story
  • hobbies or interests
  • why they are famous
  • challenges/problems the person faced
  • Interesting facts
  • greatest achievement/accomplishment of the person

We will be doing lots of research work in class, but any help you can give your child at home would be wonderful.  Please let me know if you have trouble gathering information, so that I can help them here at school.


Just Write Celebration

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Our Just Write Celebration will be June 1st at 9:50. We have worked on written projects and a speech to highlight the person’s life that we researched.  The poster project for a Living Bio Museum will need to be done at home. It is due on May 28th. Feel free to visit the following sites for additional facts:

Here are some examples of projects:

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Biographies

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The students did an AMAZING job! You will have a chance to see their presentations during our Just Write Celebration on Tuesday, May 13th from 2:30-3:15. That being said, I will keep the posters at school until that day and then you can take them home. If your child had a costume, I would love for the them to wear it on Monday, as well as, Tuesday because the 4th & 5th graders will be touring the halls.


Biography Unit Research

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We are wrapping up our biography unit and as a final celebration the students have chosen a person in history that they read about. We would like to have them bring in additional facts to supplement the book that they read. We will be writing our speeches/presentations at school but the poster project for a Living Bio Museum will need to be done at home. It is due on April 2nd. Feel free to visit the following sites for additional facts: http://gardenofpraise.com/leaders.htm, http://www.ducksters.com/biography/, http://www.factmonster.com/people.html, http://www.kidinfo.com/american_history/famous_historical_people.htm.

They will be using the book that they read and are expected to gather information about the following:

  • birth date and place
  • death/or where and what they are doing now
  • a childhood story
  • hobbies or interests
  • why they are famous
  • challenges/problems the person faced
  • Interesting facts
  • greatest achievement/accomplishment of the person

Here are some examples of projects: