September 25, 2014
Dear Parents,
We are off and running in 5th Grade at Dover Intermediate School! One of our targets
in Language Arts is to give formal and informal presentations. So, throughout the year, the
students will be doing just that. We begin with informal presentations and work our way up to
formal presentations.
For the first informal presentation, your child will be sharing a little bit about
himself/herself as a reader. I have already modeled this presentation so the students know
what is expected on their assigned day. If your child was absent when I modeled this
presentation, I have assigned them a later date for his/her presentation so he/she can see
what is expected from the peer presentations.
On your child’s assigned day, your child will share his/her reading interests with the
class. Here’s what he/she will need:
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A visual aid to share with the class about books, magazines, newspapers or articles
he/she has enjoyed reading. This visual aid can be a variety of things, for example:
o
A bag packed with books, magazines, newspaper, or newspaper articles that
he/she has read and enjoyed. If your child no longer has the reading material,
he/she can make copies of the material or design the materials instead.
o
A poster with sketches or printed images of the books, magazines, newspaper,
or articles that he/she has read and enjoyed.
o
A PowerPoint presentation saved on a USB drive to share at school with images
of his/her favorite reading material.
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At least 8 items should be included. (Remember if the books are in a series, the series
only counts as 1 item.)
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As your child presents, he/she will explain why or how he/she chose that material to
read and why he/she enjoyed reading it.
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Be ready to answer questions from the “audience.”
Preparing the visual aid is homework; no class time will be given. Also, please have
your child practice at home; this will help make him/her feel more comfortable when he/she
presents in class.
I can’t wait to hear more about your child’s reading interests. I always collect many
good titles of children’s literature to pick up and read from students’ book presentations, and
their classmates often add titles to the “Must-Reads” list!
I appreciate your taking the time to help your child prepare for this presentation.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Sopko
Your child’s assigned day is: ______________________________