“A Parade of Books”
A Book Week Celebration
March 16th, 2012
Dear Parents,
Book Week is coming up in March! March 12th – March 16th will be a fun filled
week with many ways to celebrate reading. The week will begin with two days of
presentations and lessons from our visiting Author, Chris White. Please visit
http://www.authorsabroad.com/authors/profile/chris-white for more information.
Elementary School’s culminating event for Book Week will be a “Parade of
Books” in the morning of Friday, March 16th! Your child should come to school
that day dressed as a book character from one of his/her favorite books.
Please note that each child will need to come to school on March 16th with the
book that features this character. Please brainstorm ideas for the costume with
your child. All students will need to confirm their character choice with their
teacher BEFORE March 1st.
Use of recycled materials is strongly encouraged. There are many items that you
may already have in your home that would make a great costume (ex. Sheets,
boxes, poster board, clothes, etc.) There are also many ideas on the Internet. One
website is: http://www.planetesme.com/images/parade1a.jpg Some of the teachers
will dress up also. This will be a fun filled event and parents are welcome to attend
and participate!
Thank you in advance for all your dedication and support in developing a Love for
Reading into all our students at ISE! If you should have any questions, please
contact us at any time.
Sincerely,
Book Week Committee
Mrs. Garrett
Mr. Pahls
agarrett@ise.ac.th
jpahls@ise.ac.th
Please note the following guidelines and attached rubric for the “Parade of
Books”.
 Character Costume must represent a literary or historical figure. For
example, The Gingerbread Man or Louis Braille, not cartoon or
comic book characters!
 Character Costume must be “school appropriate”. No weapons please.
 Book featuring the character is to be brought to school and carried
during the parade.
 Recycled materials are to be used as much as possible.
 Come prepared to share your character’s name and why you choose
this character for your parade. (Specific presentation expectations may
vary by class/grade level.)
4
The costume
very clearly
represents the
literary/historica
l character &
Book is carried
in parade
Recycled
materials/props
have been
creatively used
The costume is
very unique and
shows a lot of
effort
3
The costume
clearly
represents the
literacy/historical
character & book is
carried in parade
Presentation
WA
16 – 14 points
Costume
Resourcefulness
Originality
Recycled
materials/props
have been used
2
The costume
doesn’t clearly
represents the
literacy/historical
character and/or
book is not carried
in parade
Few recycled
material/props
have been used
The costume is
unique and shows
some effort
The costume is not
unique and shows
very little effort
The student is
able to
represent the
character and
communicate
their choice
The student
somewhat
represents the
character and tries
to communicate
their choice
The student poorly
represents the
character and/ or is
unable to
communicate their
choice
ME
13 – 11 points
WT
10 – 8 Points
WB
>7
1
The costume
poorly represents
the character
and/or did not
participate and
book is not
carried in parade
Recycled
materials/props
have not been
used
The costume is
not unique and
shows no effort
or did not
participate
The students
does not
represent the
character and is
unable to
communicate
their choice
Total Score:
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