Just wanted to say thanks for all you do for your child and our school:) Our carnival basket "Howell Pride" turned out great and raised some money that will be put directly back into our classroom! The February president reports were outstanding:) Thanks for helping your child with their props and with memorizing their four first grade fun friendly facts about their president! I was very impressed:)
February Family Project
What better way to celebrate President’s Day than a Family Project? Your child is going to have a chance to teach the class about a president, but they need YOUR HELP. They will be teaching each other on February 23rd, 24th, or 25th (see below for day).
Please help your child learn about his or her president. He or she will have to find four facts about his or her president. Be sure to help him or her find four facts that are interesting to them. They may find it more interesting as to what kind of pets the president had rather than a war that was fought.
For the presentation he or she may dress up as the president and tell four facts, sing a song about the president with four facts, draw a picture about the president including four facts, make a book about their president with four facts, or be as creative as possible to teach the class four facts about their president. Attached is a rubric to help you! I will be filling out the rubric after each presentation!
Here are a few websites to help children learn about his or her president…
• http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Stories/PeoplePlaces/Georgewashingtonicecream
• http://pbskids.org/wayback/prez/secrets/index.html
• http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/subjects/uspresidents.htm
If you need any other assistance or have any questions, please let me know.
The children last year had a great time learning some interesting facts about all of the presidents! Some of their favorite facts were about pets, nicknames, and other facts first graders find interesting. Have a great time with this!
Thank you in advance! Ms. Benear :)
I will be scoring the presentations with this rubric:
Name_______________________________________
1. ___The name of the president was clearly stated.
The president was __________________________
2. ___Used a strong speaking voice.
3. ___Looked at the audience while speaking.
4. ___Used props, pictures, or illustrations to make the
information more interesting.
5. ___Taught four first grade friendly facts about their president.
Comments:____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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