The students have started delving into the depths of effective storytelling and how to captivate an audience when reading aloud. Students have been exploring different activities based on books by the renowned children’s author, Robert Munsch. There are reading and listening activities, a media literacy activity, and assessments related to identifying the main idea and examples from the text to support their BIG IDEA claim. The students have sampled several books by this author, and have chosen a book that they feel a connection to or has sparked their interest level.

Throughout the course of this unit, the students will rehearse their chosen book at home with parents and at school with peers, practice their oral fluency skills, and hone their presentation skills. The unit will wrap up with each student getting up before the class dressed as one of the characters from their book selection and reading the story to the class.  The students should use the next two and a half weeks to prepare for their Robert Munsch book presentations which will take place on March 9th and 10th (the week before we start March Break). 

The students have been given a booklet of stapled activity sheets for this project. This booklet is to go home and come back to school every day starting the middle of next week until the presentation date. Parents are asked to fill in the Practice Log at the back of this booklet on a regular basis to indicate that their child has been practicing the reading of his/her chosen book! There is also a spot at the very back of the booklet for parents to give their children constructive feedback as the students prepare.  Any work that is not completed in the time given in class at school during the day should be finished at home. (Please ensure that your child brings this booklet back to school each day). You can also help your child with the planning of his/her costume and prop ideas to enhance the presentation. 

Here is the rubric for the presentation. A hard copy is also in your child’s booklet.

Here are a few pictures from previous years of students enjoying this activity: