This has been a week to complete many things. Our biggest accomplishment was our museum; the final step of our three-part research project. The children learned a great deal about both the world and themselves.   They were given research guides, books and online sources. The project was structured so they had a week to read and learn about their continent, two weeks to read and learn about their country and two weeks to read and learn about their animal. Using their notes, they had two weeks to organize the information and create their display. In between the research and the writing we learned about different types of leads. We also explored types of sentences and formats and features of information writing.

The final step was sharing their work with you. Thank you for coming to one or both of the museum times. It is exciting to have an opportunity to teach others what you know. The children felt a real sense of accomplishment and pride in being able to have an authentic audience for their work. Thank you for your help at home and for giving children the extra boost they needed as time ran out.