Dear Families,

You are invited to attend our Westward Expansion presentations on Thursday, May 23rd, at 1:30  p.m.
in the Randall cafeteria. We hope you will be able to attend!

These presentations will be based on the research and writing that students have done in school,
but the presentation will need to be done at home. There are many many choices for how students
can present, it is very open ended to allow students to use their own talents and preferences when
deciding how to present. The requirement is that the student presents their information in a visually
appealing way. Here are some things that students could do, but these are only possibilities, students
can come up with other great ideas.

Non Digital	Digital
Poster Diorama Triorama Quadrama Board game Brochure Picture Book Interview Advertisement Reenactment Scrapbook Display	Google slideshow Prezi PowToon Glogster Video Scratch Stop Motion Jeopardy game Other

If your child doesn’t know what one of those formats is, don’t chose that one!  The presentation
needs to be relevant to the topic. If your student studied clothing, for example, their visual
presentation should be on clothing. If your student studied Lewis and Clark, their visual should
be about Lewis and Clark. At school the students are preparing all the research they should need
in their paper, they simply need to transfer it to another format for presentation purposes. Students
should also be prepared to convey this information to people observing their presentation. They
should be able to clearly verbalize and share what they know and have learned!  We’ve talked
with the students about the value of making the presentation interactive.  While this is not a
requirement, it engages the audience and is a way students can go beyond expectations.

We are requesting that all visuals be brought to school on Friday, May 17th, so that we can
make sure we are organized and ready to present!

Thank you for your support,

Mrs. Shorette,  Mrs. Godfrey and Ms. Hoven