Building a sense of community is one of the most important things to do in the classroom. It is such a focal point at the beginning of the year and I feel like it needs to continue through the rest of the year too.
Letting students share about themselves and learn about others is one of the best ways to do this!
Each Wednesday morning after the announcements (starting about the 3rd week of school) we have an All About Me presentation. I remember having All About Me presentations growing up and loving them so I wanted to make sure to incorporate them into my classroom as a teacher.
Each child has a week assigned to them. The students LOVE this time! The presentation lasts about 5-15 minutes and during this time the student's family members come and watch the student tell the class about themselves - from what their favorite food it to what their favorite color is to their favorite sports team to introducing the class to their family members, etc. The student creates a poster at home with all of these favorites on them and the students use this poster to guide his/her presentation.
After this presentation, the class creates a book for the student. The book consists of a page (or more) from each classmate about what he/she learned about the week's presenter. The students love writing all about their classmate!
It is also great because it is a time the students are often using common words like "like," "favorite," "color," "is," & "has."
After we finish the book, I read it to the class.
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