Family+Presentation,+2011

BNC Set Up Plan

Notes for 2011-2012

Voice Thread: Student Work and Student Voices

__**Work to share:**__
 * family story with illustration
 * skin color / hair writing and self-portrait
 * DVD
 * skin color / hair recordings
 * writing drafts, brainstorms of images -- draft packets
 * stories of each neighborhood (Bears' class)
 * sentence strips of what makes Boston feel like home (Bees' class)
 * cardboard model of the neighborhoods (Bees' class)
 * photos of things they built for ideal neighborhood
 * graphic organizers for ideal neighborhoods?? (Bees? if we have time)
 * Rise statue pictures (Bears)

__**Week of May 2nd**__


 * recycle center -- **Heidi and Annie**, Thursday **DONE**
 * kids rehearse family stories (fluency time in Bees' room, guided reading groups in Bears' room) **DONE**
 * photograph self-portraits -- **Kate and Annie** (Kate, burn to CD and give to Annie by Wed. the 11th) **DONE**
 * record self-portrait sentences **-- Kate and Annie** -- burn to DVD and give to Annie by Wed. the 11th
 * kids practice answering questions from the program so they can answer them at the Family Presentation [|questions to practice.doc]
 * scan in family stories illustrations -- **DONE**
 * start recording family stories on garage band (**Denise, Kate, Heidi, Annie**) -- do during reading, fundations, other times of day **DONE**
 * set up voice thread accounts?? -- **Heidi and Annie DONE**
 * send out invitation to community members -- **Heidi DONE**
 * ask for helpers for setting up: James, Sadowski?, City Year? Annie, Bo, Heidi, Lynn Stuart?, Jose?, Jill, Steven, Xing, Kate, -- **Heidi email DONE**
 * get coat hangers --**DONE**
 * email Jose and Bonnie for food donation? **DONE**
 * call Roche Brothers, Stop 'n Shop, or Harvest to see if they can donate food -- **Kate**
 * make programs **DONE** [|program.doc]

__**Week of May 9th**__ >> System Preferences >> Sound >> Input >> Click on "Use Ambient noise reduction." >>
 * start recording family stories on garage band **DONE**
 * To reduce background noise, do the following:
 * put audio and scanned on Voice Thread **Heidi, if possible**
 * kids create invitations (**Annie** make it, kids decorate)
 * kids make traffic signs -- 2 for Walk Hill **Bees DONE**
 * kids make welcome sign **Bears**
 * kids make signs asking for quiet "Please Enter Quietly" **Bees DONE**
 * signs for play & nature, learning **Bears**
 * mount all work -- all of us, **Thursday the 12th**
 * Get in touch with families to confirm attendance (**Denise, Jessica, Xing, Kelley**?) **THURSDAY Evening**
 * print and fold programs **Thurs / Fri**
 * put together intro speech from reflections **Heidi DONE**
 * Kids practice intro speech for presentation **Heidi or Kate's guided reading groups**
 * Send reminder flyer home **Thurs / Fri**
 * Make sure kids know what is going to happen at BNC (go over it) **DONE**
 * Print final drafts of writing (figure out how to format) **THURSDAY**
 * Comic Sans 16
 * Single spaced
 * Title Bold and Underlined
 * Author not bold or underlined
 * align justified

__**May 16th**__ It was very loud in the back because people were coming in and kids were going out and people were talking – it was hard to hear. Have a bunch of person in the back telling people coming in to be quiet. Make some signs that say “Please enter quietly.”

Have kids do the talking, not Jose. Jinny says a few words. 6-6:15 Arriving, mingle in the big room

6:15 – 6:30 Gather all second graders in front Student speakers Explain what will happen at 6:30 and how to use your time between gallery and theater

6:30 Ribbon cutting (who?) Second graders go to their work Adults follow and look at the gallery and ask questions Adults may take their children to the theater to watch the DVD, then we ask that they return to their work to answer questions until they need to go home

Reflecting
How do you feel about your work? What / who helped you? What do you feel proud of? What did you do when you made a mistake? What did you tell yourself so you could persevere? What do you hope people will say when they see your work tonight? What do you think they will say?