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Dear Parents,

Welcome back to everyone from our winter break! I have some exciting news to share with all of you!

During this month of January Class K-240 will begin an author study on Tomie DePaola. We will begin by reading the story Strega Nona written by Tomie Depaola. With this specific book, the children will be identifying the Main Characters as well as the Beginning, Middle and Ending of the story. The children will then create a project using technology to celebrate the learning of these story elements.

The children will be creating an Interactive Multimedia Project. Simply this means they will be using their knowledge of the story elements, a digital camera and the computer to present what they have learned.

First our children will be taking pictures of either parts of the book or their illustrations to represent parts of the story. They will then upload these pictures onto the classroom computers. After uploading their pictures, the students will use a computer program called VoiceThread to record their expression of the story parts with the specific pictures they uploaded. At the end of the month I will be inviting all of you to the classroom to view the children’s presentations.

I will be using this month’s presentation in lieu of their monthly book report. The grade the children will receive for this Interactive Multimedia Project will be graded as part of their monthly reading and book report.

During the next few days I will be sending home a timeline of our project as well as some guidelines for the children to follow when using these technological tools. Please review this with your child as well, it is important that they know the responsibility of using such tools.

If you have any concerns or questions, please contact me immediately.

Thank you, Mrs. Susan Scudere

Please have your child return this portion of the letter along with your signature.

I have read the following letter pertaining to January’s Interactive Multimedia Project. My child and I understand this project will be a replacement for their monthly book report and graded as such. I am also aware that a separate folder will arrive with specific dates of the project assignments as well as rules regarding technology use. If needed, I will contact you by the end of this week with any concerns I might have.

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