I was so happy to watch part of the "Wax Museum" project that my co-operating teacher has her 6th grade students do. First the children pick a famous person from now or in the past, then they write a biography on that person and finally they write a one minute speech summarizing the person's life. The last part of the project is to dress up as that person and have the school come and listen to your speeches. All of the students lined up around the perimeter of the gym and were "frozen" in place until someone came and pressed on their button on the floor. All of the students that I got to see were fantastic! I was so impressed by how hard they worked and how amazing their costumes looked.
One boy dressed up as Pope John Paul II and had a full pope's outfit on! Another little boy was Shaun White, so to complete his costume he wore a long red wig and snow pants. Some of the other students were Beyonce, Princess Diana, Justin Bieber, President George Bush and Rob Dydrek. One girl was a ballerina and she came in her full ballet outfit and even stood on her toes when someone pressed on her button! Every student did great and I wish that I could have been able to go see the second day but I had class :(
Unfortunately, I'm almost done with my 40 hours and I'm going to miss these classes so much. My co-operating teacher has so many great ideas and now she is having her 6th grade class do mock trials and in April they are going to do "Law Day" and are going to have a mock trial with real lawyers and a real judge from the Newark Courthouse! These students have such a great time and I love seeing how excited that they get! I got so lucky to be with such a great teacher who has such great students!
Jill! The wax museum sounds like such a great idea! It seems like your co-operating teacher thinks of so many great projects for the students in your class! The mock trial seems like it is going to be very interesting too!
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