Character Dress Up Day

This is an announcement to get the word out early. Instead of a Halloween party, we will have a character dress up party. This will take place on the 28th of October. This will take a little work for all the students.

The steps involved:

-The first item they must accomplish is to find a book. The book must be no more than 100 points below their current lexile level. Each student has their lexile score inside their assignment book. To search the lexile level of a book go to lexile.com. I will have a sign-up sheet in the classroom to write the book down they pick.
-The next task will be to read and finish the book.
-I will give them a sheet to fill out, much like a book report, that goes along with their books.
-The students will use this sheet to help them present to the class about their characters. I will give the students a rubric days beforehand describing exactly what I am looking for in the presentation.
-After we present all the characters, we will celebrate with a party at the end of the day.

Each student will be required to have an outfit that matches a book character they read about. Keep in mind some characters dress just like each child would on a normal school day, so you wouldn't need to go out and purchase a new outfit for this day. The students have to be able to describe this to the class. This isn't meant to be a cost burden to parents.

Students can pick books they are currently reading, but not a book that they read last year or even earlier this year unless they plan to reread the book. I am getting the word out now, so the students have time to select and begin reading them immediately.