College Fair 2012

Check out Drain's Admissions Advisors at the College Fair!

The students ROCKED!!! They were able to inform their audience about important information about their colleges, such as: undergraduate enrollment, tuition, majors offered, admission requirements, clubs, sports offered, and so much more.

It's amazing to see 9-10 years old students understanding and discussing information that they aren't normally privy to until high school, you should be proud too! Check them out..

 

College Project

POSTER BOARDS

Due: THIS Wednesday,

May 30^th

               

  

The College Fair will be Friday, June 1^st from 11-12:15.

Parents are welcome to attend. Please come to hear your child “sell” their college and celebrate their hard work!

College Project

POSTER BOARDS

Due: Wednesday, May 30^th

We have been making tremendous progress these past few months, as we prepare for the actual “College Fair” on Friday, June 1^st. All that’s left is for the students to create their POSTER BOARDS for the fair.

There is a contest to determine who has the best board between the entire 3^rd floor. Prizes will be awarded. I really want one of my students to be the WINNER!!! So please assist and encourage your child to do their very best.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. I am excited and looking forward to the College Fair. This is an opportunity for the students to showcase all of their hard work. 

College Project-Feature Article

Majority of the students have submitted and received back their handwritten final draft of their feature article. Please make sure that your child SAVES their feature article because they will need to put it on their college board for the college fair. I am strongly encouraging all of the students, if possible, to type their feature article.  

Maranda has already typed her feature article. Please view it below.

Feature Article Example

College Project

College Project

POSTER BOARDS

Due: May 30^th

We have been making tremendous progress these past few months, as we prepare for the actual “College Fair” on Friday, June 1^st. All that’s left is for the students to create their POSTER BOARDS for the fair.

On the poster board the students will include their feature article, additional information, pictures, and items given to them by their colleges. This board will be the main attraction at the fair. This final piece needs to be created and completed AT HOME and brought to school by Wednesday, May 30, 2012. 

There is a contest to determine who has the best board between the entire 3^rd floor. Prizes will be awarded. I really want one of my students to be the WINNER!!! So please assist and encourage your child to do their very best.

Even though, a tri-board is prefered, if you are unable to locate or purchase a tri-fold board, then a poster board will also work.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. I am excited and looking forward to the College Fair. This is an opportunity for the students to showcase all of their hard work.




Below is the note that highlights all of the specific requirements. This was sent home in your child's Friday folder.
Tri-Fold Board Format

College Project-Phase 2

It's official! All of the students have completed Phase 1 of the college projects. 

We have mailed off everyone's letters and now we are waiting on the responses (packages) from the colleges. Kamayah was the first student to receive a package from Tennessee Tech University. They sent her stickers and a lot of information which will be used for Phase 2.


The students and I have begun Phase 2, by exploring the genre of "Feature Articles." As we continue to dig deeper in our genre study and receive packages from the colleges, the students will begin the steps of Phase 2.


***None of the students have received any of the information for Phase 2, except for the introduction to feature articles. I just wanted to give the parents of room 318, all of the information ahead of time, so that you are informed.

The following 2 steps are needed to complete Phase 2 of the College Project:

Phase 2

1. Compare the information about the three colleges with assigned criteria on the Facts and Figures sheet.
2. Write a feature article comparing two colleges and picking the best one. (out of the 3 colleges that they sent letters to)
• This will be written mostly in class, however information on how to access it on Google Docs will be forth coming.

College Project-Phase 1

The following 3 steps are needed to complete Phase 1 of the College Project:

Phase 1

1. Choose 3 colleges with programs (majors/academic programs) that are interesting to the child.
2. Find the Admissions Office addresses of all three colleges/universities
3. Write a letter to each college asking for information (& souvenirs) about the college and wait for responses. A template of this letter is located on our Google Docs account.

Below are the instructions for completing all parts of Phase 1. If possible, please assist your child over this long weekend with completing all three steps. 

Congratulations to Toni, Kamayah, and Maranda for completing all the steps of Phase 1 and getting all three of their letters mailed out TODAY! 

Direction for Step 1(Choosing a College) 
& Step 2 (Admission's Addresses)

How to Choose a College & Address Info


Directions for Step 3 (Writing the Business Letters)
How to Use Google Docs

College Project Explained

I'm sure many of you have seen your child come home with worksheets that pertain to our college project and I know you are probably wondering what is the College Project. Well...


On Monday we began a new project that all 4th and 5th graders will be completing. The project consists of letter writing, a field trip, a college fair conducted by students, and making a commercial with a group. It's really exciting because students receive mail at school from the colleges. Sometimes there are boxes with lots of fun souvenirs sent by the college.

There are several parts of this project that we will be completing in school and some parts will need to be completed at home. Every student has chosen 3 states and are working on finding 1 college or university from each state.

In April, we will visit the campus of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor to see what college can be like. All phases of the project must be completed on time in order to go on the field trip. Teacher approval is required to move from one phase to the next.


Phase 1

• Choose 3 colleges with programs (majors/academic programs) that are interesting to the child.
• Find the Admissions Office addresses of all three colleges/universities
• Write a letter to each college asking for information (& souvenirs) about the college and wait for responses. We will write & send the letters out from school or home. You can access the template using GoogleDocs.

Phase 2

• Compare the information about the three colleges with assigned criteria on the Facts and Figures Sheet.
• Write a feature article comparing two and pick the best one. This will be written mostly in school.

Phase 3

• Field trip to U of M (cost TBA)
• Create a tri-fold board advertising the best college for you (out of the 3 students sent letters to).
• College Fair in school

Phase 4 

• Commercials and website creation-the commercials will advertise colleges and universities across the country and help student around the world choose a college! We will publish the commercials on the Internet! 
• There will be other multimedia components that are added later for those students who work ahead.