Biography Book Report 2015

Yesterday, the 5th graders presented their biography book reports, and we held a Character Breakfast.  At the beginning of the month, I required the students to choose a biography on either a president, president's wife, or figure from the American Revolution in order to correlate with our reading unit, "Making a New Nation."  The students read their books on their own throughout the month and then came to school dressed as their character on the last day of the month.  Each child had to share about the life and accomplishments of their character as if they actually were that person. 

For those who are interested, you may click the following for links to: the instruction sheet, the grade sheet, and a Fact Sheet sample.

This year, we had the following famous people at our breakfast:

Molly Pitcher

Jackie Kennedy Onassis

Eleanor Roosevelt

Betsy Ross

John Adams

Martha Washington

I'm not exactly sure what Martha is doing, but you can always count on Mrs. Washington to be expressive and dramatic.  I mean, just look at her reaction when Ben Franklin walked in the room!  

Anyway, back to the introductions:

Rosalyn Carter

Abraham Lincoln

Abigail Adams

Mary Todd Lincoln

George W. Bush, Laura Bush, and George H.W. Bush

As you can see, we had the pleasure of having a few couples sharing with us, as well as multiple members of the Bush family. 

John and Abigail Adams

Abe and Mary Lincoln

We also welcomed Benjamin Franklin, but he was so busy socializing that I was unable to get a photo of him alone:

Benjamin Franklin and John Adams

Discussing the events leading up to the American Revolution:

 Uh-oh...Adams just called Franklin a "Loyalist."

 Things started to get a little intense!

 I had to step in and break up this argument.  ;)

 Now, Lincoln is about to get an ear-full!

 George H.W. Bush thinks it's all quite humorous:

 Once things calmed down, the guys were able to take a civilized photo:

 It was so much fun to be in the presence of such famous people!  Once word got out about their appearance, they were surrounded by Mom Paparazzi:

We enjoyed learning about each person while we ate donuts and fruit and drank milk, orange juice, and water.  The parents/paparazzi provided breakfast for us, and we were so grateful.