History Comes Alive at Sleepy Eye Elementary!

 The third-graders stood scattered across the cafeteria like silent soldiers, dressed and ready to recite the carefully prepared speeches they had researched and written about their own historically significant person of choice. Each student proudly sporting a homemade rendition of clothing meant to exemplify that of which their iconic figure might have been found wearing, just waiting to share what they had learned with anyone willing to push the simple "button" facsimile--a red sticker-- hastily affixed to their chests.

Such was the scene on January 8th at Sleepy Eye Elementary's annual Third-Grade Wax Museum--a one-day event culminating the end of the students' biography/autobiography genre reading unit. A core curriculum exercise that required each third-grader to use a wide variety of media sources in order conduct research on their chosen topic person. Once the actual investigative portion of the process was completed, students then assembled their notes, turning them into a well-crafted speech written from the first-person point of view.

According to all who attended--including school staff, fellow students (K-12) as well as family and friends--an excellant job was done by all.  Way to show your Sleepy Eye Pride third-graders!