eng.g3.s.lesson_22.information_fair_celebration_review
Information Fair Celebration + HFW Set 8 Review
- Students present their published informational essay + figure at the Information Fair, answering 2 questions from visitors.
- Students demonstrate automatic reading and spelling of HFW Set 8 (25 academic high-frequency words).
Lesson plan
Warm-up
8 minHFW Set 8 dictation: teacher dictates 12 of the 25 words; children spell on whiteboards.
- Read each word slowly + in a sentence
- Affirm correct spellings; note misses for spiral_review
M-3-S-VOC-22-B
Chart
Physical / non-image
11x17 anchor showing the 25 HFW Set 8 words in 5x5 grid, dyslexic-friendly font, each card with a tiny illustration or a sample sentence: actually, although, beneath, certain, common, country, develop, different, distance, examine, finally, further, however, important, interesting, language, learn, material, natural, ocean, paragraph, perhaps, public, science, several. Color-coded by category (function/transition words / academic content words / time-and-place words). Print-ready, dyslexic-friendly font.
Direct instruction
10 minToday we celebrate the spring term. Each writer becomes a PRESENTER at the INFORMATION FAIR. You will stand at your display station with your published essay + figure + caption. Visitors (peers and families if present) walk through the Fair. When a visitor approaches your station, you do 3 things: (1) WELCOME them ('Hello! My essay is about ___.'); (2) INVITE them to look at your essay and figure; (3) ANSWER their two questions. Write the questions actually asked on your visitor-question card. The most-asked question is usually 'How did you learn this?' — answer by naming your two sources. The Information Fair is the public moment of the term — your knowledge becomes visible. After the Fair we celebrate HFW Set 8 — the 25 academic words you have worked on all spring. You will spell 15 of them in a dictation round and add the cards to the word wall for permanent retrieval.
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Notice the 3-move structure: welcome + big idea + figure walkthrough. Then questions.model Teacher (acting as student): 'Hello! My essay is about honeybees. The big idea is that honeybees are amazing social insects — they live in colonies of tens of thousands, they communicate by dancing, and they keep our flowers and food growing. Here on this figure you can see the four parts of a honeybee — wings, eyes, proboscis, and pollen baskets. Did you know a worker bee can carry pollen weighing half her own body weight? What's your question?'prompt Teacher models a 60-second Information Fair presentation.
- What 3 moves do you make when a visitor approaches?
- What's the most-asked question — and how do you answer it?
Guided practice
28 min-
Set up your station: essay + figure + visitor-question card.scaffold MG-16 layout poster
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Two rounds of Information Fair walkabout: half the class stands at stations, half visits. Switch.scaffold Visitor-question card to record actual questions and answers
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Word-wall ceremony: HFW Set 8 cards added to word wall, with each child placing one card.scaffold Word-wall layout already prepared
M-3-S-WR-22-A
Photograph
Reference photo of an Information Fair setup in a Grade-3 classroom: a row of small tri-fold display boards on tables around the room, each with essay (left panel), figure with caption (center panel), visitor-question card (right panel). Children standing at stations smiling. Multicultural classroom, warm lighting, eye-level shot. Print-ready 4x6 photo for setup reference.
Formative assessment
4 min- Write one sentence using 2 HFW Set 8 words (e.g., 'Although honeybees seem small, they are extremely important to natural ecosystems.').
- Record the two visitor questions you actually received.
Closure
2 min- Thank your visitors.
- Predict: in Grade 4 you become a PERSUASIVE writer — and your research arc continues.
Homework
5 min- Tonight, tell one family member about ONE essay from another child's station — what did you learn from someone else's research?
Exercises in this lesson
Differentiation
- Optional silent-presenter path (child holds the essay while a peer or adult reads aloud the introduction)
- Pre-rehearsed Information Fair welcome script
- HFW Set 8 cards with pictures for non-readers
- Visit 6+ stations and record 1 fact learned at each.
- Spell all 25 HFW Set 8 words in a single dictation round.
- Bilingual word-wall option (HFW Set 8 in English + home language)
- Pre-rehearsed presentation with audio support
- Visitor questions in home language with adult translator
- Audio-recording option in place of live presentation
- Adult-mediator alongside presenter
- Reduced dictation (5 words instead of 15)
Teacher notes
The Information Fair is the culminating ritual of the spring term. Plan 2 rounds of 15 minutes each (half class presenting, half visiting; then switch). Invite families if scheduling allows — children present with markedly more energy when a parent or sibling is in the audience. Some children will be reluctant to present aloud; the silent-presenter option (essay + figure visible; peer or adult reads the intro) is fully equivalent. Visitor-question recording is a key formative artifact — review the recorded questions after the Fair to identify what audiences naturally wonder about; these become great topic seeds for Grade 4. The HFW Set 8 word-wall ceremony anchors the academic vocabulary as a year-long retrieval target.