We get a good turn-out for this event; although, the 5 pm kick-off time is a bit of a joke.
I have 20 minutes scheduled for each of my 3 grade levels. By the time the parents get in the room and stop chatting with each other I have about 10 minutes. I have an agenda on a PowerPoint: Course of Study, Communication, Rules & Procedures, Grading, Philosophy of Course, & Other. I then let the parents decide how they want to spend the 10 minutes. Last year they mostly wanted "Other" - Where do I come from, and why do the kids call me "Dr. C"?
Today the 8th graders used microscopes to look at 7 mosquitoes that bit me yesterday (and didn't live to lay their eggs) to see if they were the dengue virus carrying species. I've left the microscopes out with the mosquito slides on them. That should cut my presentation down to 5 minutes.
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