A book designed by 6th graders - as a model of what student publishers can do! They were asked to compare parts of the body... More > to everyday objects. See what happens when children are allowed to construct their own meaning. Working in teams they talked through process, determining which body part to select and how it operates within a body system. The best part of this is "the why" and they are always able to explain their thought process. Includes both student and teacher reflection. < Less

This book by second graders includes the students’ acrostic poems, the original draft of their memoir or autobiography,... More > the revised and edited draft of that memoir or autobiography and a self-reflection on their growth as a writer. The acrostic poems illustrate their efforts to expand the use of descriptive words. The memoirs illustrate their efforts to elaborate or add descriptive and informative details. < Less

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English language learners in third to fifth grades listened to, read, and categorized a wide variety of memoir literature.... More > After immersion in literary memoir, the students were ready to attempt writing their own memoirs. None had any trouble coming up with an important life event to develop. The memoirs took the form of picture books, published in both analog and narrated digital formats. Ultimately they have been published as paperbacks. < Less

A book designed by 6th graders – as a model of what student publishers can do! They were asked to compare parts of the... More > body to everyday objects. See what happens when children are allowed to construct their own meaning. Working in teams they talked through process, determining which body part to select and how it operates within a body system. The best part of this is “the why” and they are always able to explain their thought process. Includes both student and teacher reflection. < Less

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English language learners in third to fifth grades listened to, read, and categorized a wide variety of memoir literature.... More > After immersion in literary memoir, the students were ready to attempt writing their own memoirs. None had any trouble coming up with an important life event to develop. The memoirs took the form of picture books, published in both analog and narrated digital formats. Ultimately they have been published as paperbacks. < Less

A book designed by 6th graders – as a model of what student publishers can do! They were asked to compare parts of the... More > body to everyday objects. See what happens when children are allowed to construct their own meaning. Working in teams they talked through process, determining which body part to select and how it operates within a body system. The best part of this is “the why” and they are always able to explain their thought process. Includes both student and teacher reflection. < Less

This book by second graders includes the students’ acrostic poems, the original draft of their memoir or autobiography,... More > the revised and edited draft of that memoir or autobiography and a self-reflection on their growth as a writer. The acrostic poems illustrate their efforts to expand the use of descriptive words. The memoirs illustrate their efforts to elaborate or add descriptive and informative details. < Less