Pondering Pentominoes in 5th Grade English
“Wait! Maybe the illustrations are all the pentominoes, and each one with a frog in it also has a pentomino. Then they each stand for …
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Love and Literature: The 5th Grade Spring Book Project
“I’m doing this book three of the Warriors series. I’ve read all of them except this one because it hadn’t been in the library until …
Literature in Miniature: 7th Graders Turn Books Into Art
“Can I put like a little piece of his leg over here?” 7th Grade readers and writers this week created a diorama scene about their …
Tap It Out, Tap It In: Syllables and Sounds in Kindergarten Literacy
“Oh my dog is so sad, look at it has tears!” Kindergarten writers and readers this week played word games and wrote and illustrated single …
The Artist is Present: Art, Memory, and History in 9th Grade English
“I don’t really want to draw younger me, very specifically. Maybe I can be like a shadow figure.” 9th Grade writers, readers, and thinkers began …
On the Ode: 8th Graders Study Poetic Tributes
“They have secret meanings… like, meanings deeper than what’s actually written. Also, it has emotions for the reader.” 8th Grade writers, readers, and thinkers this …
Empathy in Action: Third Graders Read “Out of My Mind”
“I looked up who the author is and the real person’s name is called Wendy and it’s based off that’s her daughter.” 3rd Grade readers …
Where the Buffalo Roam: 2nd Graders Connect Timelines and Topics in English and Social Science
“My topic sentence is, ‘The Native Americans helped the buffalo and the buffalo helped the Native Americans.’ Then I say why.” 2nd Grade readers, writers, …
Finding the Formative: Character Journeys in 8th Grade English
“The first thing I saw was what looks like a mix of an American flag and a Japanese flag. Then maybe also an encampment. I …
Essay Can You See: 4th Grade Writers Craft Essays from A to Thesis
“I wrote that the classes are so interesting that it makes people who hate school love school.” 4th Grade writers are crafting their first multi-paragraph …