The Monsters Have Arrived in Second Grade

The second grade students were so excited to finally receive their monsters from their partner schools across the United States. As always, I was delighted to watch each child's face as his or her monster was unveiled. After viewing their original monster along with their redrawn monster, students were challenged to reflect about their work and answer the following questions:

1. Do you think you partner did a good job redrawing your monster? Explain.
2. What did you learn about writing and the writing process by completing this project?
   
3. List at least two ways you could make your writing better.
4. What did you like best about the Monster Project? What did you not like about the project?

While writing a reflection about their work is challenging, the opportunity for reflection is a key component in helping students extend the writing lessons introduced in this project (pre-planning, writing with details, painting pictures with words, using adjectives, word choice) to future writing.

I hope you can take a moment to check them out!

Mrs. Graham's Class
Mrs. Cameron's Class
Mrs. O'Mullane's Class
Mrs. McKenzie's Class