Another Round of Monsters

It is hard to believe the school year is almost over. Even though there are only three weeks of school left there are still so many technology projects to wrap up with the students. This week third grade will be finishing up their Pixie presentations on European Explorers, fourth graders continue to work on their iWeb digital portfolios, and first grade will begin recording facts in their Under the Sea VoiceThreads.

One project that just wrapped up today, which also happens to be one of my favorites, is the Monster Project. This year 33 first, second, and third grade classrooms from around the United States and Canada drew, described, typed, and exchanged monsters as a way to learn about the power of descriptive words to paint a picture for the reader.

Here are few examples of student writing, the original monster, and the redrawn monsters that came back to us as well as the links to each class set of monsters:

Mrs. Deegan's Class

Mrs. O'Mullane's Class

Ms. Graham's Class

Mrs. McKenzie's Class