Exemplary Writing, Illustrating, and Recording in 2nd Grade

Jenna Gample, a second grade teacher at the Conservatory Lab Charter School in Boston, created an ebook with her students focusing on snakes.  The work in so fine and I'm pleased to include it here. This is an example of exemplary work.

Here is a link to the book which you can also see below.

simplebooklet.com


The videos below help to explain the process the students went through to create their ebook.

Inspiring Excellence Part 1: Overview from Expeditionary Learning on Vimeo.

Inspiring Excellence Part 2: Building Motivation and Skills through Whole-Class Research from Expeditionary Learning on Vimeo.

Inspiring Excellence Part 3: Building Motivation and Skills through Independent Research from Expeditionary Learning on Vimeo.

Inspiring Excellence Part 4: Using Models and Critiques to Create Works of Quality from Expeditionary Learning on Vimeo.

Inspiring Excellence Part 5: Reading to Get Ready to Write from Expeditionary Learning on Vimeo.

Inspiring Excellence 6: Writing and Speaking with Power from Expeditionary Learning on Vimeo.