Making Books

A few weeks ago in Language Arts, we were assigned to make a book. I enjoy working with younger elementary grades so I created an ABC book of spring. For each letter, I thought of a word associated with spring that begin with that letter.  A few examples are:

A is for air, so crisp and clean.

B is for beautiful blooming flowers. 

C is for chilly spring mornings.

By having students make a book gives them the freedom to write about their interests and share them with friends and family. This also lets students be the illustrator of their books. A few ideas that my classmates had were a book of spring poems, March Madness, and a book about things that happened on the first day of spring for the past 20 years.