Students in the grades kindergarten and 2nd grade interact with each other. They (2nd graders) faciliate one on one tutoring in the areas of reading and writing with the kindergartens. Students in the 2nd grade promote mentoring skills.

Seventh graders develop and print their own photos to be used with the poems in class booklets.

Fifth graders wrote essays, interviewed family members, took photos of their activities, and tape recorded narration to accompany the photos.

Second graders are guided through the writing process and then given time to use the skills they have acquired by writing a story and publishing it using a computer.

Second graders produce a simple piece of writing given the topic sentence: "I am thankful for..." . Students translate their piece of writing into an electronic format using the software program KidPix. Students present their completed...

Fifth graders create and modify a database using information from cereal labels.

Fifth graders study different types of poetry, compose a poem and word process it.

Eighth graders are introduced to the concept, What Makes Good Poetry? They are asked to explore the writer within.

Learners review the implications of the printing of the Gutenberg Bible. Using a page from the Bible, they compare and contrast it with one that was handwritten. They use the internet to discover Gutenberg's model and marketing strategy...

Young scholars create a slide presentation that contains text, images, sounds, and navigation buttons. They explore PowerPoint and use the different tools and basic slide-creation options.

Students simulate a debate about continued U.S. aid to the Federated States of Micronesia. In two large groups, they research the history of Micronesia and how it was affected by colonization and trusteeship. After the debate, students...

High schoolers read journal entries about having dinner with a Chuukese family. Using this information, they identify which foods sound appealing and compare and contrast Micronesian and American foods, fruits and vegetables. In...

Fourth graders explore the childhood of Lincoln and pioneer life in early Indiana. Students respond to literature and write a story using historical fiction. Students explore the writings of President Lincoln and the pioneer community...

Student design, edit, and layout a computer-generated school newspaper four times a year. They collect and write about school events and work in small groups to layout each issue using graphics and word processing.

Young scholars explore and dramatize the nursery rhyme "Humpty Dumpty." They explore a variety of nursery rhyme websites, and listen to, dramatize, and recite Humpty Dumpty. Students also answer comprehension questions and sequence the...

Learners use clustering/mind mapping techniques to generate ideas, graphically represent inferences, organize their conclusions and write a report that presents conclusions the writer has reached, and facts substantiating those conclusions.

Students study and perform dances with a dance specialist, while others photograph their movements. The resulting slides were used to help both these students and others explain dance and write creatively.

Eighth graders analyzed photos, which were used to complete a group story with photo. The project was designed to develop skills in and positive attitudes toward reading, writing, and oral presentations.

Second graders, working as a whole class, with partners or small groups, use various Web sites to investigate the relationship between generations.

Sixth graders utilize their prior knowledge of the Woolly Mammoth to hypothesize what life was like for the Paleoindians. They write a story about a day in the life of a Paleoindian hunter.

Students produce their own communication channel with their parents by establishing a monthly newsletter. The newsletter will be used to improve the communication channel between home and school. Student groups are assigned a topic of...

Students read a biography, present the six focus statements (areas of information) onto a 3-D box, photograph their box with a digital camera, and create a HyperStudio card with voice and text.

Students examine the writing process. They determine the needs of the readers of their story before writing. They use peer-editing to check for errors and read their story to the class.

Students write quatrains based on themes recently heard in songs.