I exposed students to many examples of poetry in the library and taught students about some different types of poems. Many students learned about the elements of a good poem, and wrote their own poems during their library classes. A fifth grade class wrote Rain Cinquain poems, some students wrote Winter Alliterations for publication in the local paper! We celebrated Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday by reading books and viewing websites. Some students wrote their own "I Have a Dream" speeches The entire school celebrated Dr. Seuss' birthday on March 2 with a special Read Across America Day. We celebrated in the library all week by reading Dr. Seuss books and watching Dr. Seuss movies. We made a timeline of the events in Dr. Seuss' life Leo Lionni storytime & activity We read The Magic School Bus Inside the Human Body and designed our "Student Bodies" Books and activities to extend experiences from reading are important aspects of student learning. I use enriching activities with books in all areas of the curriculum. I engaged the students in two separate classrooms in units on Life Science. This thematic unit, appropriate for third or fourth grades, integrates all areas of the curriculum in learning about plants and animals. I completed an Action Research Project involving A Study of the Effects of Cooperative Learning Strategies on the Motivation of a High-Ability Student during my internship and completion of my Master's Degree in Curriculum & Instruction. HOME Graphics courtesy of Last updated January 17, 2003.