Celebrating Our Authors

In previous posts we saw how Ms. Simon's Class 1-4 were able to visit the library and work on a research project about animals.  The final product was a wonderful book about different types of animals.  See those posts HERE.

On May 5th the classes' parents had the opportunity to visit the library and celebrate what their children accomplished....even some little frosted animal crackers joined our celebration.

To see the process in action click on the movie I created below.

All About Animals Book Project from Ms. LaLuz on Vimeo.

A Class Full of Published Authors

Finally Published!

Congratulations to Class 1-4!

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After spending some time in the library researching information about animals we have finally received a published copy of their class created "All About Animals" non-fiction book.


Students worked in groups of 4 and used a number of resources in the library. After discussing the characteristics of specific categories of animals they had the opportunity to learn more by browsing through our large collection of animal books. One of their favorite parts of the research process seemed to be when they used the PebbleGo database online. Not only were they able to record facts about their animal, they were also able to view little video snippets of the animal in action.


After a couple of months of researching in the library, Ms. Simon sorted and finalized all of the pages and then send them to be published. We used the Student Treasures Publishing company and they did a wonderful job binding Class 1-4's book.  Some students even purchased their own copy.  Now all we need is a celebration! Be on the lookout for that!

Ms. Simon reads "All About Animals" 

First Grade Animal Project

How lucky is Class 1-4? This past month they visited the library a couple of times a week to research groups of animals using books from the non-fiction section of the library as well as databases like PebbleGo.  In just about 3 more sessions they will complete the first main part of their project.  Ms. Simon will then send all of the students' completed pages to a company that will publish the book for the class.  Each student will have the opportunity to purchase the book if they like and an extra copy will be kept in the library.  How great is that? We will have to wait about a month or so for the final product but we will definitely have a celebration when the books finally arrive.  Here are a couple of photos showing the beginning of the book making project.

Parental permission given for all photos

Review the characteristics

Using the Smartboard

Searching through books