Biome Books, Post #2

Here is second post showcasing the magnificent Biome Books made by Mrs. DePace’s second grade class during my time with them last spring. Futurer posts will contain more how-to details about these books.

From what I recall, the young man who created this page was insistent that he had no ability to create a visually acceptable page. His teacher showed him how to make some simply drawn trees, and he just took off from there.

Biome Book by elementary student — As the Page Turns

This view of the book shows a good view of the pop-ups on the first spread of pages, and gives a hint of the second spread, which contains the written research done by the students.

Biome book, research pages — Presentation Pages for Biome Research

This is the second spread of pages, where the written research about the biome resides. Notice that the writing is done in four separate min-book that are attached onto these pages. More about this later…

I gave students a choice of using dark paper or light blue paper on which to illustrate their biome. I was surprised that this student chose a dark color for the desert biome. He explained to me that he was going to do a night scene of the desert. It was a great decision. So that his drawings would show up well, he used Crayola Gel Markers. Cut paper shows up great on dark pages, so I was glad to see that he took advantage of this.