Third Grade Book Project

“Tell me, and I will forget. Show me, and I may remember. Involve me, and I will understand.” If ever there was an English language arts learning experience that exemplified this statement, then Kelly Cottrell’s third grade book project at K. C. Heffernan Elementary School (KCH) is it. Cottrell, a third grade teacher at KCH, had each of her students read a book and then create a poster about the book. But it wasn’t just any poster. As third grade student Kayla Berube described it “We had to read a book, create a ‘3-D’ object from the book, create a ‘Character Book’, create a ‘post card’ written from a main character to another character in the book, and write a summary of the book.” Cottrell also explained that the background of each book poster “is a setting from the book”. The book posters are all proudly displayed on the hallway walls outside Cottrell’s classroom at Heffernan. Listed below are Cottell’s students and the book project they completed:

Nyree Jennings – “Cam Jensen and the Mystery of the Stolen Corn Popper”
Rose MacLachlan – “My Sister the Vampire”
Zack Tyler – “Frog and Toad All Year”
Lauren Keyes –“Cam Jensen and the Mystery of the UFO”
Evan Cormack – Goosebumps”
DiAnna Markham – “A Crazy Day with Cobra”
Kayla Berube – “Polar Bear Past Bedtime”
Jake Taylor – “Lions at Lunchtime”
Phillip Radionov- “Lost Treasure of the Emerald Eye”
Andrew Fragnito – “Tonight on the Titanic”
Mei LaMarre – “The Knight at Dawn”
Vincenzo Castellino – “Ghostly Mystery”
Matt Stearns – “The Three Pigs”
Johanna Barrows – “Moody Predicts the Future”
Brian Suarez – “The Hit Away Kid”
Anthony Kelly – “Buffalo Before Breakfast”
Aiden Shea – “Holes”
Andrew Grashof – “The Curse of the Cheese Pyramid”
Alaura Cushman – “Soloman Snow and the Silver Spoon”
Laura Canny – “Gooseberry Pack”