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Title	The Alphabet Project
Biographical	Suder Elementary School, Chicago Illinois Carl Sannito
Operational	My project was to have my 5th grade students create new posters for our primary students that depicted the alphabet through pictures. We brainstormed ideas, wrote poster proposals, took digital pictures of students, edited pictures, and printed out their pictures. Each picture was printed at 8 1û2 by 11 size, and glued to larger construction paper, in the form of a poster. After the posters were completed, each child wrote about their individual experiences. The students then typed their stories and we created a book for all to share. Finally, I turned this into a web page for all to see.
Standards	This assignment addresses the writing standard, “Write to communicate for a variety of purposes.”
Assessment	Students are required to use Standard English, use the writing process, and write in a manner that reflects focus, organization, and coherence using a variety of supporting evidence and elaborative detail.
Students	Regular students
Value	Through this project, students will learn to use a digital camera, word processing software (MS Word), digital imaging software (MS Picture It!), as well as a color printer. You will wind up with vivid, wonderful representations of students, as well as some great writing!
Details	Subject Areas: Language Arts Grade Levels: 5th URL: The Alphabet Project Teacher Tips: This project is something that can be done slowly over the year, but I enjoyed the immediacy of taking the pictures and printing them out. I think that is one of the benefits of using a digital camera. This project could also be a collaborative project, between two classes. An older class (4-6th grade) could do the work, but a younger group could help chose words and be photographed. This project has also been adapted to other subject areas to create things like “The ABC Science Book”, with photos specifically revolving around science subjects.