Second Graders Find Their Voice with Elephant and Piggy

My second graders always love Mo Willems' and his Elephant and Piggy books. This year I read some Elephant and Piggy books with my students and then had them use the following template to create their own story. They had the choice to work alone or with a partner and then they had to read the story while being filmed. Here are some examples of what they wrote. Elephant and Piggy template Other Examples of our stories: Mrs. Frey's Class Mrs. Steiger's Class Mrs. Thompson's Class