1. Bicultural literacy Student wetland and Savanna Books

2. Wetland Class

3. Learning about wetlands

4. Wetland Watch Program

5. Field trip

6. Identified aquatic invertebrates

7. Made stuffed animals

8. When the program finished Ms. Lisa asked us if we wanted to continue to learn about wetlands Ms. Lisa asked us if we wanted to continue to learn about wetlands We said yes and decided to make wetland books We said yes and decided to make wetland books

9. Researching plants and animals for our books First, we looked at Earth-Cards First, we looked at Earth-Cards

10. Researching plants and animals for our books Second, we researched websites on-line Second, we researched websites on-line

11. Researching plants Common & scientific names Common & scientific names Physical characteristics Physical characteristics Native or non-native Native or non-native Adaptations Adaptations Population and status Population and status Habitat Habitat Animal or human use Animal or human use

12. Researching animals Common & scientific names Common & scientific names Physical characteristics Physical characteristics Camouflage & adaptations Camouflage & adaptations Range, population, and status Range, population, and status Reproduction Reproduction Prey and predators Prey and predators Animal behavior Animal behavior

13. References We kept track of all websites We kept track of all websites

14. Designing our books Template books Template books Our own writing and illustrations Our own writing and illustrations

15. Illustrations Painted Painted

16. Illustrations Drawing Drawing

17. Asked reader Comments Comments Answer 3 ?’s Answer 3 ?’s

18. Sharing our Knowledge Class in Kenya Class in Kenya

19. Sharing our Knowledge Kenya class interested in California Wetlands Kenya class interested in California Wetlands

20. Students read our books Each student chose which book they wanted to read based on their interest Each student chose which book they wanted to read based on their interest

21. Pen pals Kenya students wrote letters to us Kenya students wrote letters to us Comments Comments Answered 3 ?’s Answered 3 ?’s We wrote them back, thus becoming pen pals We wrote them back, thus becoming pen pals

22. Savanna books They constructed books for us just as we made wetland books for them. They constructed books for us just as we made wetland books for them.

23. Take a look

24. Building bridges!