As a supplement to the district’s reading and writing curricula, each year students show off their creative writing skills for dogs and cats awaiting adoption at PAWS. These 2nd graders look forward to working together on “The PAWS Project” – a program that involves writing advertisements for harder to place dogs and cats at PAWS. Students are taught to read and analyze the veterinarian notes and intake documents, identify positive attributes, and then collaboratively write a paragraph promoting the animal’s adoption. These colorful descriptions are placed on the animal’s kennel and published online for potential adopters to see.
The “Adopt Me” PAWS Project
Biggest Takeaway:
- “Our work with PAWS provides a first opportunity for students, some of whom are facing their own challenges, to improve the condition of another living being,” says the teacher. Proof that the work makes an impression – alumni return year after year to mentor incoming second graders.
Biggest Challenge
- For students, the hardest part is choosing which pet to write about!
Project Impact:
- To date, hundreds of students from Spruce Elementary have played a role in helping more than 500 dogs and cats find forever homes!
Participants:
- 2nd graders at Spruce Elementary School
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