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= Welcome to our Monster Exchange! =



This is a collaborative project between Mrs N and her Year 2 class, //[|The Smarties]//, in Perth, Western Australia, and Mrs S and her Grade 2s near Detroit in Michigan, United States of America.

Our teachers got in contact after looking for another class somewhere in the world to do this exciting and challenging literacy project with. They made contact through [|The Monster Exchange] website.

This is how our Monster Exchange works:
 * Step 1** - Each student draws a monster with crayon, coloured pencil or markers/textas and gives it a name.
 * Step 2** - They then write a //detailed// description of their monster and posts the description on their wiki page.
 * Step 3** - A student in the other class reads the description and if they have any questions about it, they can post them in the "discussions" tab of the relevant page.
 * Step 4 -** The student then draws the monster that is being described.
 * Step 5** - Their teachers scan and upload the drawings of the original monster and the one that was drawn from the description and post them on the original designer's wiki page.
 * Step 6** - The drawings can then be compared to see how similar they are.
 * Step 7** - Students will then have an opportunity to record a voice message for their partner, reflecting on how they felt about the project.

If the drawings are very similar, it means the description was detailed and well written and that the student reading it demonstrated good comprehension skills.

Once the project is complete (in mid-March) when you click on a student's name to the left, you'll see their original monster drawing, their description and the monster as it was redrawn by a student from their partner class.

Happy monster-making!