Kindergarten book project

The 5th graders were surprised when I explained that we would be making books for Kindergarteners based on the informational essays that were just finished.  Their first thought...this is going to be so simple.  They couldn't have been more wrong.  We investigated what Kindergarten books looked like and the intricacies of them.  Fifth graders had to make many decisions based on their audience, such as: what kind of sentence pattern will I choose? which words and layout work best for my readers? and MUCH more. These were just some of the many decision, revisions, and editing my students worked through to make these authentic books.  Of course, the best was sharing them with Mrs. Miller's class.