Next they took their hands-on-experiences and wrote their first draft. The sequence words first, next, afterthat, then, and finally helped the children organize their thoughts.
After many sessions of conferencing, editing, and testing out their instructions, they were ready to write their final copy.

To celebrate all their hard work, the students invited their parents to come to class. Everyone was paired up and, as the directions were read aloud, the parents followed along and built a snowman by using clay as pretend snow.