Fifth-grade students put their understanding of paragraphs into action by building models of paragraphs using Legos. Each model had to show understanding of a paragraph's components: topic sentence, body, and concluding sentence. See the kids at work and view some of their creations, including an ice cream cone (topic sentence) of four flavors (body sentences with examples) and a cherry on top (conclusion); a Christmas tree (body) with lights (details), a trunk (topic sentence), and a star (concluding sentence); and others. The kids enjoyed building paragraphs without even putting a pen to paper.
