"About Me" Booklet

• The start of the school year is a great time for students to introduce themselves to their classmates with an "About Me" booklet. Use blank white sheets of paper and instruct students to write a sentence or two on each page about themselves. Information about family members, pets, favorite activities, colors, foods or school subjects is all good material to include. Beginning writers can follow a form such as "I like...". Students should illustrate their writing, create a cover and staple the pages together to form the booklet.
  
  

"About Me" Garden

• Create a garden of "About Me" flowers that can be displayed in a classroom or at home. Give each child a black-and-white handout of a flower with an open center and six petals. In the center write, "My name is," and have each child print her name in large letters. She should then fill in each petal with personal details. Information can be in free form, list or sentence format.
  
  

Acrostic Creativity

• Turn imaginations loose with an acrostic "About Me" activity. Direct students to write their names in large, capital letters down the left side of a piece of paper. Using each letter of their name, they should write descriptive phrases or sentences that begin with each successive letter. Sam could write, "Sam is funny...Always eats dessert...Music makes him happy." Encourage students to get descriptive with lots of adjectives.
  
  

Bio Poem

• Another activity that works well in either a unit on biographies or poetry is to write a bio poem. These poems are about 10 lines long and follow a prescribed format. The first line contains simply a first name. The second line contains four descriptive words about the person. Each of the next six lines contain specific biographical information that is written in short phrases such as, "likes reading a good book." Lines nine and 10 give the city of residence and the last name of the individual.
  
  

"About Me" Media Presentation

• Extend writing and technology skills by creating an "All About Me" media presentation. Students can focus on learning presentation software skills, since they are already familiar with the subject material. Determine the number of slides each student must create, including how many illustrations, text boxes and bullet points and the scope of biographical information to include. Give students the opportunity to share their presentations in class and thereby develop their speaking skills as well.