I like to have the kids read a variety of genres. One of the ones we spent time on was biographies. We also have a focus on biographies in HM. The kids read a biography and took an AR test on it. After reading, they made a time line of their person's life. They also drew a picture of the person. They wrote a summary of the person's life . I was trying to figure out how we could get the picture and the recording of the person's life on their ipods when Tom sent the email about Sonic Pics. It was perfect. The kids took pictures of their drawings and then recorded their writing. They were on their desks for Open House. The kids had their parents listen to the recordings. Comprehension strategies and skills were summarize, main idea and details. Now, I just have to figure out how to get their work on my blog.