First graders at Connors Elementary School in Lewiston recently participated in a Side x Side program led virtually by teaching artists Sarah Boyden and Indigo Grey. Integrated with a literacy and science unit on animals, students created an animal alphabet in collaboration with art teacher, Kelsey Boucher. During the program, students conducted research on animal tracks and learned scientific drawing, lettering, and watercolor techniques to create their letters and design animal track borders around their cards. Each letter page will be combined to create one alphabet book.