Third graders in Ms. Salisbury’s class at Portland’s Remote Academy recently participated in a Side x Side poetry and illustration program integrated with a science unit on animals and led by teaching artists Laurie Downey and Gretchen Berg. During the program, students learned to use Project Journals to capture their research on animals through writing and drawing.  They then wrote poems about a chosen animal and did drawings of the animal and its habitat.  The final product was a pop-up art piece that incorporated the drawings and poetry and was shared during a final Zoom presentation.