When my son was five and in kindergarten he had to bring something once a week for "letter of the week" show and tell. Since he was reading at a 5th grade level and I thought he needed to be doing more than letter of the week, I had him read a one-page report with his show & tell. We worked on the report together. He would dictate what he wanted to say and I typed it so that he could read it--it had to be double-spaced. I always checked the Flesch-Kincaid level after I typed it. The report he read when he brought his GPS for show and tell was about 12th grade level but he forgot two of the words when he read it to the class. I saw the report on the teacher's desk with the two words circled. I don't remember what they were but they were big words.
This is a great idea.
When Mr was in school he had to do the letter of the week thing as well. He would write a sentence or two on the paper as well as do the "craft" thing. The "craft" thing would get pretty elaborate with the various pictures conveying a short story. When I saw the other older kids' papers they would have the letter and one figure and nothing else.
