Grade: 5
Technology tools: Computer
Tools used: Interactive Website
Activity type: Lesson, Unit, Project
Fifth graders at Viewmont Elementary created multi-genre projects to promote and encourage classmates to read their books. Students could choose from a selection of assignments to create their projects.
Some of the projects that used technology included:
- Create an I AM poem about a character using the Poem generator.
http://ettcweb.lr.k12.nj.us/forms/iampoem.htm
- Use Microsoft Publisher to create a WANTED poster, book poster or advertisement for the book.
- Students used online comic strip generators to summarize their book.
http://www.pixton.com/
- Characters from the students' books corresponded through email.
- The students used Microsoft Word to create a TOP 10 list of reasons to read their book.
- Students made WORDLES about their book including: description of characters, setting, character names, important events, and tough words.
http://www.wordle.net/
- Birth Certificates and Eulogies using information about the characters were created on publisher.
- Students used Google Maps to create a map of the travels in their story.
- Glogs were created to promote the exciting events in their books.
http://www.glogster.com/
These projects were presented to classmates along with a persuasive essay to promote reading. The students were able to use their creativity and higher order thinking to complete a project using technology. The process of the project not only exposed students to technology, it got kids excited about books! Peer recommendations got kids talking, discussing and reading!!!
Beth Norwood, Viewmont Elementary
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