Tell Me a Story!

I read a story, then I retell it. That's what kindergarteners in Mrs. Keffales's Next Gen classroom did this morning. Using the ChatterPix Kids app, students photographed the book they read, then retold the story in their own words.

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Flip Book from ReadWriteThink

Take a look at the Student Interactives on the ReadWriteThink website, and you'll find the interactive flip book that's a great writing tool for many grade levels.  This helps students to create tabbed flip books up to ten pages.  An all-purpose tool, the flip book allows students to create their own picture books, take reading notes, collect research facts, or make question and answer study guides.  ReadWriteThink provides lesson plans using the flip book as a start, but this would be a wonderful interactive to integrate into many unit plans.  The uses are endless!

Just click the Get Started button and the program will carry you and your students through the process from writing to publishing.  Take it for a test-drive yourself before using it with your class, and you'll see just how easy it is to use your computer as an easy publishing tool.

The Flip Book has four easy steps to completion.

Pop-up Book--Virtually!

Create virtual pop-up books with your students today! ZooBurst is a new entry into the digital storytelling tool store designed for even young students to create their own customized pop-up books. Teachers across the country are starting to use this product with students in both lower and upper elementary grades. The product is free, but it does require that users fill out a simple request form.  No waiting though, your acceptance is immediate.


Use ZooBurst with your students to create a pop-up book of their first week of school.  Work collaboratively to write a book to share a demonstration of science lab procedures.  Would you like everyone to know how well your class demonstrates hallway, classroom, and cafeteria expectations?  Show it with a virtual book.  Work together to summarize a story or nonfiction piece of text.  Upload your own photos or use the program's free clip art and create one of your 10 free books as you write together using your projector so that the class can share a view of your computer's screen.






This video by eduTeacher takes you through the steps of using ZooBurst.