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Day 4

I had such a fun time making my Read poster!  It is something I will definitely do again with my students.  It would be a great way to bring historical figures to life, especially those dull early explorers.  :) 

I liked making a new Animoto.  A great idea was shared to make an Animoto and have students guess what book it is based on the pictures.  This would be a great weekly thing to have students submit their guesses, similar to a raffle, to win prizes from the media center and to be encouraged to read more, so that they can make even more educated guesses.  I also liked the refresher on using Photo Story.  I don't typically use this for my class webpage, as it can be time-consuming, but I'm sure students would love to use it to make an online scrapbook/storybook for a novel they are reading or to tell a story from their own written works.


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