Caterpillar in the Sandbox

I have had such fun playing with all of the websites in this week's module! I am already looking forward to next school year (did I just say that!?!).

In addition to using the ideas I shared in my previous blog post, I am really excited about using Picmonkey along with introducing graphic novels to my high readers. I got so excited watching one of the tutorials, that I called our school librarian to tell her all about it! She just won a grant to purchase tons of graphic novels for our school. I could totally see some of the older kids creating their own graphic novels using the Comic Heroes theme and their own photos. They could be the hero of their own book! That would be so awesome!

I really loved the Foldbooks on Foldplay's website. The kids could retell stories and make their own little foldable book.  I could be used for fiction, especially my Fairy Tales unit. I could also see them writing their own little non-fiction books about pretty much anything we are doing in science or social studies. In math, they could start off with a story problem, and on each page do one step of the problem until the problem is solved at the end of the book.

In the past, I have had students draw WANTED posters for villainous characters in stories we have read. I was so excited to see Wanted Posters as one of the options on tuxpi.com. I know the kids would love to make these with information about the character and their favorite part is always the reward!

I am sure there will be many other great applications for things in the websites that were listed. I can't wait to do even more exploration!