Day 163 - New Class Book On The Rainforest - Mrs. Farmer's Class, Francis Wyman Elementary

We have been working for weeks on our Non-fiction Informative book on a favorite rainforest animal. 

Much reading, writing, revision and editing went into the creation of this book.

1. First we created a R.A.N. chart with our partners:  We wrote down facts on stickies that we thought we already knew about our rainforest animal and placed them under the heading "What I Think I Know."  After researching, we moved our stickies to either the heading "Yes!  I Was Right!"or "I Don't Think This Anymore."   We also had a heading entitled "New Learnings" in which we added facts that we learned through our research.  

2.  Then we used books, videos and websites to research information on our animal.  We recorded facts into our Rainforest Research Book, breaking our information into such categories as: What our animal looks like; What it eats; Where it lives; and Other Amazing Facts

3.  We wrote a rough draft, using paper and pencil.

4.  We revised and edited our writing with our teacher.

5.  We used the BookCreator app to illustrate and type our words.  We even added an Illustrated Table of Contents.

6.  We then shared our books with our classmates (see below).  We looked at and listened to every student's book and commented on the great writing and illustrations that they made.  We then took these positive comments home with us on a piece of paper.

Day 83 - 8C World History Students Create e-Books - MSMS Mrs. Bova's World History Students

This post first appeared on the Marshall Simonds Middle School Blog

 

Recently, 8C students in their World History class used their literary talents to author a book on an African Trading  Empire.  Using the app “Book Creator”, students recorded their researched data in the form of an original book describing the kingdom of their choice.  All 8C books will be on display during our Spring Open House.

This e-book was made using Book Creator for the iPad.
Read this book or this book on an iPad or iPhone by tapping on it and choosing Open in “iBooks”

Day 59 - We've Published Our First Book! Irene Farmer, Francis Wyman Elementary School

This post originally appeared on Ms. Farmer's Blog 

Below you can view our very first published book!  Each child brainstormed and chose a favorite moment from the farm field trip.  They then wrote, revised, illustrated and published a short three-page story with a beginning, middle and end.  Final drafts were typed into the Book Creator App on their iPads. 

Upon finishing their writing, the children then went onto their iPads and created illustrations to go with their words on the Drawing Pad app.  Their artwork was saved to their camera roll and then uploaded into their Book Creator app.  The individual books were then compiled into one big class book.

Take a moment to look at the book here.  Have your child read his/her entry to you personally! 

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Below are some photos of the class drafting their stories, editing them and publishing them onto their iPads:

Day 46 - Book Creator - How-To - Nisha Chhayani and Forum Patel, MSMS 8th Graders

This post originally appeared on the Marshall Simonds Middle School Student Help Desk Blog

To open the ePub as an eBook on an iPad or another digital reader, click on the link below:

How to Use Book Creator

- Then click on Download

- When prompted, click on Open in iBooks