Our kindergarteners in Shelby McIlravy's class have been researching, creating, and sharing amazing books about oviparous animals using
PebbleGo and
Book Creator this week. Shelby and I teamed up for this project and it has been so much fun!
First, the students went to
PebbleGo Animals to research an oviparous animal they wanted to learn more about and used...
...the Animal Information Report Notes to write down what they found in their research.
We created a template in
Book Creator that gave the students a place to share what they learned about their animal.
I love using the Panels for the templates because they guide and support our students while creating their books.
To find these, click on the + at the top and go down to the bottom to the red grid of Panels. The pink arrow in the image above, shows you where to find the panels.
When you click on the
Panels icon, several will pop up that you can choose from for the pages of the template.
When the Panels are used, students just have to click on the cells to add Images and other elements.
I also love how I can lock the different elements in the pages. This is especially helpful with our youngest students.
After the kindergarteners research was complete, it was time for them to go to the template to work on their projects.
To get the students to the Book Creator template,
I
assigned the book to the
Library I created for this project.
When you
start the assignment, it will give you a copy invite link or a code to share with them.
Since our kindergarteners use iPads, I created a QR code with that invite link.
I like to use
QRCode Monkey because I can add an image to the center. Then I always know what the QR code is for, and students and teachers do too.
The QR code made it very quick and easy for them to get to the template and start their book.
They had so much fun working on the different pages of their book adding text, images, stickers and even little photos of themselves for a special author page at the end.
When all of the students finished their books today, we
published the library.
It was very special for them to see how all of their projects make such a cool library of books about oviparous animals. They can't wait to read each others books and share them with their families.
Here is one of the Book Creator books by Reese.
Every one of the kindergarteners created such special books, and as you can see, they are all very proud of their books.
Get Book Creator
here today, friends. You can try this project with your students too!