The following items are animated books created using Google Slides with Ms. Conklin’s class:
The third graders created Information Books as a part of our non-fiction reading and writing units. They started with an “expert” topic, one they already knew a lot about. This topic required little to no research, simply background knowledge. After the students chose a topic they began developing chapter ideas, elaborating on those ideas and accompanying them with non-fiction text features. The kids worked on several drafts making edits and revisions. Each chapter was placed in a logical order, for some students paragraphs were developed and for all students the writing was organized with topic sentences and supporting details.
Next came the publishing portion of the project. With support from Mr. Casal, the students used Google Presentation to create slides to display their information. This was a wonderful learning experience. Everything from typing text to inserting photographs to creating transitions was taught and then put to practice. In the end the third graders created a comprehensive non-fiction information book that can be enjoyed for years to come and across the globe because of its final form, Google Presentation.
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The Books:
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The Books:
Alexander
Aviv
Ben
Carlie
Dani
Emily
Emma
Erik
Jordan
Kate
Kevin
Leo
Lilly
Max
Mia
Om
Sarah
Sarina
William
Dani, on the chapter Did You Know, #5 you should explain what a screen protecter is,
Thanks Lilly!
Carlie you added to many pictures
kevin,I think you should make your transitions a little faster
Kate, Im not so sure about the glossary word agitate and its defintion
Lilly the lines in the table of contents look strange
Max I think your picture on your striker title page your picture is a little blurry.
Om your book really gives information about Galilao.
Erik I think you should and more about the new planet.
Emily,I think you should make your transition a little slower.
Dani, your animations are a bit slow
Om I think your animations are to slow.
Emma I think your book was great but, I think you should add some movements that you have done in chapter Facial Epresstoins
Ben, that was not a period, that was a comma.
wow! emma very awesome i didn't know sass id in handy for jazz dancing i love the glossary when it says I DON'T CARE
Max, told Jordan this, I looked at what it looked likeI didn't like it. Im going to keep it how it is
Kevin, Your Book was GREAT!!!! But I wish you could add a picture to your Top Five Longest Bridges in the World
William, I don't know who he is.
Sarina I think you should add a caption for every picture.
I added a picture on my title slide but all you need to do is to refresh the page.
Ben I like your book, but you should say the names of a few of them
Max, I loved your book and i'm gad we don't have a lot of the same facts and pictures because we both did soccer
Will i think it is a book with a bunch of facts but i think you should speed your transitions up.
Kate I think your book does not have any transitions or animations
Ok Emma I made a picture on the title slide but all you need to do to see the picture on the title slide is to refresh the page.
wow kate i learned so much about how to train a puppy or dog when i get a dog those tips will come in handy
Erik I think you should put astrophysist.
Jordan, great book! I learned a lot about swimmig
Will I think your picture that is sinking is awesome
Thanks for the comment. I just did it.
Emma, i think your book is interesting but your transitions are too slow.
Alex I think you should speed up your translations a little.
I tried and i'm going to keep it
Emma i just fixed the lower case I i realized the animastions on slide 5 was fast i fixed that too thanks
Ok, I fixed the transitions.
Great idea, Sarina! I just did it.
Sarah, awesome thought, thanks!
Hey, Sy, I liked your book, it was informative.
Om, your animations and your transitions are not the same on each slide. Make sure you slow them down too because I got dizzy just watching it!