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Episode Overview –
Episode #143 features a description of different engaging tools and strategies used by a 9 year old in fourth grade to complete monthly book study projects. Each month the student was assigned a genre of book to read. After reading the book the student was asked to complete a worksheet of questions, some form of graphic organizer, and then create his own artifact demonstrating that they understood the book.
A.T.TIPS in this Episode –
A.T.TIP #460: http://dipity.com – Timeline Generator
A.T.TIP #461: http://storyboardthat.com – Comic Strip Generator
Also mentioned in this Episode –
A.T.TIP #330 – http://recordmp3.org – Online sound recorder
A.T.TIP #194 – http://vocaroo.com – Online sound recorder
A.T.TIP #273 – http://toondoo.com – Comic Strip Generator
A.T.TIP #70 – http://blabberize.com – Upload a picture, cut out a mouth, and record a video
Book Study Final Projects
Month – October
Genre – Realistic Fiction
Tool – http://toondoo.com
Live Resource – http://bit.ly/frindletoondoo
Book – Frindle by Andrew Clements
Month – November
Genre – Mystery
Tool – http://Glogster.com
Link to Resource – http://bit.ly/pleasingtheghostglog
Book – Pleasing The Ghost by Sharon Creech
Month – December
Genre – Historical Fiction
Tool – http://dipity.com
Link to Resource – http://bit.ly/pearlharbortimeline
Book – I Survived The Bombing of Pearl Harbor, 1941 by Lauren Tarshis
Month – January
Genre – Fantasy
Tool – http://storyboardthat.com
Link to Resource – http://bit.ly/sa3btstoryboard
Book – Spirit Animals, Book 3: Blood Ties by Garth Nix and Sean Williams
Month – February
Genre – Biography
Tool – http://Blabberize.com
Link to Resource – http://bit.ly/woodrowblabber
Book – Woodrow Wilson by Robert Green
Heritage Dolls
Tool – http://vocaroo.com
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