Wednesday, May 15, 2013

1st Grade Favorite Books

First graders are doing an end of the year book review on their favorite book that they've read this year. I created a Padlet wall to brainstorm ideas, then linked it to a QR code for them to scan. I love QR codes. They make it so easy for kids to get where they need to be on their iPads. The firsties thought it was pretty cool that they could see everyone's responses once they refreshed. I'd say we have a pretty good list, but its hard to come up with all that we've read!



Next, they are going to fill out this review sheet, and finally we'll make a little movie out of them. I don't know why I waited until the end of the year to do our iMovie projects in every grade. It's going to be a fun, busy last two weeks of school!



Book to Big Screen

There are plenty of YA novels coming out as movies in the next year or so. I am excited about many of them, but most of all Divergent by Veronica Roth & The Fault In Our Stars by John Green. I don't reread books very often, but The Fault In Our Stars I will be indulging in again this summer. I'm also not much of a movie person, but if they are based on books, I'm always game.

Here's a quick bulletin board I put together to showcase some of them: