Use these samples, lessons, and classroom ideas to inspire activities in your classroom that connect students to the books they are reading.
Creative use of technology can engage students, and help you integrate your iPads, PCs, or Chromebooks into the curriculum.
These multimedia literature connections were created by students using Wixie.
After reading a book like Judi Barrett's Things That are Most in the World, students brainstormed superlatives and wrote pages that provided both textual and visual context clues to help other readers understand the meaning of the words.
Students read I Love You, A Rebus Poem and found their own rhyming words to use in a story and do the backwards thinking necessary to come up with a poem ending in "I love you."
Even young students want to be authors! Get them making their own books and pages in response to the ones you read!
Make it easy for young students to be authors by asking them to recreate a pattern story, such as this one from Merle Peek's Mary Wore Her Red Dress.
Students explore character, plot, and theme and write persuasively as they develop a movie-style trailer for a book they have read.
Engage your emerging readers and writers by publishing your own book in print or as an eBook! Simply ask each student to create a single page that you combine.
Use this choice board to put students in charge of how they will demonstrate comprehension.
These 1st graders were so creative making a box into not a box! Rockships, flowers , humans, oh my! @Tech4Learning We read Not a Box first. @DodgeGI pic.twitter.com/XgdFsD8erE
— Valerie Chmelka (@vchmelka) April 19, 2022
These 1st graders drew the perfect pet after reading Golden Sower nominee Trees Make Perfect Pets. @Tech4Learning #wixie @DodgeGI pic.twitter.com/IsG5NfUklL
— Valerie Chmelka (@vchmelka) September 6, 2022
We listened to The Little House ?? then Kindergarten used #wixie for a fun country and city sort! @Tech4Learning @HaymarketCubs #hmeskinder pic.twitter.com/336uY6kXyv
— Mrs.Chapman (@thefancyteacher) April 7, 2022
2nd graders using Wixie to honor astronaut Alan Bean today. #WeLoveWixie #AlanBean #space pic.twitter.com/9FhCCpxZfN
— Dowell Elementary School, CCPS (@VerlichMj) January 28, 2021
We started exploring Wixie for the first time today. Students were challenged to create their own page in a class book inspired by The Shape of Things by Dayle Ann Dodds. I'm impressed with our first day's accomplishments and excited for the final product! @SullyES_LCPS pic.twitter.com/V1VgrGVygZ
— Leisa Mackauer (@Mackauer1st) January 29, 2021
Using WIXIE to share nonfiction writing! Highly recommend this for youn writers!! pic.twitter.com/K89DtINywy
— Dr. Misty Mukherjee (@KinderDenandDrM) June 8, 2020
#readaloudoftheday is Sam & Dave Dig a Hole by #macbarnettandjonklassen. This is a kick off to our #caldecott unit in 1st grade and they LOVE this book! Students then used #wixie to show who they would dig a hole with and what they would find! #itsworthit #worthreading #edtech pic.twitter.com/zprUF6v3Ii
— Danielle Brown (@wes_library) January 17, 2020
First graders create their own Ten Black Dots books in Wixie @DianeHarazin @Tech4Learning @ColesRoadrunner pic.twitter.com/IRmh9aOdpB
— Mrs. Martin (@ITCColes) September 18, 2019
1st grade Ss read Mr. Tiger Goes Wild and used #Wixie to show character and setting #LionPride #vblms pic.twitter.com/u0QPPETQwJ
— Jacqui McGuire-Day (@jacquimday) September 26, 2019
Wearing my text to text connection hat for today's collaborative lesson with first grade! Our Ss demonstrated their connections in a graphic organizer in Wixie @Tech4Learning @ColesRoadrunner @DianeHarazin pic.twitter.com/EoyQsD5Zof
— Mrs. Martin (@ITCColes) October 30, 2019
Gr1 read “The Invisible Boy”, discussed theme, and used #wixie to show their evidence. We learned a new Wixie feature today: speech bubbles! @DianeAdamson6 @KeriKenison @DrShewbridge @Tech4Learning pic.twitter.com/AmhE6y5nYg
— Erin Nye (@enye001) March 27, 2018
2nd graders using #Wixie to practice our visualization skills when reading the story Hungry Hen by Richard Waring #WeareSwans #scestech @KayakingSwan pic.twitter.com/coINPfRgjZ
— Mrs. Charnick (@CharnickSCES) September 19, 2018
Using Wixie to retell our favorite scene from James and the Giant Peach! @sskazis @BCPS_ELA @Tech4Learning #bcpslh pic.twitter.com/7UIt7YxGjG
— Jessica Whorton (@CLETS_STAT) May 25, 2017
Reading and responding on @Wixie with 1st graders. Retelling the beginning, middle, & end is more fun when it's digital! @PoplarTreeES #PTESPRIDE @FeckosFabOnes pic.twitter.com/DO6WxZmyKU
— Julie Majkowski (@PTES_Reads) December 13, 2017
First graders are excited to retell "How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin?" using Wixie. @vbHolland @vblms @HollandAP23 pic.twitter.com/EZryNFNksd
— Chris Lowman (@ChrisLowman19) October 26, 2017
@Parkerva1 1st graders retell their favorite Seuss Story with #Wixie and the Seuss Cam. #scestech pic.twitter.com/whNygitpXE
— Mrs. Charnick (@CharnickSCES) March 7, 2018
#readaloudoftheday was More Bears! by #kennnesbitt After laughing our way through the story and discussing features of fiction and nonfiction books, 2nd graders used #wixie to illustrate examples of the two! #itsworthit #librarariesareworthit #worthreading #edtech pic.twitter.com/tYccdZ6l8C
— Danielle Brown (@wes_library) September 27, 2019
Using WIXIE to show the characters, setting, and retell the story Jack and the Beanstalk! @Edgemere_BCPS pic.twitter.com/FHi0Ps87lZ
— Ms. Gargano (@MsGarganoEES) September 20, 2017
Ss read, Not Yet & discussed what’s in our dream bubbles. Ss were introduced to Wixie & they used paint tools showing what was in their dream bubbles. Ss said a mom, riding a dolphin, being an eye dr., & having a dog like Doodle. @Tech4Learning1 #LRelem @MissVanWagoner1 #Wixie pic.twitter.com/2P3uxdr873
— Beth Fisher (@BethFisherIFT) September 20, 2018
Gr1 used #wixie to show character traits from “Ada Twist, Scientist”. They loved being able to draw AND record their voices to show the trait they chose. @DrShewbridge @KeriKenison @Tech4Learning pic.twitter.com/dRKTZN5PYp
— Erin Nye (@enye001) March 22, 2018
Lots of fun with our kindergarten pals working on Wixie. We are making an ebook based on the book Snowmen at Night. #FlemRarSchools #CopperHillES #tech4learning pic.twitter.com/Er3CpMMp5t
— MrsMooreFRSD (@MrsMooreFRSD) December 22, 2017
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