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Projects created with PowerPoint and are more fun, motivating, creative, and much more sophisticated than most products students would create on paper.  •Enjoy the ideas and templates for your use on this page!

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Project Ideas:

Creating Classroom Books

Description	View a Student Sample
Whole Group Project Using Many children's books are written with predictable patterns.  After reading one of your favorite children's books, have each student in your class create and illustrate one page for a classroom book.  This activity can reinforce vowels, spelling, patterns and visualization.	from There's a Wocket in My Pocket view
Whole Group Project Using PowerPoint Use a pattern book as a model to create your own classroom book to reinforce a content area being studied.  Students are enthusiastic to create their own book page with newly learned information, while following the pattern of an author.	from The Important Book view
Cooperative Group Project Using PowerPoint Cooperative Groups are also successfully in creating classroom books that follow an author's pattern!  Student pictures can be scanned and inserted into the slide show.	from If you Give a Mouse a Cookie view
Simple Classroom Books Made From PowerPoint If you want to keep it simple, students can draft and type their ideas for a book page in PowerPoint, then print.  Once the page is printed, students can illustrate, teachers can laminate, and the book is complete!	from Q is for Duck view download template below
Simple Classroom Books Made From PowerPoint Most books lend themselves to the possibility of the students creating an ABC book about the book.	from Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters view download ABC book template below
Student Writing & Publishing in PowerPoint Students can publish their own stories reflecting a pattern and/or vocabulary from authentic literature.  Clip art can be inserted on each page to reflect the written words. Another option is to turn this into a "Talking Book". Students can record themselves narrating their story.	from Alexander Who Used To Be Rich Last Sunday view
Books Made Using PowerPoint & Digital Camera Create classroom books by using a digital camera to take pictures and insert them into PowerPoint.  Books and pictures can be modeled after children's literature.	from Alphabet City view
Books Made Using PowerPoint & Digital Camera Students love to see their own pictures in classroom books and slide shows.  With PowerPoint, you can record each child reading the words on their own page.	from Silly Sally view

Responding to Literature

Connecting to the Real World in PowerPoint While reading, it's important to make connections to self, other books and to the real world.  Connections can be recorded on a PowerPoint template that relates to the story.	from The Polar Express view
Creating a Summary in Consider using this technology-integrated summary in place of a traditional pencil/paper summary of a book.  Students can illustrate the beginning, middle and end of a story to assist them in typing a summary paragraph.	from The Doorbell Rang view download template below
Making a Fold-A-Book With PowerPoint Use this template for students to create a short and simple literature response.  Two fold-a-books can be stapled together for students to create a longer book.  Conveniently, clip art can be used for pictures.	from The Story of Ruby Bridges view download template below

Extending Student Learning

Reinforcing Adjective Through Literature and PowerPoint After reading Things That Are Most in the World by Judi Barrett, students can brainstorm other adjectives and type a creative sentence just like the author.  Students can either add clip art for illustrations or print their slide and illustrate directly on the page.	from Things That Are Most in the World view download template below
Exploring Similes and Publishing in After learning about similes, students will be able to recognize them in books they are reading.  Have students record similes and illustrate in KidPix.  Student products can make a great classroom book.	from Sarah Plain and Tall view
Exploring Idioms and Publishing in After learning about idioms, students will be able to recognize them in books they are reading.  Have students record idioms and illustrate in KidPix.  Student products can make a great classroom book.	from Amelia Bedelia Books
Student Created Game Shows in PowerPoint Review a children's story through a game show.  Cooperative groups can work together, or the teacher can create questions and answers for a Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, Jeopardy, or Hollywood Squares game show.	download templates below

Templates to Download:

This template does not work with PowerPoint 2000 and older.

How To Directions:

• Save a KidPix Slide Show as a Quick Time Movie to Publish on the Web

• Record Sounds in PowerPoint

• Save a PowerPoint in HTML format

Related Links:

Electronic Books to download - all non-fiction

Kid Pix Website
 

Special Thanks to the following teachers for opening their classrooms and sharing their ideas:

• Susan Burkholder, Varner Elementary
• Tammy Curti, Baker Elementary
• Valerie King, Big Shanty Elementary
• Debby Kramb, Chalker Elementary
• Ginny Lyon, Chalker Elementary
• Ashley Pierce, Chalker Elementary
• Stephanie Simmons, Riverside Elementary