Submitted by: Cindy Pierce, Linda Morris
Collaborators: Suzanne Whitlow, Rhonda Riddick
School: Three Chopt ES
Summary
The Kindergarten students will make their own picture dictionary. Students work in small groups and pick the letters they will put into the class pictionary. The students research multiple picture books, starfall website, picture dictionaries, and alphabet books to discuss and find pictures beginning with their chosen letters. After collaborating they will be given planning sheets to draw different pictures of objects beginning with their letter sound. The students work will use Pixie 2 to construct their letter page on the computer. First they will type their letter (capital and lower case) on their page. Afterwards they will search through the Pixie clip art pages to find two objects beginning with their letter sound. These objects are added to their letter page. Voice recordings will be added with students reading their letter entry. For example, “A is for apple and astronaut”. Upon completion of the ABC book, the students will vote on their favorite letter. Their responses will recorded using tally marks on a table. The letters receiving the most votes will be used in a “Tagxedo” page.
TIPC Ratings
Approaching: Individual students selected picture dictionaries and alphabet books to search for pictures beginning with their assigned letter. In addition to the print resources the students worked individually on the computers using Pixie 2 software to search through the Pixie clip art pages to find objects beginning with their letter sound.
Approaching: The students worked with a partner and collaborated to select two pictures to represent each letter of the alphabet. Their work was published on teacher web site as well as in book format. Whole class collaboration on favorite letters was published on Tagxedo.
Approaching: The teacher guided and encouraged the use of appropriate resources to be used to create an Alphabet book. After looking through alphabet books and picture dictionaries, the students use the letters and clip art in Pixie 2 to create their individual letter page. The teacher and students engage in open-ended questions to help them search through different categories of clip art to find picture for their letter page.
Approaching: Students were able to demonstrate their perfect ABC book in this project.
Download Files
- Lesson Plan
- Planning Forms
- Student Pixie Samples
- http://teachers.henrico.k12.va.us/threechopt/morris_l/Site/ABC_Book.html
