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2nd graders Complete Research Projects and Make Graphic Novels with Pixton
2nd graders Complete Research Projects and Make Graphic Novels with Pixton
2nd graders completed a research project during library classes. In connection to learning about library locations and types of books, students selected a nonfiction book of interest. Then they learned how to take notes and record citation information for the resource. Using the tablets and Chromebooks, students learned how to take, crop and rename pictures. These pictures were then uploaded to PixtonEDU, a graphic novel creation program. Students created their own avatars. They used the avatars, the notes and the photos to tell you what they learned.
Click the links below to view the projects on the class Padlet.
Maxwell Eaton III inspires our students
Maxwell Eaton III inspires our students
After reading the Charter Oak Book Award nominee, Truth About Bears, by Maxwell Eaton III , the students generated a list of animals in which they were interested. They then had to search our 2 online databases for emerging readers for information about their choices. They had to be sure the final choice had information available in both sources. I then introduced note-taking and students used that strategy to gather information about the animal's body, habitat, food, life cycle. We analyzed Mr. Eaton's balance of fact and "fun/humor". They then planned their cartoon panels by creating a first draft. Then then created their final products. Due to lack of time, not all students had time to finish during our library class time. Some students finished on their own time. Their projects were displayed in the library's gallery.
I decided to send an email to Mr. Eaton, to let him know how much we enjoyed his books and that he inspired our research and creativity. The students and I were thrilled when he wrote back to us! I shared the finished projects with him. Below is his response to the students.
Hi Nicole,
Your students are fairly prescient when it comes to future book topics up for discussion!
What an incredible job they did with their research and presentation. Not to mention, they made me laugh out loud! Please pass on how impressed I am with their work. Future authors and illustrators, every one of them!
I can't thank you enough for sending this along. Seeing work like this done by talented students and guided by passionate librarians and teachers always gives my own work a boost.
All the best,
MAX
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