2nd Grade Reading

Shadow Puppet is an app that allows the user to create mini-slideshow movies. It's a great option if you'd like to hear students record their voices as they read several pages of text, or if you'd like students to publish their writing. Shadow Puppet movies are easily shared to Seesaw or the iPad Camera Roll.

• How to use Shadow Puppet

Flip  is a video posting site that allows users to post quick selfie videos. It's a great way for students to practice fluency, recommend books, and/or show what they know.

• Flip tutorials and resources

DocAppender is a Google Form Add-On that organizes your conferring notes. DocAppender also organizes notes in a folder and timestamps them. Here are some resources:

• Doc Appender on Chrome Web Store

• How to set up Doc Appender

• Example conferring form

• Click here to make a copy of the example form

With BookSnaps, students take a picture of a short quote from a book, then annotate and record a voiceover to share their understanding of the passage, offer a prediction, or voice an opinion. 

 Seesaw is a great format for BookSnaps. Once students have created BookSnaps with Seesaw, they can comment on each other's work in virtual book clubs.

 Check out these Activity links and resources:

• Seesaw tutorials and resources

Seesaw can be used for literacy. Students can use the Draw, Photo, and Microphone features to show what they know, or teachers can push activities to their class to strategically target concepts. Check out these Activity links and resources:

• Seesaw tutorials and resources

• Venn Diagram

• Story Map

Flipgrid is a video posting site that allows users to post quick selfie videos. Students can post videos acting out scenes as characters from their books based on teacher prompts (e.g., "What would you do if you were _______?"). 

• Flip tutorials and resources

Chatterpix is a fun app that allows students to make any character "talk" in their voice. Students can upload their own images or drawings, or they can use Chatterpix's library of avatars. It's a fun way to practice fluency, publish writing, or act out a scene as a character.

• How to use Chatterpix

• Chatterpix example

Flip is a video posting site that allows users to post quick selfie videos. By creating a Topic for each book club, your students can participate in virtual book clubs. Students can post videos acting out scenes as characters from their books based on teacher prompts (e.g., "What would you do if you were _______?"). 

• Flip tutorials and resources