5th Grade Reading

Adobe Express and WeVideo can be used to create book reports or book reviews. The students import images that fit the story, put the images in order in iMovie/Adobe Express/WeVideo, and then add voiceover. Here are some tutorials and resources:

• Adobe Express tutorials

• WeVideo tutorials

• Student example: The Invention of Hugo Cabaret

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

As students finish their books, they can submit a review using Google Forms. Teachers may grant access to the results so that students can see each other's recommendations and get inspired to read more!

• Google Forms tutorials and resources

• Book Review Form (click to make your own copy)

Students provide a summary of a book they've read as well as suggestions on similar books and recommendations. Students also include a book selfie with themselves and the book they are sharing. 

• Book Selfie lesson plan

• Book Selfie template

• Book Selfie example

Google Classroom can be used to create a forum for book clubs. Teachers create separate Classrooms for each club; club members post thoughts and reply to one another on the Stream, post reading assignments for group members, and host group projects on the Classroom. Here are some tutorials and resources:

• Google Classroom tutorials and resources

Google Slides can be used to create graphic organizers. Here are some tutorials and resources:

• Google Slides tutorials and resources

• Graphic organizers

• Academic vocabulary digital notebook

Google Slides can be used as a digital readers notebook, with each slide functioning as a different page in the notebook. Here are some tutorials and resources:

• Google Slides tutorials and resources

• A Long Walk to Water example