Literacy Project

For my final project I decided to use Storybird with my first grade class. We started our social studies unit on Kenya two weeks ago so I decided to have the students create a story about Africa.  I went through the images with the students and we chose eleven which we felt would be appropriate pictures for a story set in Africa.  As a whole group we put the pictures in order and we wrote the text for the first page together.  I had the students work in small groups to complete the rest of the writing.  I had the class come back together as a whole group and we edited the text.  I really enjoyed watching the students work together and how well their writing matched the pictures.  When I showed my class the finished product they were so excited and proud of all their hard work.  Everyday they ask me to play the story and we even shared it with the other first grade classes!  So here it is...Our Adventures in Africa!