3rd Grade Research and eBooks

Students evaluating images and sketching
before using the computers

Our 3rd Graders have been studying Native American Cultures of the Southwest. This year, I collaborated with 3rd grade teachers to teach research skills and note taking. After students had completed their research, they were ready to start creating their multimedia project. We used drawing programs on the computer or the iPads to create images to go with the paragraphs that students wrote.

After looking at state standards, the teachers and I decided that for this project we would teach the students about evaluating images in the nonfiction texts they were reading to decide what to draw for their eBooks. After a mini-lesson on image evaluation, students used the research texts to find images that were appropriate for their eBooks. Students worked diligently to try to accurately represent the culture they were learning about.

After students had written their paragraphs and drawn their pictures I taught them how to move their documents into Flipsnack.

See our completed eBooks below.

3 Pang
Apache
Shoshone
Pueblo
Ute
Comanche
Hopi
Navajo


3 Plana
Apache
Ute
Hopi
Pueblo
Navajo
Shoshone

3 Bros
Ute 
Pueblo
Apache 
Hopi
Navajo
Shoshone  
Comanche

3 Hessler
Navajo 
Hopi
Apache
Pueblo
Ute
Chyenne
Shoshone