Student work with informational text doesn’t have to be rote or boring! Use these creative ideas to inspire activities in your classroom that engage students deeply with the informational text content they are reading.
Wixie is the perfect digital canvas for students to use to share their ideas about the information they are reading. Students can use Wixie to create engaging and valuable products that show what they think about information through a combination of text, images, and voice narration.
Students interview animals to demonstrate knowledge of animal characteristics, diet, and more.
Have your primary learners respond to informational texts that are read to them through the creation of a 5 senses poem.
Students conduct research about an important woman in history (or science, math, medicine, politics...) and share information about their life in a timeline.
Students create an infographic to share knowledge and data about an issue or topic they are reading about.
Students can choose a scientific cycle such as pollination and illustrate it to build and demonstrate their understanding.
Students research a person from history, or a character in a book they are reading, and summarize their findings in the form of a trading card.
In social studies, we have been researching social & environmental issues. My students created posters using #Wixie to display their research! @gbparkaacps @SS_betsy @aacpsoit @AACountySchools pic.twitter.com/2hTc5W4CSy— Alex Stencil (@MissStencil3) May 27, 2020
4th graders at @WindyHillElem are working hard on their country projects. This week, they are finishing their research and graphic organizers and getting ready to make their final video presentations. Excited for our around-the-world viewing party! @Tech4Learning #Wixie pic.twitter.com/fJrhqOoq8l— Windy Hill Elementary Library (@WHESmedia) March 8, 2019
#readaloudoftheday was More Bears! by #kennnesbitt After laughing our way through the story and discussing features of fiction and nonfiction books, 2nd graders used #wixie to illustrate examples of the two! #itsworthit #librarariesareworthit #worthreading #edtech pic.twitter.com/tYccdZ6l8C— Danielle Brown (@wes_library) September 27, 2019
Using WIXIE to share nonfiction writing! Highly recommend this for youn writers!! pic.twitter.com/K89DtINywy— Dr. Misty Mukherjee (@KinderDenandDrM) June 8, 2020
5th grade spent the last few days researching immigration and are using Wixie to create informational brochures to show what they learned. pic.twitter.com/qRvSPjaAeC— Folger McKinsey Elem (@FolgerAACPS) November 3, 2016
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