Depending upon how many activities you choose to do, it could take several periods. Three periods are required to read the book and brainstorm ideas for words and two computer periods are required to draw the picture, label the word, and type the sentence. After reading many types of stories to class, the teacher chooses a fairy tale or folk tale for student to illustrate and contacts the Web Producer of the CyberDictionary . Dresses as a character from the story. Discuss unfamiliar words or words with multi-meanings.
Students draw and write or dictate their favorite part of the story.
Students sequence pictures or sentences in the correct order of events in the story. Brainstorm and create a sentence using the word selected for each letter. Illustrate one or more of the sentences. Label the illustration with the correctly spelled word. Type or dictate a sentence for each illustration.