Make Reading Come Alive!

Many of our 60 fourth grade students do not like to read or write. About 75% percent of them are second language learners, and about 10% have other issues like dyslexia, dysgraphia, or other processing issues. They are easily frustrated when reading and writing, so we HAVE to have a ways to motivate them to read and write. Enter animation and claymation!

Students are excited about reading a story, writing a script, completing a storyboard and working in groups to make the reading "come alive." We have completed one animation and one claymation and the students' reading and writing have improved.

We used iMovie to produce these projects but it is very difficult for the students to use. If we had animation software I know it would help the students in the editing process. Please view our latest claymation "Cinder-Elly," below.