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Baby Mouse

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Never Girls #6: The Woods Beyond by Kiki Thorpe



Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume



Stink and the Midnight Zombie Walk by Megan McDonald

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The Magic Bunny by Sue Bentley



Mr. and Mrs. Hay the Horse by Allan Ahlberg



I Survived: The Nazi Invasion of 1944 by Lauren Tarshis



Smile by Raina Telgemeier

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Fudge-A-Mania by Judy Blume



 

Fudge-A-Mania by Judy Blume

The Great Wall of Lucy Wu by Wendy Wan-L0ng Shang



Harry Potters Series by JK Rowling

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Judy Moody Book Trailer

Balto Book Trailer

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The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner



 

 

Danger at the Zoo by Kathleen Ernst


Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney

Book Trailer: Bigfoot Boy

Ivy and Bean

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Book Trailers: We are So Proud! #resvt #cesuvt #TCRWP

This is a guest post by RES teacher librarian, Beth Redford

We are SO PROUD of our third grade scholars for their hard work and perseverance on their book trailers! A book trailer is like a movie trailer: it's a short video advertisement that tells an audience a little about a book. In order to create these trailers, the scholars did the following:

• wrote voiceovers as persuasive texts during Writing Workshop


• learned to use Google Advanced Image Search to find reusable (not copyrighted) images


• found and saved images for their their trailers


• learned to use either WeVideo or Screencastify Google Apps to create their trailers


• added images and recorded voiceovers. Some scholars even added music!

Along the way they encountered some technical problems with the Google Apps they were using, but they showed great determination to finish their trailers and make them excellent. We think they succeeded!

We hope you enjoy these first few trailers. We will be sharing more soon.

Book trailer made with WeVideo

 

 

Book trailer made with Google Slides and Screencastify

Opinion Writing and Book Trailers #resvt #cesuvt #TCRWP

This is a guest post by our teacher librarian, Beth Redford.

As part of their current unit on persuasive writing, third graders are writing and producing book trailers to convince their classmates to read the books they recommend. A book trailer is like a movie trailer: it's a short video advertisement that tells an audience a little about a book. The scholars have finished writing the words for their scripts, and now they are finding images to put into their videos. As they do this, they are learning and reinforcing important digital citizenship skills such as citing their sources and only using images for which the photographers have given permission for reuse.

The scholars also put together a great list of tips for using images to make their book trailers even more persuasive. They made these suggestions after watching several professional and student made book trailers and deciding what made them less or more effective.

 

Tips for Making a Persuasive Book Trailer

by RES grade 3 scholars

Images

• Your first image should be the cover of your book


• Use the same image for a character throughout the book trailer (don’t use three different cats for one cat character!)


• The images you use for your characters should actually look like the characters


• You can use illustrations from your book if it has them


• Your images should match your book - funny images for a funny book, creepy images for a scary book

Next the third graders will be recording their voiceovers and adding music to their book trailers. Stay tuned for updates on this exciting project!