Quick way to create digital stories with a concrete way to include tone by music selection.

How I Use It

I had my fourth grade students pair up with their kindergarten buddies to write a digital story together in small groups. The kindergarteners had been studying main characters, setting, problem and solution. My class had been working on tone, as well as all of the story elements. They created a script together, chose characters, and created a story. The kindergarteners focused on the basic parts of a story and the fourth graders had to choose music that would match the tone of the tale they were trying to tell. I used some planning pages that I printed ahead of time to ensure that the time we spent with the kindergarteners was well utilized. My class had used the app previously, so truly were the experts.