publishing narratives with the My Storybook Maker iPad app

To celebrate our learning and accomplishments as "small moment personal narrative writers"...
the First Grade Butterfly Writers became "published Writers"!

The First Grade Writers

• evaluated and analyzed personal narrative compositions written throughout our genre study
• selected one personal narrative story to publish
• used the drawing capabilities in the My Storybook Maker iPad app to create illustrations for each page of his/her story that conveyed meaning and supported the reader's understanding 
• used the audio recording capability of the My Storybook Maker iPad app to record audio of the text for each page of his/her story... using his/her best "storyteller's voice"
• "published" his/her personal narrative story using the save and share capabilities in the My Storybook Maker iPad app

a first grade writer uses the My Storybook Maker iPad app
to publish a personal narrative story

first grade writers create visual images using the My Storybook Maker iPad app
...creating visual images that convey meaning and support the "readers" understanding

a first grade writer uses a Logitech headset
to record audio and to check for clarity, accuracy, and meaning of the written and spoken texts