Animotos for Reading

I need to teach my first graders homonyms(multiple meaning words) next week and I want to try something new, so I thought about making an Animoto. It was a great idea if I do say so myself! It is difficult to describe homonyms using just words to six and seven year olds. Using  pictures is good, but having to print out multiple pictures takes time and also uses lots of printer ink. I can't wait to show this Animoto to my students and see their their reaction. I think they are going to love it. The catchy music and quick moving photos are sure to capture their attention. If it is as successful as I think it will be, I just might make an Animoto every week for vocabulary words.

My First Animoto

I had fun putting together some pictures of my class into an Animoto. It was actually very easy and sort of fun. The fun ended when I tried to embed the video to this blog. I actually had to watch a YouTube video on how to do it. I'm going to press publish and keep my fingers crossed.