Third graders have taken up the challenge of creating, for many, their first stop motion animation video. We started by discussing how we share thoughts and information in ways that either don't include words or include very few words. The Monkey Goes Bananas by C.P. Bloom sparked our conversations and our thinking around how we can share stories primarily with pictures. Reading pictures builds on the work we started in second grade, when we realized that not everyone comes away with the same thoughts when they see the same picture.
Presently, the children are working in twos and threes to share a short idea through stop motion. The students needed to generate an idea, plan their movie and then take all of the pictures. We are realizing that stop motion animation requires a lot of pictures. In our next phase of the project, we will compile the pictures in iMovie, trouble shoot timing, add sound effects and share our movies. We are looking forward to our premiere next week!!!
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