Storybird
What is Storybird?
Storybird is a language arts tools illustrations and pictures are used to inspire students to write stores and encourages ongoing writing practice. Storybird is a fantastic site where students can create their own stories, comics, and poetry. Storybird helps students to get creative with their writing as well as boost their writing skills. There are badges and other rewards that can be earned throughout students writing practice that encourages them along the way.
Storybird is a language arts tools illustrations and pictures are used to inspire students to write stores and encourages ongoing writing practice. Storybird is a fantastic site where students can create their own stories, comics, and poetry. Storybird helps students to get creative with their writing as well as boost their writing skills. There are badges and other rewards that can be earned throughout students writing practice that encourages them along the way.
How can it be used in the classroom?
In the classroom story board can be used by all students. Storybird also aligns with common core which allows teachers to pick prompts that line up with their literacy lessons. Teachers can create a class project or students can pick a genre and create their own stories. Teachers can assign Storybird for individual use or as a group. There are also stories that students can read from other writers in different countries. Students can get creative and use their imagination to write stories and poetry as well as comment on their classmates work and provide meaningful feedback.
In our school this year the 2nd grade class used Storybird to create their own fairytale book. Towards the end of their fairytale literacy unit the teacher had each student get creative and write their own fairytale story. It was a great way to see if students understood the unit as well as allow them to practice their own writing skills. This was also used in upper grades 4thand 5th. With Storybird you can also make poems. The upper grades were allowed to go on Storybird and pick a piece of artwork that inspired them. They then presented their poems at the yearly poetry slam.
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