Second graders were participating in the Series Reading Club during reader's workshop. During this book club they were reading lots of books in a series and really getting to know the characters. The students were then able to understand, predict and critique their books. Second grade teachers Mrs. Woyahn and Mrs. Siewert wanted their students to show all their great learning about characters. The two classrooms share eight iPads so we thought we'd use the iPad app Trading Cards by Read Write Think. The app really gets them thinking deeply about their character and allows them to make connections to their own lives.
I took small groups of students during their reader's workshop to work on their trading cards. Our students all have Google accounts so it makes sharing digital products done on iPads very easy. The students emailed their trading card to themselves and then uploaded the jpeg file to their Google Drive. I had the students share their images with me and I put them together into a Google presentation. Mrs. Woyhan and Mrs. Siewert were then able to embed that presentation onto their Google teacher site for everyone to see. 
Take a look at their hard work!Mrs. Siewert's Class
Mrs. Woyahn's Class
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