Language Arts, Collaboration

4th Grade: Google Docs, ImaginationCubed, VoiceThread
The fairy tale unit concludes with students teaming up and creating an alternate story line from each team’s favorite fairy tale. Each team will start the tale in Google Docs. The fairy tale must solve a problem that is relevant to children today.
Procedure:
1. Team A will start the introduction to its chosen fairy tale introducing a problem. After saving the Google Doc Team A will open Team B’s fairy tale and add one paragraph to the B Team’s storyline. Team B will move on to Team C’s story and add a paragraph. Each team will add to the next team’s storyline until each team has contributed to each team’s fairy tale. Finally, the original team will write the conclusion of its own fairy tale solving the problem by writing an ending that addresses a relevant solution. The entire storyline is to be edited.
2. After all the fairy tales have been edited, each team will draw pictures for each paragraph using ImaginationCubed.
3. Each team will create a VoiceThread for the fairy tale. Each team member will have a turn reading the paragraphs for publishing on the VoiceThread.
4. Each team will leave a comment on the VoiceThreads of others. The VoiceThread will also be shared with the teams’ parents, etc.