Book Trailers by MPS Grade 6

Mr. Baskerville's Grade 6 class at Major Pratt School has been working on creating book trailers to showcase some of their favourite books!   We started by watching some book trailers and determining what elements should be included in a good book trailer.   This process of co-constructing criteria gave students a list of elements and features to include in their videos.

Next, students were given a graphic organizer to plan the content for their trailer.  Once students had done some planning for their trailers, they were introduced to Powtoon and given an overview of the tool.   Students were also introduced to sites for sourcing public-domain images such as Pixabay and Unsplash.

Students then spent additional work sessions putting together graphics, text, animations and music to bring their plans to life!   Some of the book trailers are now complete and published on YouTube (with permission). 

Watch some book trailers below to see the final products or visit our YouTube playlist.

The Truth About Twinkie Pie by Kat Yeh
Book trailer by Julie


Diary of a Wimpy Kid - Dog Days by Jeff Kinney
Book trailer by Otello


Diary of a Wimpy Kid- Meltdown by Jeff Kinney
Book trailer by Kenneth


Zombies Attack! The Rise of the Warlords Book 1 by Mark Cheverton
Book trailer by Drighton

I Survived the Hindenburg Disaster by Lauren Tarshis
Book trailer by Alex

Can You Say Catastrophe?  by Laurie Friedman
Book trailer by Alexsa

TBH, This is So Awkward by Lisa Greenwald
Book trailer by Charlie



Haunted Canada by Joel A. Sutherland
Book trailer by Caden


I Survived the Attack of the Grizzlies by Lauren Tarshis
Book trailer by Katie
Jedi Academy by Jeffrey Brown
Book trailer by Nathan

Gingerbread Baby: A video by RES Grade 1/2

The Grade 1/2 class at Rossburn Elementary School recently read Jan Brett's story "Gingerbread Baby".   Today, they created their own talking Gingerbread babies using their gingerbread drawings and the ChatterPix  app.   Students had to think about what the Gingerbread Baby might say and then record their ideas.   Their video looks great!

Are you OK? A book by Decker Colony School Grades 7&9

One of the neat things about being a teacher leader and working in many different schools with many different grade levels is that I sometimes get to do a learning activity more than once.   If you read my previous post, you'll see that I used Amy Krouse Rosenthal's The OK Book as inspiration for a writing project with a class in Binscarth a few weeks ago.   Today I visited the Grades 7 & 9 class at Decker Colony School and also shared The OK Book with them.  We used this text as inspiration for illustrating, writing and publishing our own book using Google Slides.  This group had lots of fun with their illustrations and with language, particularly the -er word endings for each sentence.  Check out their finished product below!