Picture+Book

= Alphabet Picture Book =

Students will be using multimedia software to make their own ABC books by choosing vocabulary words related to any unit or topic being studied in class. They will then put each word into context and illustrate the concept within the pages of their ABC books.
 * Overview:

Here's a list of a few topics to help get you started with your alphabet book......** View a sample [|ABC book about animals] before you design your own!
 * **Animals**
 * **Citizenship**
 * **Food Around the World**
 * **Famous Quotations**
 * **Important People/Places in History**
 * **Jobs/Careers**
 * **Mathematics**
 * **Space Exploration**
 * **Technology**

1. Select words, key terms, or phrases that are relevant to the unit of study. Use your text book, class notes or Internet to assist you in selecting your words. You may use the [|Alphabetbooklist.doc] List to help you collect and save your words. 2. Using the Internet, locate pictures/images to depict each word from your alphabet list. Save the images to your home folder. 3. Open a multimedia software (Power Point, Photo Story, Movie Make) to create your book. 4. Each page/slide should have a letter, picture/image and a brief sentence to explain the selected word. 5. If time permits, you may narrate the picture book using the audio feature within the multimedia software. 6. YOU MUST CITE YOUR SOURCES! Add the list of sources to the last slide of your ABC book or compile a list in a word document that can be turned into the teacher. 7. Save your completed project to your home folder. Ask the teacher for further instructions on submitting your ABC book.**
 * Directions: