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Little Bird Tales is a safe web site for children to write and illustrate stories. It encourages students' creativity and self expression along with reinforcing reading and writing skills. Teachers can develop lesson plans to integrate interactive assignments into their classrooms. Common core standard templates are available to guide teachers. Teachers can give students passwords to log into their page. Students can save work as they go, work on it from home, and share with friends and family. There are many exciting tools for students to apply to their stories. They can type, illustrate, record their voices, and add pictures. It allows them to be creative and innovative.


 * It's EASY and FREE!**


 * **It's easy to set up a teacher's account.**
 * **You have access to your student's work.**
 * **Students can create portfolios of their writing.**
 * **Great to share at conferences.**


 * Here is a sample of a student's finished project:**

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Bring in the mobile lab so each student can work independently. Give each student their passwords and guide them how to log into their own page. Once in, the possibilities are endless. After working on a unit on personal narratives, students can take a revised draft and make a final copy on Little Bird Tales. You can create a rubric for students to use so they know what is expected of them. For example: Must be 6 pages long, must use the 4 types of sentences; statement, question, command, exclamative, must show proper punctuation. Must have 3 illustrations.
 * Ways for educators to use Little Bird Tales in the classroom:**

My kindergarten team and I have discussed using Little Bird Tales in our classroom this year as one of our professional goals. One thing you could add to this page is that it is not only a website, but an app as well. We are looking into downloading the app onto our teacher iPads and having one of our parent volunteers work with students in a small group to create a story. This is more of a fun way for students to use their writing and, like you said, something that could be shared at conferences. I like the Little Bird Tales is free and kid friendly. Good job!