Poetry+Recording



**Explain Everything** and **Drawing Box** can be used to record student-written poems and to draw a corresponding picture. Students can create audio poem anthologies. This activity is great for building fluency.

Steps:
 * 1) Write a poem.
 * 2) Illustrate the poem using the Drawing Box app.
 * 3) Take a snapshot of the illustration.
 * 4) Import it into Explain Everything.
 * 5) Record poem in Explain Everything.

Below are examples of poems written, illustrated and recorded by first graders.
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