Away from the children, the teacher converted this text into a Smart notebook file. She produced a reading activity, which the children could do on the whiteboard in pairs. Again, this stimulated lots of peer discussion as well developing their independence skills. The children were able to move the pictures to fit the text by dragging with their finger. Also, they were able to highlight words, which they were unsure about to discuss with the adult later.

We then moved on to making individual instruction books about making bats. Having gained confidence in sequencing the pictures they were then able to go away and produce independently their own book.