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It was time to mix it up a little and have a little fun with this a first grade horror film.  I didn’t pick the story, my students did though I did expose them to the stories in a book called “In a Dark Dark Room” by Alvin Schwartz and adapted our stories from there.

 
I used digital still photography again as in the case of The City Mouse and the Country Mouse, without it the special effects would have been extremely labor intensive.
 
This aligns with the first grade Open Court “Being Afraid” unit.
 
A winner in the 2006 Video in the Classroom (VIC) Awards.
 
Winner Best Language Arts Film in the California Student Media Festival.
 
Finalist for best overall film in the state of California.
 
Created by:  Mathew Needleman, First Grade Students
 
 
See Open Court Resources.com for more Open Court Resources
 
 
Thursday, May 12, 2005
 
Tales from the Yard