KWANZAA EDITABLE FLIPBOOK: INFORMATION REPORT WRITING RESEARCH TEMPLATES

Have your students practise research writing skills by collating and recording information in this editable flipbook on Kwanzaa. The titles, pictures and writing prompts for each section of the flipbook scaffold writing and research.

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ITEMS INCLUDED
✓ Blackline flipbook templates
✓ Coloured flipbook templates
✓ Editable Flipbook (history, food, custom and traditions)
✓ Self-editing checklist
✓ Peer-editing checklist
✓ Teacher Marking Rubric: 3 options
✓ Writing sheets x 2
✓ Display Banner reading, ‘Happy Kwanzaa' (plain and decorated)

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PARTS OF THE FLIPBOOK/INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOK
♦ Cover Page (blackline-30 options; colour- 30 options): featuring graphics (not editable) - a mix of images (younger kids, older kids and symbols)
♦ Christmas: history and origin
♦ Festive Food: food/candy specifically associated with Kwanzaa
♦ Custom and Tradition: ways of celebrating and interesting facts

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EDITABLE TEMPLATES (2 – 4)
Templates 2-4 of the flipbook are EDITABLE. Simply, type inside text to edit content and save as a PDF file. The flipbook scaffolds the research process with guiding prompts. This could also serve as the first draft where students use the self-editing and peer-editing checklists to edit. Finally have students publish on given writing sheets or type out content from draft observing corrections (optional).

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SUGGESTED USE:
Have students refer to books, websites, and videos to record information on Kwanzaa.

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HOW TO ASSEMBLE FLIPBOOK:
You can choose either of the two options.

→ Print out the templates in blackline. Cut around each template and assemble from smallest template to largest template. Have students colour in cover page. Staple at top tab for flipbook or glue descending order in notebook.

→ Print out the templates on cardstock (different colours). Cut around each template and assemble. Attach at top.

→ Print out the coloured templates and assemble.
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PREPARATION
→ For grades 2-3, bundle up to 6 sheets together after sorting, align them perfectly and cut.

→ For grades 4-6, students are old enough to cut and compile flipbooks on their own. I have my students compile all sections of the flipbook prior to research and writing.