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Monthly Archives: August 2015
BOOK WEEK 2015
Book Week is almost over for another year.
The students
- have read and voted on the Shortlisted Books
- created their class lanterns and
- participated in a variety of class and library activities around the theme of Light Up the World.
See some highlights below:
The winners according to the students at St Andrews are
- Early Childhood: Pig the Pug (by one vote)
- Picture Books: Stone Lion (by one vote)
Teaching Notes for The Stone Lion
GLOBAL ONENESS PROJECT
GLOBAL ONENESS PROJECT BRING THE WORLD TO YOUR CLASSROOM WITH STORIES AND LESSON PLANS.
“The stories explore cultural, social and environmental issues with a humanistic lens.”
This website (and project) is an excellent resource that supports PYP principles and what we are trying to achieving when teaching it.
See more about the project on the video below.
e.g. Not just a piece of cloth
They have a a story of the month, free lesson plans, films and more.
SEPTEMBER – SHARE A STORY -SWAP A STORY
SEPTEMBER – SWAP A STORY
For the month of September we are going to take a slightly different approach to the physical swapping of stories and instead swap stories by swapping the author and writer of the story in a Junior School progressive story writing attempt.
Progressive Story Writing in the JS Library
As each class comes to the library for their library session, they will add to the story prompt (one line per class). We are going to add to the story starter the “Blue Monster Story Starter”.
This story will be available via a collaborative document (and on the JS Library OPAC home page) and via a hard copy.
More ideas for Progressive Story Writing
- Progressive Stories
- Skype with a class
- Random First Line Generator
- Scholastic Story Starters
- The Write Source
- Story Starters
- Narrative Writing Prompts
- Magic Pens
- Activity Village
OTHER IDEAS
Use a stimulus such as photos as a prompt to start the story
Art and Visualisation
see the iPad Art Room – Cathy Hunt
Monster Stories
The first monster story that comes to mind is the classic Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak.
- More Monster Books
- Search the OPAC using ADVANCED SEARCH
Use the following search
- KEYWORD monster
- TYPE picture book
APP SUGGESTION
There are many apps that allow to you create (and then swap stories). One of these is the Write About app.
More at
- Write About This http://www.writeaboutapp.com/
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The Australian Children’s Laureate: enriching the lives of young Australians through the power of story.
LIGHT UP THE LIBRARY: CIRCUITS
INTERACTIVE SESSIONS TO LEARN ABOUT CIRCUITS
Q: – What is an electric circuit?
INTRODUCTION: “Acting Out an Electric Circuit”
VIEW: Explaining an Electrical Circuit
SELF DISCOVERY
A) Small groups with materials to create an electric circuit.
B) Using the Brainbox and Snap Circuits to create circuits
C) Interactive games (see the Blendspace below)
* Other
Create your own circuit using aluminum foil, battery and light.
BLENDSPACE: TESTING AND CREATING ELECTRIC CIRCUITS
The term so far…. LIGHT UP THE LIBRARY
New activities this week ….
Green Screening and Animation using Apps
Students explored animation using the app PLASTIC.
It simplifies the animation process and makes 2D images into movies and GIFs.
See more here.
Read a review for the PLASTIC animation app here.
In addition to this, students have begun to explore the simplicity of the DoInk Green Screen app. We have the green screen (purchased with P & F Funding) , iPad and tripod set up for anyone who wishes to learn.
It will be available for the rest of the term. I am hoping that some inspired readers will create some BOOK HOOKS.
