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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/
“Calendar concept © Jackie French. Calendar © ACLA”
http://www.childrenslaureate.org.au/events/
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.
LIGHT UP THE LIBRARY: Makerspace Cardboard Construction
This term is always about Book Week and the promotion of reading. This year we are focusing on the pairing with a Makerspace concept.
At the start of term, students nominated their interest in a cardboard construction activity.
Over the course of two lunchtimes, students planned the lighthouse, presented their ideas, assessed the best plan and then came together a week later to actually construct the lighthouse. The process was loosely based on a DESIGN THINKING process.
At the top of the lighthouse there is an LED light that can be turned on (battery powered). This was a design element that the students need to consider when planning and building the lighthouse.
In the coming weeks we will add our shortlisted reviews to the Lighthouse Construction.
SO FAR in the JS Library this term…
Other activities that the students have been doing related to the Book Week are
- creating BOOK LANTERNS using book dust covers
- collating (PAPER CRAFT) of the L-I-G-H-T letters for display
STAY TUNED FOR MORE LUNCHTIME ACTIVITIES TO ‘LIGHT UP THE LIBRARY’ in the weeks to come.
- Animation using apps
- Green screening – LIGHTS – CAMERA – ACTION
- Circuits – soft circuits, paper circuits and more
Term 2 in review
Claymation: Year 5 in action
Students in Year 5 have been writing their own storybooks. As a part of this process some students were given the opportunity to recreate the story (or part of a story) using modeling clay and animation techniques.
The first version of Milo and Tom is below.
In the next session the students will have a chance to add sound to the animation.
Stay tuned for more to come
NATIONAL SIMULTANEOUS STORYTIME: Celebrating LITERACY@SALC
NATIONAL SIMULTANEOUS STORYTIME
May the 27th 2015
See the website link for more information about the event.
AARON BLABEY
Yesterday, we celebrated NATIONAL SIMULTANEOUS STORYTIME for the first time.
We began by viewing the AUSLAN version of this year’s selected book – The Brothers Quibble
The AUSLAN translator was very animated and funny. This added to the viewing of the story.
WATCH
An interview with Aaron Blabey about The Brothers Quibble
The Brothers Quibble from Story Box Library on Vimeo.
SHARING THE LOVE OF READING
A Year 3 classroom teacher (Mr Dalby) had eagerly offered to share and read during this time.
Permissions for the use of The Brothers Quibbly book cover
Mr Dalby read some of his favourite books, two of these are listed below:
- Where the Wild Things Are
- Emily Loves To Bounce (actually anything by Stephen Michael King is high on his list).
It was lovely to see the students enjoying the simple pleasure of being read to. Thanks to those who participated in the event and we hope to make it an annual event.
See more books by Aaron Blabey.
One of his books is Thelma the Unicorn (which is one of the books we have identified as being a BEST READ ALOUD BOOK) .
Hear him reading it below.
#NSS15
CELEBRATING LITERACY@SALC