BFG – Week 2

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Sketchnoting

by Zeina Chalich

Sketchnoting builds a connection between verbal and visual components. It is a personal form of note-taking that activates the brain in the process much the same as doodling. Doodling is a way of thinking, of drawing information around a thought process.

TASK

Make visual notes (sketchnotes) about the main events from a chapter in the book. Take photos and upload your notes to the blog or use any available apps to make your visual notes. Label which chapter you are sketching about.

Consider.. Who? What? When? Where? How? Why?

What visual representations will best describe…

* The sequence of events?

* The emotions of the characters?

* The impact of what happened?

* The text you will use?

TOOLS
Paper & pencil or black felt tip pen
OR
Ipad apps – Bamboo Paper, Paper53, Bookcreator
(It’s easier to do your first sketchnote on paper)

EDUCATOR RESOURCES

Sketchnoting – Intelligent Notetaking – explains my passion for sketchnoting, what and why we sketchnote with basic shapes and examples to support beginners.


Sketcho Frenzy – Basics of Visual Notetaking – explains fundamentals of text hierarchy, words as images, and the structure of sketchnoting.

 

 

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Zeina is the Leader of Learning & Innovation at a Primary school in Sydney. She loves sketchnoting, lego and coding on her ipad. Zeina runs the makerspace (you can check us making at #stfmaker) at her school where students come to code Sphero Robots, create things with Littlebits and Makeymakeys, create amazing structures in Minecraft and sometimes even cardboard! Zeina loves connecting and collaborating with teachers from around the world on twitter. She would love to share your sketchnotes with her followers @ZeinaChalich

Zanna's Sketchnote

 

This is an example from our GRA collaboration in 2015.

Fish in a Tree by Zanna

Week 2 – The Troublemaker

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Author Study: Lauren Castillo

Our students in Australia loved Nana in the City in week 1. We very much look forward to reading The Troublemaker this week.

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Erin Kramer

Download this amazing resource by Erin Kramer by clicking on the image below.

The Troublemaker

 

Who do you think the troublemaker is? Include details from the story to support your opinion.

Notice and Note

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Notice and Note for Fiction Signposts enable students to closely read a piece of literature and find deeper meaning. Each of the six signposts allows students to STOP when they see each in a text and answer an anchor question. This often leads to a better analysis of the text, and enables students to make predictions regarding the conflict and theme.Thanks to Kylene Beers and Bob Probst for introducing this wonderful strategy. Attached is a padlet for a Notice and Note Signpost Hunt for Pax:

Notice and Note Padlet

I have also attached anchor charts because most teachers use some form of these to teach them.

anchor-charts-for-signposts

Pax – Week 2

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Sketchnoting

by Zeina Chalich

Sketchnoting builds a connection between verbal and visual components. It is a personal form of note-taking that activates the brain in the process much the same as doodling. Doodling is a way of thinking, of drawing information around a thought process.

TASK

Make visual notes (sketchnotes) about the main events from a chapter in the book. Take photos and upload your notes to the blog or use any available apps to make your visual notes. Label which chapter you are sketching about.

Consider.. Who? What? When? Where? How? Why?

What visual representations will best describe…

* The sequence of events?

* The emotions of the characters?

* The impact of what happened?

* The text you will use?

TOOLS
Paper & pencil or black felt tip pen
OR
Ipad apps – Bamboo Paper, Paper53, Bookcreator
(It’s easier to do your first sketchnote on paper)

EDUCATOR RESOURCES

Sketchnoting – Intelligent Notetaking – explains my passion for sketchnoting, what and why we sketchnote with basic shapes and examples to support beginners.


Sketcho Frenzy – Basics of Visual Notetaking – explains fundamentals of text hierarchy, words as images, and the structure of sketchnoting.

Zeina_Chalich_ProfilePic_June_2015

Zeina is the Leader of Learning & Innovation at a Primary school in Sydney. She loves sketchnoting, lego and coding on her ipad. Zeina runs the makerspace (you can check us making at #stfmaker) at her school where students come to code Sphero Robots, create things with Littlebits and Makeymakeys, create amazing structures in Minecraft and sometimes even cardboard! Zeina loves connecting and collaborating with teachers from around the world on twitter. She would love to share your sketchnotes with her followers @ZeinaChalich

Week 1 – Nana in the City

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Erin Kramer

This year we are very excited to showcase the work of Erin Kramer. Erin can be found at TPT and has a range of activities that are designed specifically for the Global Aloud 2016. We thank her for allowing us to showcase her work.

Erin Kramer is a teacher, author, and avid maker of all things creative from the United States. She works with students and teachers promoting best practices in technology integration and literacy in a primary school located within walking distance to the Atlantic Ocean in New Jersey. She Pins, Tweets, posts on Google+ and just opened a store on TeachersPayTeachers this year.

Erin Kramer

 

Week 1

Lauren Castillo’s Bio

Download this fantastic resource by Erin Kramer by clicking on the image below.

Nana in the City

BFG – Week 1

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Week 1: Padlet Predictions

by Emmanuelle Pratt

BFG

 

Hi everyone!

For this predicting activity, we have created a word cloud using Wordle. The word cloud was generated by entering the book’s blurb into Wordle. If you are familiar with Wordle, you will know that the more often a word occurs, the larger the word in the word cloud.

To participate in this activity, view the word cloud with your class, and discuss your predictions.

Clicking on the word cloud will take you directly to the Padlet that was set up for us to share our predictions. Please note that the Padlet is going to be moderated by Helena and Tam so we keep it safe (this means your post may not be published instantly, but we will check and publish at regular intervals every day).

Pax – Week 1

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Activity 1

Created by Emmanuelle Pratt

 

Pax wordle

 

Hi everyone!

For this predicting activity, We have created a word cloud using Wordle. The word cloud was generated by entering the book’s blurb into Wordle. If you are familiar with Wordle, you will know that the more often a word occurs, the larger the word in the word cloud.

To participate in this activity, view the word cloud with your class, and discuss your predictions.

Clicking on the word cloud will take you directly to the Padlet that was set up for us to share our predictions. Please note that the Padlet is going to be moderated, (this means your post may not be published instantly, but we will check and publish at regular intervals every day).

or

Brainstorm together on a chart after listening to the summary of the book. Take a photo of your chart and share.

Activity 2

by Cureton Crew

pax

Sarah Pennypacker

Just because it isn’t happening here

doesn’t mean it isn’t happening.

This phrase is found at the start of the story. What does the phrase mean? Why did the author place this at the start of the book?

Activity 3

by Cureton Crew

Chapters 1-3

Although the author does not give reveal the name of the place in which the story is set, she does allow us to visualise some of the places in which the story takes place.

TASK- Create a senses chart to describe the setting in which Pax was left alone by Peter.

Pax Brainstorming

ICT- Use Popplet to create the chart.

 

 

Global Read Aloud 2016

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We have been counting down for weeks from all corners of the globe. The time has finally come around for Global Read Aloud 2016 to officially start. Our group’s collaboration consists of 15 amazing classes, two books, one author study and tech-savvy guest contributors. Over the next six weeks, we will participate in a range of activities that will integrate reading comprehension skills, creativity, technology resources and digital citizenship. Join us in celebrating quality books, authors and promoting a love of reading.