The children have begun to explore the connection between words and images, as well consider the purpose behind them. They have been asked to create a picture book for K1 and K2 and are working to decide: 1. what kind of book they want to make (information, persuasive or entertainment) 2. what kind of text they will use (poetry, comic, story, explanation etc..) 2. what kind of images they will use or create (paint, drawing, collage, photo etc..) As a group we created a picture book using our tangram characters. In groups the children thought of what might happen at each stage of the story and then individually illustrated sections of the text. We explored similes and adjectives as a way to add detail to our writing and create images in the reader's mind. Here are some of the similes we came up with: "I'm crazy like a dancing snake." Fedor "I'm a climber like a monkey." Hyuga "My mom is as busy as a bee." Jiahna "A cheetah is as fast as the speed of light." Hugh "I am as hungry as a panda and a lion." Julien "Daily 5 is as peaceful as the sea." Yuuki "A shark is as dangerous as poison." Shoichi "My dad is as quick as a cheetah." Yuma "The Earth is as lovely as heaven." Maria "I'm as funny as a monkey." Charlie "I am as sleepy as a koala." Erica "A volcanic eruption is as shaky as an earthquake." Sara "The construction site is as dangerous as a poisonous snake." Ray The children have also been independently inquiring into different forms of poetry including shape, acrostic, diamante, rhyming couplets and limericks. This has been supported by our thinking about Word Choice and how we Organise our writing. In Maths, we used 2-D shapes as templates to create a 3-D image. The children all showed fantastic concentration and perseverance as they worked on these beautiful creations. They were also observed being supportive and helpful as they figured out what to do together. They continue to develop their use of specific geometric vocabulary to name and describe shapes, through shape bingo and other games. We were invited to a Grade 7 performance this week, where we enjoyed both solo and group songs. We also joined in with the Global Hour of Code by first exploring what a code is. The children described code as "tell something or give information", a "pattern", "like in Egypt" (hieroglyphics), "a computer code".
They first created their own Morse Code initial sign and then connected their thinking to the Scratch app on the ipads, which requires the students to give a series of sequenced instructions to move a character.
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