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Throughout my #picturebook search I found many examples of beautiful and inviting picture books. I thoroughly enjoyed that people were taking the time to show re explore the picture books they read as a child and reignite that love for literacy. The post that I followed was by tinkerd, who gave a snapshot into a new book that’s being released called ‘When I was a child’. This book combines award journalist Andy Stanton and esteemed illustrator David Litchfield. Through rhyme and song this beautiful books tells a story about the bond and love shared between Grandfather and Grandson. This book celebrates the at times forgotten beauty in the world and can connect with people of all ages.

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Resource: How to Build Stories.

Pros

- Seven part video series that can be used for lesson planning

- Interactive host that engages his audience

- Provides a number of questions that need to be answered pre story

- Provides plot examples

- Relates stories to childhood favourites to provide context

- Short and concise videos

- Great analogies used for example, salt is used to flavour our food and language is used to flavour our story

Cons

- Time restraints on playing the whole video series

- No PowerPoint or notes to accompany the video series

- No video on expanding vocabulary, must be done separately

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ECL310 Prompt 5

Predicting questions for DUST

What do the hands on the cover symbolise?

Who do you think we are saving the children from?

What do the bare tree and dry ground mean?

What does the setting tell us about the book?

What could be the theme of the book?

Children are asked to get a blank A3 piece of paper and rule out five sections. Children label each section one to five.

As each question is asked children are told to draw their interpretation of what they think the answer is. At the end of the questions they will have developed a storyboard that gives insight into what the book may be about. After reading the book, children can compare their interpretations to what has played out within the book.

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Prompt three

I feel strongly that handwriting needs to be addressed in our schools. In a day and age where we are using technology for most things, the art of handwriting has taken a backwards step. I have noticed within my classrooms that students are having trouble gripping pencils because of the lack of writing that they are doing. I believe it is a skill that should be practiced everyday. In grade three we took the time to work with the students on proper letter formation again. This gave them the opportunity understand correct technique and build those fine motor skills that are lacking in some students.

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Prompt four

Whilst on placement the grade four cohort were reading the popular children's book ‘Wonder’. This book tells the story of an inspiring young boy called August. August was born with facial differences, this story follows his journey into mainstream education for the first time. This book tied in with the goal of the school for the term, show kindness. When reading this book aloud to the children, we were able to reflect on a number of things. Relating this book at every opportunity to the schools super six values. Asking questions such as how do you think that made Auggie feel? How would you react in the situation? What can we do as peers to handle this situation better? Children are forced to look at things from another perspective and the insight generally given is quite fascinating. A reading focus for the students that week was ‘cause and effect’. Examples of cause and effect were seen throughout the book. Students had an opportunity to discuss these themselves.

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These are the posters I used on grade one placement. These were used to help 

students write their narratives.

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Childhood reading experience

Throughout my childhood authors such Roald Dahl, Paul Jennings and Morris Gleitzman lit a spark inside me. This spark turned into an evergrowing fire that filled me with such passion. Whilst all these authors sparked my love of reading, it was J.K Rowling that really opened up my imagination. In 1999 Harry Potter and The Philosophers Stone became available at our school library. For those that were confident in their reading would have the opportunity to read a book of their choice to the class. The hype of J.K Rowling’s first book escaped those at Dobby Primary School except for one girl who was beyond excited to share this book with the class. From the first word she spoke until the last we were encaptured. We were introduced to a world that was beyond our greatest imagination, a world full of mystery. Children in the class could relate to Harry, although he came from a fictional world. Every boy in that class found a common relation to Harry. It may have been that they came from a broken family, an only child or simply was scrawny with brown hair. Either way this book had the capability of capturing children’s attention like no other.