Day 8- Creating

Today we have been focusing on create and why this is so important. 

This has been great for me as this has been a huge discussion at my school around how we can hook students into what they are learning about and the activities and possible create tasks we were shown today will definitely help. 

A task we had to do today was create a short 1 minute film about a book we would recommend to someone. This is a task I know my students will love doing as they have been loving filming and acting and being creative. This is also something that will be easy to implement with my class as we already have a place to film and have ipads available for this. I also like that this is something they can share on their blogs as I find it hard to find things to add to their blogs that link to reading and what they are learning in reading. 

Another activity that we did today was recording ourselves read a poem and then used AI to come up with a photo that we thought matched it. I often read to my class and get them to draw what they think a character looks like or the setting but I liked that this took it to the next level. 

Looking at the create examples will be super helpful when I am planning for my groups and also for shared reading. There were lots of suggestions for different sites that can be used for our create tasks too  - I have never used google earth or Minecraft in reading so I am keen to give this a go! 

It was great to be given so many examples and resources that are easy to use and to plan for too.   

I am looking forward to planning some create tasks and seeing what my class comes up with and shares on their blogs!

RPI Day 7 - Thinking

Today has been great. We had lots of time to practise and use what we were learning about and putting it into our planning. 

The graphic organisers for different tasks will be/have been super helpful. I think they will be very useable for my year 3/4 class whether we do it online or hard copy.

I have linked this to my shared reading plan for this week. I think my class will really enjoy having a go at this. 

This session has helped me to think deeper about the activities that I can do with my class and how to extend their thinking and also give them task that they can do when they aren't with a teacher. 

The overview of thinking opportunities slide will be really helpful to check what thinking levels are for different activities.

When we were discussing analysing I liked the part about zooming in and zooming out. I think I find it easier and more often do the zooming in so I will focus on zooming out when I plan my lessons.

I also find the critical literacy questions a great resource to help when planning my lessons because they are catergorised it helps me make sure I don't always focus on one aspect and not the others.