CODED BOOK WITH LEGOS

CHILDREN AGED 6 and 7 REALIZED A CODED BOOK WITH LEGOS FROM THE STORY "THE 3 LITTLE CATS" WHICH IS AN ALBUM WITHOUT ANY TEXT.

EACH PAIR OF PUPILS CREATED ONE OF THE PAGES IN LEGO THEN WROTE A NARRATIVE TEXT FROM HIS PAGE.

THEN, THIS CODED ALBUM WAS PRESENTED AND READ TO OTHER CLASSES OF OUR SCHOOL.

WRITING A STORY USING LEGOS

Based on a writing project, 5 and 6 years old pupils worked by pairs to create a "short book".

First, they realised freely a set using legos, and, from this representation, they invented a story written by the teacher.

The following courses , they went on with their stories still using legos and telling their teacher how they wanted to end the story.

The project ended with a collaborative search to find titles for all the STORIES and a realisation of covers for their books.

Pupils were very proud of their work that they could bring home.

Work on a COMIC with legos

First, pupils started to work on comic, its features and its specific vocabulary.

Then, working paired, they invented a board of COMIC strip with 6 stickers.
They understood how a story can be sequenced in different scenes.

They also learned how to create a punch line at the end of the COMIC board.

BUMP IT ALL

WITH THE YEAR 4, WE USE THE BUMP IT ALL FOR WRITTEN PRODUCTION.

IT ALLOWS US A SELF EVALUATION LINKED TO A SUBJECT GIVEN (portraits, tails, news paper articles).

FOR EXEMPLE , FOR A PORTRAIT, THE CHILD HAS TO REALIZE A PORTRAIT OF A MAGIC CREATURE. FOR THAT, WE CHOOSE TOGETHER THE INGREDIENTS FOR A GOOD PICTURE: PHYSICALISME PORTRAIT , MORAL PORTRAIT, USING SENTENCES, IMAGES, VARYINGVOCABULARY, FINDING AN INTERESTING TITLE.

ALL THIS WILL BE OUR TEST OF SUCCESS AND THERE WILL BE 4 LEVELS OF SUCCESS .

LEVEL 1 WILL BE FOR EXEMPLE A DESCRIPTION ALWAYS STARTING WITH "he has ... He has ..." ADVICES GIVEN SUCH AS "MAKE SENTENCES , BEWARE OF THE REPETITIONS" WILL ALLOW THE CHILD TO GO ON LEVEL 2.

LEVEL 2 CAN BE A WRITTEN DESCRIPTION BUT ONLY ON THE PHYSICAL. HERE ADVICES WILL BE IF YOU WANT TO GO ON LEVEL 3 YOU HAVE TO DO ALSO A MORAL DESCRIPTION.

SO LEVEL 3 WILL BE A MORAL AND PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION BUT VERY SIMPLE ( He is nice, he is bad...). ONCE AGAIN, TO REACH LEVEL 4,THE CHILD WILL HAVE TO BE MORE PRECISE IN HIS DESCRIPTION HE WILL USE IMAGES AND HE WILL TO BE MORE INVOLVED IN HIS TEXT. THIS LEVEL SHOULD LOOK LIKE A RESULTED PORTRAIT.

TO SITUATE THE CHILD IN THE DIFFERENT LEVELS, EACH PUPIL CHOSE A SMALL MONSTER THAT ONLY HIM AND I KNOW LIKE THIS, IT IS LESS STIGMATIZING.

                               

THE IDEA OF THIS TOOL IS TO BE EASILY UNDERSTANDING FOR PUPILS BY PRESENTING EXEMPLES AND VOCABULARY FOR THIS EXERCICE OF WRITING.