Taking award books to makerspace
@KitchellS
@terteach
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Kitchell Schneider and Terri Daly
Twitter: @KitchellS
Facebook: English Landing Media Center
Email: schneiderk@parkhill.k12.mo.us
Twitter: @terteach
Facebook: Southeast Media Center
Email: dalyt@parkhill.k12.mo.us
Background Information
Making is
CRITICAL THINKING
It Starts Early
“To live a creative life, we must �lose the fear of being wrong”
-Joseph Chilton Pearce
Critical Thinking
Great Books
Makerspace
I Don’t Want to Be a Frog
Essential Understanding: Create characters through building with various materials.
Vincent Paints His House
Essential Understanding: Collect data and compare results. Then create 3D designs with colors.
Ragweed’s Farm Dog Handbook
Essential Understanding:
Using Play Dough, create a list of the characters in the book.
Dad’s First Day
Essential Understanding: Be a problem solver to write your name in a different way.
Simon’s New Bed
Essential Understanding: Using two different materials, create a new bed for your pet.
Little Penguin Gets the Hiccups
Essential Understanding:
Use technology to create your own interactive character.
Get Out of My Bath
Essential Understanding:
Be a critical thinker and fill your “tub” as high as you can.
Dash and BlueBot Love Books Too!
Using Dash and the GO app, kindergarten taught (drove) Dash to locate parts of a book
Kindergarteners programmed BlueBot to drive to each animal area of the farm in Ragweed’s Farm Dog Handbook.
Rex Wrecks It
Essential Understanding: Build like Rex, share like Rex, and wreck your creations as a team.
Dinosaur Primary Secondary Sources
Real-World Connection
Invite a paleontologist! �Dr. Koy planned a variety of activities!
2017-2018 Building Block Nominees
Build a NEW place for Frog to sit. Using paper tubes and plates (or CD’s) how long (or tall) can your team make Frog’s NEW log?
Animals come in all shapes and sizes. Can you build animals without drawing them?
2017-2018 Building Block Nominees
Animals in a zoo need to be kept safe. We need to build cages to keep our animals safe. Can you make shelter for your animal?
Numbers are all around. Can you count to 10? Will you be able to build with ONLY a certain number of Legos?
It Starts Early
Next Step...
2016-17
2016-17 Show Me Award Nominees
Theme: Animals Out of Their Habitats
Perfect for comparing and contrasting
Making with Literature
Adopt-a-Beanie Baby in Makerspace
Shoebox Habitats
The Tooth Fairy Wars
Tooth Fairy Traps
Essential understanding:
Construct a trap to help solve the character’s problem
Ninja Red Riding Hood
Using BlueBots to retell the story.
Essential Understanding:
Plan and code a new way for Ninja Red Riding Hood to get home without running into the wolf.
2017-18 Ideas
2017-18 Show-Me Nominees for Habitats
Essential Question: How can people create habitats where animals can live when they are not in the wild?
I Am Trying to Love Spiders
Essential Question: Can you trap a spider instead of smashing it?
Trombone Shorty
Essential Question:
Can you create a musical instrument?
Marilyn’s Monster
Essential Question:
What would your monster look like?
If You Ever Want to Bring an Alligator to School, Don’t!
Essential Question: Can you create a hinged mouth?
2017-18 Ideas
Balancing Books and Making Can Be Challenging...
How can we keep them �excited about reading?
“Children want the same things we want. To laugh, to be challenged, to be entertained, and delighted.”
-Dr. Suess
1980’s
1990’s
2000’s
Show Me Award Nominees Ideas
X Olympic Rings and a Gold Medal
Great Kids Can Read Ideas
Book Bingo
Book Bingo
Book Bingo
Mr. Ferris and His Wheel
3rd grade Inventors and Inventions
Notetaking Sheet Option 2: Pebble Go
Notetaking Sheet Option 1: Pebble Go
The Poem That Will Not End
Essential Understanding:
There are many forms of poetry.
Black-Out Poetry
2017-2018 Nominees
Emmanuel’s Dream
Essential Question: Can you design a device to help someone who is “differently abled?”
One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia
Essential Question:
How can we reduce waste and create something new at the same time?
Ketzel: The Cat Who Composed
Essential Question: Can you compose a piece of music using a musical app?
2017-2018 Nominees
Next Step...
Space Case
3D Printing and Literature
How could I use this tool?�2nd: create book logos with Google Draw
3rd: create artifacts tied to culture(s) or print prototype of invention
5th: City X-- solving real-world problems
Mark Twain Ideas
X building a sundae bulletin board
X pass quizzes they add to their ice cream
X ALL 10 books read-GOLDEN SPOON!
X end year with voting and ice cream party
8* unable to share sundae due to sharing policies from Teachers Pay Teachers
Mark Twain Pizza Party
Tara Dairman, author of All Four Stars @taradairman offers free Skype sessions for students and staff that have read her book(s)!
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Mark Twain Author Skypes
Follow us for other projects and ideas to connect great books AND research to making!
Twitter:
@Kitchells
@terteach
Facebook:
English Landing Media Center
Southeast Media Center
A special thank you to all those that have shared with us, and pushed us to continue to grow to find a balance in our libraries!
@ARosheim
@read4life
@hansen_vicki
@robynholsman
@taradairman
@ParkHillSchools
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