RPI Session 8: Creating
Today's RPI session was all about creating in reading.
A good reminder about all the different variety of what creativity looks like. I am not the most artistically gifted person and I seem to connect creativity to art, but this is evidence that it is not restricted to visual art.
Building on creating well rounded strong readers, taking part in a create activity related to a text proves that you understand the text well.
Create task register: It is always awesome to see the different activities that others come up with and I look forward to digging into those to see different ideas.
Explore different create tasks:
- I want to get students to create a video using drawings to retell the story.
Awesome idea for students to be able to see themselves in the create activities.
Creating the book trailer: I loved the fun activity. It was a little bit uncomfortable but a good challenge and interesting way to share and recommend a book to someone. I look forward to including this into planning and it will be great to offer students the opportunity to collaborate while doing this review, will be nice to get different perspectives of the text.
Piggybook - extended metaphor. I am going to look in our school's library to see if we have it and read it to my class.
Overall I am excited to plan reading going forward as now I feel like I have a wider range of ideas for different create activities that incorporate different resources and materials. I am looking forward to getting children to record themselves reading so they can hear themselves reading with fluency and expression.
The padlet activity was a nice reminder that everyone is working on different things and to not feel overwhelmed with all of the resources provided and shared today.
Kia ora Jasmine, it's great to see that shift in thinking from 'creating through art' to 'creating in different forms'. Just another idea to throw into the mix...with what you've been doing in with Music this term, Session 5 is a 'create' response to the narrative of Peter and the Wolf. Sometimes you are doing the 'create' response without even realising, go you! If you consider that Literature takes many forms, watching the digital recording of Peter and The Wolf is exposing your students to a narrative that they might not have heard otherwise - maybe your reading sessions in Week 9 could build on Session 5 of the music, in that students could create musical responses to their texts. Link this with your Mitey work too - real integration of the curriculum and different learning tasks in action!
ReplyDeleteMalo Helen, yes I agree with you. There are many learning experiences taking place which are not phrased as 'create' tasks but are most definitely create tasks. That is a good idea - I will figure out a way to incorporate music into our literacy session. Thanks for the great ideas!
DeleteKia Ora Jasmine, Thank you so much for your dedicated efforts and the time you've invested in contributing to this group. The potential advantages of the ideas you've presented, which extend beyond visual art and promise to enhance understanding, are truly immense. Additionally, the potential for cross-curricular connections can streamline the teaching and creating processes. May I have your permission to incorporate some of your insights into our Term 4 meeting? I aim to discuss ways to expand upon creativity providing choice and options for teachers and students, moving beyond mere Q&A sessions.
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Whaea Tanya
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Kia ora Tanya, Yes that is fine with me if you would like to share some of these things! Jasmine
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ReplyDeleteI agree, it’s timely to be reminded that ‘create’ and creativity can take so many different forms beyond the artistic. Like you, I do not have the ‘artist gene’, and so I appreciate the wider lens that comes from the Manaiakalani model of creativity and the empowerment of digital tools to render an image I wouldn’t be able to create with pencil or paint!
Like you, I also really appreciate teachers’ sharing their learning designs for create-based activities: It's the power of a network and kaupapa that builds a sharing community we can all benefit from. I look forward to seeing some of your learners’ creative endeavours using the digital tools we introduced or digitised artefacts of their materials-create work.
I do hope you find The Piggybook by Anthony Brown in your library. There is also a digital copy on YouTube if not. It’s a powerful text for exploring with a critical literacy lens.
I look forward to you sharing all about Peter and the Wolf in our Homework break out session!
Nga mihi
Naomi R.
Literacy Facilitator - Manaiakalani Reading Practice Intensive