Stage+Three

Identify a research topic and select relevant and accurate information (RS3.6)

Use several strategies for finding information in texts (RS3.6) Record information from a variety of sources before writing (WS3.9) Produce texts with attention to design, layout and graphics (WS3.9) Use computer software programs and web tools to format a variety of texts (WS3.12)

Format a page for a newspaper layout e.g. Header, footer, columns, pictures. Create a choose your own adventure with multimedia software. Create mind maps, venn diagrams and grids. Publish class timetables. Use the find and replace feature to change a known story e.g. Three Little Pigs to Three big Kangaroos. Morph a photo and write a narrative to go with the illustration. Log on to My Library catalogue to locate resources available in school library and through the virtual library Log on to PRC website to locate PRC books using booklist search function Enter data to PRC form as part of PRC challenge using library conventions: Author surname first and no article in from of the title-(A, An, The) Term 1: Learning activities Term 2 Introduce

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Book crumbs
Here's an idea that pares down book trailers and challenges older readers, and littler ones alike. Use the link below as examples and then challenge the kids to make their own ‘visual reading breadcrumbs.’

Try to guess the books before scrolling down far enough to read the titles == [|From Rapunzel to The Little Red Riding Hood, Beloved Children’s Classics as Minimalist Posters] ==

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