Connect to Reading Reading to Connect

A whole school mini inquiry is being planned around connecting to reading and reading to connect for weeks 5 and 6.

This week the Year 1 children will be designing and creating a flag depicting a book, character or scene from a book they connect with. These connections will be shared and displayed in our library.
In writing the children will be writing letters to authors commenting on their stories and asking questions.

The children will be selecting a part from their own narratives and will use collage to create an illustration. We have been inspired by Jeanie Baker.
Both the Action Group and Dance/Drama groups are off on excursions to further inquire into volunteering at the zoo and the Arts Centre. We can't change anything until we know what is important to us? The children are sharing their thoughts about what is important to them in their lives? They are also being asked to show the communities they belong to using a mind map.

How can parents help?
Read and talk about favourite stories and how you connect with them.
Think about text to text connections. Text to self connections. Text to the world connections.
See Kylie if you would like to help with the zoo excursion.