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=Teacher's Ideas & Resources=

Use this page to share how you are getting ready for the project and also what activities you have planned. We can start a collection for others to be inspired by!
A great post to get you started in your planning can be found on [|Matt Renwick's website]

Another great idea comes from Mrs. Jefferson: Participating in the Global Read Aloud and don't know how to start? Here are a few suggestions and my plan. 1. I plan on reading the book aloud to my students. I'm not buying a class set. I've purchased a copy from BN that I will display through my projector. 2. We'll read Monday  - Wednesday  (or Thursday ). At the beginning of the reading, they will respond to a journal prompt, and at the end of the daily reading, students will play some type of game just to review key points. 3. We will spend Friday  completing a product on what we've read for the week. (last year we created a class Wordle, took pictures of student's artwork, created an Animoto together, etc). 4. I'm creating an OOMM group in Edmodo for students with plans to connect with other students in other places. Students will have polls to answer about moral issues, predictions, etc. 5. Students will also create a weekly blog post on KidBlog for other students/classes to respond and comment on.

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First week ideas:
Marty Maguire: __ Audio __ Listen to the first chapter instead of reading it out loud. The sound is great! For some reason it won't let me link you to the site but if you search--- Kate Messner-Chapter Books- Marty Maguire you will find the audio of the first chapter along with other interesting information. __ Padlet __ We also made predictions with [|Padlet]and it is a great way to collaborate and share with another class. It will even give you a QR code!! __ Book Trailer __ media type="custom" key="23968022"


 * 1) Create a virtual greeting with some predictions from the title or first predictions about the book from students. For example, Johnny creates a short video clip about his predictions and posts them on the wiki, or presents and records his predictions on a day of Skype connections later in the week.


 * Wednesday could be Global Read-A-Loud Skype prediction day, where classes Skype each about their predictions.

2. Eric Carle: (Once the book(s) has been chosen) Before reading any of the stories student will graph if they have heard the story (or stories) before. We can share these graphs with our partner schools and start making connections about what is the same/different between the classes.

Show pictures of animals behind cages and have students interrupt want they think the animals are thinking.

3. For "Out of My Mind," some of us are going to use the strategies from the book "Notice and Note" by Kylene Beers and Robert E. Probst to structure our class discussions. Here is a link to the book if you think you are interested.

WEEK 1 This is our prediction for OUT OF MY MiND. We drew apicture and made 1 sentnece predictions that we used in Animoto.We have also started to blog about the book.

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