Toronto students write, publish their own books | Toronto Star - 6 views
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“Every student in the school had a voice — whether it was an ESL student who can’t speak the language, or someone who has a learning disability — everybody has a page or a book that’s their own,”
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Jenny Entsch-Keith on 03 Apr 14Inclusive practice that caters for diverse learning needs. Why? "Evaluate and revise school learning and teaching programs, using expert and community knowledge and experience, to meet the needs of students with diverse linguistic, cultural, religious and socioeconomic backgrounds." - #1 Know students and how they learn. Retrieved from http://www.teacherstandards.aitsl.edu.au/DomainOfTeaching/ProfessionalKnowledge/Standards -
ruddsword on 03 Sep 14It is important that different platforms are found so that each individual can have a voice. -
beclowe87 on 03 Apr 15Differentiating for all students so the activity is inclusive.
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“It made writing meaningful and purposeful.”
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It's not just about writing a paragraph of text "just because the teacher said so". There is a genuine physical goal at the end. -
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Accessing this website and book publishing tool provided a way to engage all students to the level they desired or could manage.
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“writing came alive during this process,”
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Why not now?
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The teacher thinking in a way that is new and exciting, and initiates further thinking and possibilities. -
It also seems very exciting that this teacher is supporting learning that is relevant & shows students that learning is not just for the future but opens up opportunities for them now. -
This also creates a relevance between the student and their world both in the educational sense and the personal sense.
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Kids brainstormed ideas, wrote rough drafts, edited with classmates and teachers and created their own illustrations. Some handwrote the final draft, while others chose to type up pages.
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Students and teachers became motivated and engaged in literacy. Students were able to have a choice between typing their stories or writing them by hand. This task was also inclusive in regards to students who might have had learning difficulties. It provided a platform for these students to express themselves creatively through the use of colours, images, written text or a variety of materials such as button, beads, different fabrics that they could cut out and paste, etc.
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Collaboration between students and teachers promotes positive learning experiences and ensures all learners are involved and able to participate. Providing students with options to create illustrations, type or write their story by hand enables all students to construct their story in a way that suits them.
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Parents were calling in
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Something to work on and talk about at home, and spend quality family time together. Parents become interested in their child's education - brings them into the school environment.
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I got so excited because I love writing stories with my friends — I love reading and writing,” said 8-year-old Zaria Gibbons
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When she shared her find at a staff meeting, fellow teachers at the Scarborough school loved the idea and they all got on board.
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Positive sharing of 'finds' not only builds resources but creates a positive, inclusive and productive professional learning environment and builds moral.
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by sharing the idea it became a whole school activity involving the entire school community including the parents -
Teacher was able to network with others. Created a holistic and inclusive approach to the idea. Ultimately a higher chance for success as more support is there. -
Having an open minded and innovative staff helps, so does having the opportunity to try something different. Not all schools would have been so on board with the idea.
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Teacher provided an extension to other teachers professional learning and used networking with other peers
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students were given a kit with instructions and pages.
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Self-paced, somewhat self directed learning. Building confidence and indepence. Minimal imput from teacher mean students are free to express their ideas.
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There was a sense of awe when the books arrived and they’d seen what they’d done.”
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Positive effective and timely feedback that fosters positive self esteem and grows the desire to learn.
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producing a physical item, something tangible the student can share with others
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holding an authors’ night for parents, grandparents, siblings — even aunts and uncles — to check out the books.
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Engaging the students social learning network enhancing learning and building a positive view of learning.
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Positive relationships between all stakeholders. Community involvement and enhancement of student learning.
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ents were asked to write about world issues, so Pauline Manuel wrote “Courageous Ezra,” which she dedicated “to all children affected by war.” We value respectful and thoughtful discussion. Readers are encouraged to flag comments that fail to meet the standards outlined in our Community Code of Conduct. For further information, including our legal guidelines, please see our full website Terms and Conditions. Commenting is now closed. Login | Signup 0 Comments powered by: Follow Newest Oldest Most Liked Editor's Pick Most Active Most Replies ← View all comments Show More document.write(''); no
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lder students were asked to write about world issues, so Pauline Manuel wrote “Courageous Ezra,” which she dedicated “to all children affected by war.” We value respectful and thoughtful discussion. Readers are encouraged to flag comments that fail to meet the standards outlined in our Community Code of Conduct. For further information, including our legal guidelines, please see our full website Terms and Conditions. Commenting is now closed. document.write(''); document.write(''); <div c
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Older students were asked to write about world issue
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This activity challenges student to investigate and reflect on 'real world' events promoting a deeper understanding of what happen around them and international and how they feel about what they discover.
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Personally I would prefer students be given choice of topic, as dictating the topic seems to contradict the impetus for the project which was to foster a student driven passion for writing.
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1I got so excited because I love writing stories with my friends — I love reading and
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“My family was really proud of m
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Looks like the student is receiving support at home for their efforts at school.
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I love how this seems to have involved the families too. I feel parents are becoming increasing less involved in the classroo, for various reasons, so it's fantastic that this has sparked their enthusiasm as well as the student's.
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My Amazing Book of Poems.”
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“It wasn’t just something they did and handed in to the teacher.”
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The school made a big deal of the young writers
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School wide support, how exciting and uplifting for the students to be recognised in front of their peers.
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‘Have you finished your draft yet?’ ” said principal Denise Canning.
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The students must think it is awesome that the principal is interested in their work.
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1“It made writing meaningful and purposeful.”
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even those in kindergarten — contributed a page to a class book.
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Shows how it is possible for all age groups to contribute and participate in learning.
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Hopefully those students with a passion for writing in the "younger" grades were given the opportunity to create their own book if they wanted to.
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It also got the school buzzing
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Having the whole school talking about something as positive and exciting as literacy is a great reason to do something like this! It shows how excited the students are about creating their own work - love it. -
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great idea to get the students to feel good about learning and they get to take something away from it that they can be proud off. Great concept and great on the school part to adjust their teaching and assessments
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This provocation from the students allowed the teacher to use the interests of the children to make learning more engaging and meaningful.
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The teacher showed respect for her students and let them have a voice, therefore allowing them to be apart of the learning process.
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students could read aloud.
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While searching
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The dog wagging the tail - the teacher didn't just use ICT based literacy programs because the existed. She searched for one that met the needs and goals of her students. Even better then she shared with her colleagues.
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students of mine for the past three years,
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Wonderful that this teacher has been able to follow her students for that length of time. The benefits this must have for special needs students are immense
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she said.
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This reminds me of a student with ASD at a school I am aware of that wrote his own book about the struggles of making friends. It was an amazing experience for this boy, his twin sister illustrated it for him and his best friend assisted. He performed readings of the book for all the classrooms. Such an amazing experience for the child and the school.
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Upon having a look atthis site it seems to be limited to the USA. Does anyone know of a similar site in Australia?
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How cool would it be to organise this at a school we work at in the future. I would love to do this- especially an author night.
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A great resource to use to encourage writers. Many children seem to struggle with the writing aspect of literacy.
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A great resource to use to encourage writing. Many students struggle with this aspect of literacy.
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kids would get off the bus carrying their package of materials and talking about it
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Another awesome result of this activity is that it makes literacy possible and enjoyable for all students. Not all students enjoy or succeed in reading, but show far more engagement with writing, especially when given freedom of expression, and encouraged to write about something relevant and enjoyable to them.
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School on board with expanding the programme so that others may benefit. This also show that the teachers are in support of the programme. Domino affect.
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What happens when teachers from across a school encourage their students to write and publish their own books. Can you identify some of the educational reasons why this was a successful project? This is a week 5 activity. - ...2 more comments...
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Reasons as to why I thought this was a good idea: - students and parents are involved - everyone in the class, all learning abilities, got involved - it gave writing a sense of purpose for the class - students could relate it to interests and real life concepts. - students took charge of what they are going to write -
Kids brainstormed ideas, wrote rough drafts, edited with classmates and teachers and created their own illustrations. Some handwrote the final draft, while others chose to type up pages. 1 "Every student in the school had a voice - whether it was an ESL student who can't speak the language, or someone who has a learning disability - everybody has a page or a book that's their own," said Remedios. 6 "It made writing meaningful and purposeful." 2 It also got the school buzzing. -
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An awesome way to get kids involved with books - by creating thier own. Come to think of it, it worked for Kai too back in Yr 2.
