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Prompt 8

Searching the #picturebooks I was able to find a very interesting post about a picture book dated back to 1947. This got me thinking about the book and its time period, the book was called Goodnight Moon by Margret Wise Brown. The book mentions the famous phrase ‘Cow jumping over the moon’, I look to see how even back 70 years ago picture book were stretching children's minds and exploring their imagination, to help create critical learners and children that may think outside of the box.

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Prompt 7

1.     Who thought the restaurant was Thai-riffic?

2.     Why does Lengry hate the restaurant, explain?

3.     Who does like the Thai restaurants?

4.     How does Lengry act to show he doesn’t like Thai restaurants?

5.     Do you think the fliers will attract customers?

6.     What restaurants do you like? Would you have a similar story to Lengry’s?

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Prompt 6

http://splash.abc.net.au/home#!/media/2443619/impact-of-european-settlement-on-aboriginal-tasmanians

 I might use this video, as a front loading activity for an indigenous book about the extinction of the Thylacine (The dream of the Thylacine). I believe this video could demonstraight knowledge about, the comparisons between the Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islanders to the Early Europeans and how they differed in respecting the environment.

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Prompt 5

1.     The silence in the night hollows the transparent food giving only cold to the ones with no strength, I'm not surprised our faith has died.

 2.     Did we ever care about the ones in need?

 3.     A frontloading activity, I may introduce to children for the text Dusk, would unfold through showing the students the cover of the novel. Ask them to describe what they see/if they can predict what might happen in the text. Ask students to work in pairs to then write down a brief overview of what they beginning of the book might sound like.

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This piece of writing I have been able to assess and annotate, has enabled me to focus on the 6 + 1 traits of writing. I have look at sentence fluency, as I feel some of the sentences don't flow very well. In terms of organisation, there are 3 clear paragraphs which is pleasing. There are some great ideas in the piece, using great information to enrich and inform the reader about the chosen topic.The overall presentation is quite neat, and easy to read. 

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Prompt 4

I can freely speak about some good literacy experiences I have had in the classroom. The first one comes from a recent experience on placement. I was reading the text ‘The old mans mitten’s’, for our inquiry unit topic of winter. The prep students were just starting to feel the cold and loved the far-fetched idea of snow falling at school! I was able to read the text to two prep classes, where I was able to boost my out-loud reading confidence and skills, as well as really use my voice to really get the preps interested in the text and continuously ask them questions to get them thinking about the book and what’s happening in the text!

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I was lucky enough to teach in Vanuatu last year, and we made some great classroom displays for each letter of the alphabet. I found this gave the students a great chance to give their own personal twist on each letter, as well as make their own classroom feel ‘homey’ like it was their own, as they did spend a lot of time in the classroom! I believe classroom displays help give the room a little bit of personality.

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Prompt 1

I have many fond memories when being read to in the classroom. I vividly remember being read ‘Horton hears a who’, I remember my friends and I loved this book! This book had many underlying life morals and taught us a lot, but also was a very enjoyable book, expanding our imagination! I personally loved how my teacher would use his voice to really set the mood for the text, always made reading time more enjoyable!