Keeping Kids Creative

Dear Readers,

We have all heard the buzzwords of the knowledge-based economy - creative, innovative, resourceful.We are told that our students will need these abilities, not just facts and figures, to thrive in the workplace of the future. And we,their teachers, need to equip them through creative teaching. Hence, here I try to unravel the nuts and bolts behind these ideas, to find out what creative teaching is all about and how it can be implemented in the classroom.

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Monday, April 25, 2011

The Main Characters

 The pictures of all the main characters in the story books are scanned, printed and laminated before being pasted onto cut, square ,flouracent cardboards.You can see The Tiger, Mr Stofflees, Tanya, Grand, Mum and the others on the wall of the CCL Room.

 While looking at the characters, surely you can recall their scenes,right? And maybe the dialogues too!



Read, memorize and learn as much as you can...........

Get To Know Your Books

 This gigantic board is actually to introduce a book to the students.What are the important elements which they need to know about a book ,for example :
The Title
The Author
The Publisher
The Illustrator
The Synopsis
( a short account of something longer eg. the story of a film,play,book)
The Blurb
(a short description giving information about a book)

 Let us introduce a book to our students first before asking them to read it. Familarizing them with the books will definately instill the love for reading.

Book Cover Designing Competition

To enhance their love towards books , I encouraged my students to draw or create their own book covers.They played with their imaginations, sometimes just by imitating your actions.And penned it down on the papers.Great imaginations and you will be impressed looking at the end products.
Their young mind work wonders so just try this with your own students. You'll be surprised. I was, indeed!
Give them freedom to choose their own title, name of author, illustrator and let them create their own short stories.......


The prizes offered






Poems In Your Pocket

From a book,being transformed into cards

More laminated cards hanging, ready to be used.
From books and cards,finally transformed into flip-flap booklet
                                        
Can be easily put in the pocket and carried around
                          
The year 5 students' creativities revealed
                                       

Writing Through Literature



Writing Personal Responses

This is the first page of my student's portfolio.They wrote their personal particulars such as date of birth, hobbies, interest, ambition and so on.

 Writing personal responses after reading each literature book is compulsory for my lesson.They can write how they feel about the characters or what they like or dislike about each character or even suggest opinion to the characters involved.

 Using pencil,pen or colour pencils or even word processors will be up to the individual's preference.


 The students can express themselves sincerely when writing their personal responses. There is no right or wrong expression for their feelings.They can just write how they feel......

My students have very high competitive spirit level so everybody used word processors to enhance their masterpieces.Nobody wants to be 'defeated'.....

Thanks.....

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