Thursday, March 30, 2017

Announcements and Reminders: Have a fun Spring Break!                      Calendar:   March 28 -- Fieldtrip to Interview March 30 -- Begin Storyboards April 10 -- Storyboards due April 12 -- Lab to work on creating books April 14 -- Lab to work on creating books April 18  --Lab to work on creating books Share your document with Ms. Dorsey. Mrs. Hansen will print them in color.  They will be bound.  Let me know if you wish to do yours in a different way. _________ -- Share books in class.  _________  -- Deliver books to First Graders

Targets for Today:  I can prepare for the book-for-a-first-grader project.

Today’s  Agenda: Scribble:    Get started on this as soon as you sit down.  1. Write a short story beginning with the words, "If only. . . .  " Did someone say "beluga dog"?  Today:  Review about Creating Good Quality Books Do you have your storyboard paper, your rubric, and your interview paper?  Storyboard for Child’s Book by.docx Tips and Techniques for Books:  Google Docs  Share with Ms. Dorsey to have them printed.  text and fonts (for first graders)  Using Images     image search     types of images to use and avoid  hand-drawn collage  combination of images or cut-outs with hand-drawn About the Author   About the "About the Author" Steps in Writing  Plan (Prewriting) Draft Revise  Edit carefully  What are revision and editing, you ask, and why should I need to do it for a child's book?   Ask ____________________________________________________ I will take photos when we interview and when we deliver the books.  You could use the photos from the interview with your "About the Author." Storyboarding -- Outline your story --

If You Were Absent: See above.  Complete the scribble, and work on creating a storyboard for your children's book story. Storyboard for Child’s Book by.docx

Vocabulary:

 And how about a beluga baby/ a whale baby?