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The following publications and websites contain
material to support an Ocean theme. Use
them as starting points for planning instead of or to supplement,
the CMIS approaches
to the theme.
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West Perth: Children's Book Council of Australia (WA Branch),
2003. 59 p.
SCIS No: 1142242
The Handbook Update for 2003, aimed at primary
schools contains ideas, activities and resource lists
under four Ocean themes:
- Myths and legends of the Oceans
- Endangered Animals of the Oceans
- Stories of the Oceans
- Pirates and Treasure
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Activities include research tasks,
art & crafts, quizzes, word puzzles and off-site learning
experiences.
Purchase from CBCA
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Vol
14, Issue 2, May 2003
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- Book Week 2003: Oceans of Stories.
Display ideas and activities plus reading lists for
students in Early Childhood to Early Adolescence organised
under sub-topics including, underwater, mermaids and
things fantastic, pirates, sea animals. A quiz based
on the books
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- Perils of the Sea. A comprehensive
whole term unit on sea disasters developed by Fran
Knight. Includes a 10 week timetable and activities
that involve students working on outcomes across learning
areas.
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- Anchors Aweigh: Sailing off to
Adventures at Sea. An annotated booklist, Middle
Childhood to Early Adolescence. Suggestions for mapping,
writing, craft, comprehension and research activities.
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A subscription to The
Literature Base is worthwhile for primary and District
High School libraries. It is always full of relevant and practical
ideas for incorporating literature into the curriculum, for
Early Childhood to Early Adolescence.
| The October 2002 issue of The
Literature Base includes a section entitled Getting
into Holiday Mode. It is an annotated booklist, which
includes titles relevant to the Ocean
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| If your library holds back copies of The
Literature Base this issue contains useful material
to support a study of the ocean. Developed to support
The International Year of the Ocean it comprises an explosion
chart of possible areas of study, an annotated list of
picture books related to the theme, plus discussion questions
and extension activities arising from these books. There
is also an annotated list of fiction and nonfiction titles
suitable for Early Childhood to Early Adolescence, organised
under categories such as People & the Sea; Bays &
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This booklet with contributions from more
than thirty teachers in the Ipswich District Teacher-Librarian
Network contains ideas and activities based on the Oceans
of Stories theme and the CBCA shortlisted books in the Younger
Readers, Early Childhood, Picture Books and Information Books
categories.
A wealth of ideas for libraries and classrooms are contained
in the booklet ranging from displays based on the theme or for
individual books to research activities, quizzes, mapping tasks,
creative writing, storytelling and debating. Blackline masters
for class use are included.
For information on how to order this booklet go to the Ipswich
District Teacher-Librarian Network site
Ipswich District Teacher-Librarian Network
As
in previous years, Jenny Stubbs of the Ipswich District Teacher-Librarian
Network, Qld has developed a site to support teachers and teacher
librarians planning Book Week learning activities for
their students.
The site supports the Ipswich
District Teacher-Librarian Network publication and includes
shortlist information, weblinks, display ideas and shared ideas
submitted by teacher-librarians.
Oceans
of Stories
The State Library
of Queensland has a useful section to support Children's Book
Week. It contains a list of the CBCA Shortlist and Notable Books,
display ideas, weblinks and suggested activities and information
to support 13 shortlisted titles.
The selected titles include only one from the Older Readers
list so the site is of most use to teachers of Early to Middle
Childhood students. Author and illustrator information is provided
for selected titles and activities include discussion topics,
songs, craft ideas, research topics, dramatic play, visual literacy
and lists of associated books.
Rainbow
Fish Global Project
Christine Trimnell of Narre Warren North
Primary School, Victoria hosted a Global Project based on the
Rainbow Fish, which would be a worthwhile activity to support
the Oceans of Stories Children's Book Week 2003 theme.
The project aimed at students in Early to Middle Childhood requires
students, either individually or in groups, to create their
version of the Rainbow Fish in words and pictures,
demonstrating a listed social skill. These skills include being
friendly, being considerate, respecting others differences,
sharing, showing good manners and being honest; and concur with
the Values Outcomes of the WA Curriculum Framework.
Treasure
Island Teaching Unit
Developed by Joan L. Bigelow, a teacher at Avon Middle School
(USA) and included on the Amity Learning site, this unit
is designed to incorporate the Internet into a literature-based
unit. Based on Robert Louis Stevenson's classic novel, Treasure
Island the seven week unit involves students in pirate
research, responding to the novel via a ship's log or journal,
learning the parts of a schooner, designing a Jolly Roger Flag
and mapping activities.
Included are an introduction to the unit, teacher's synopsis,
daily activity schedule, print and Internet resources.
- Please note and abide by the copyright
conditions. Mrs Bigelow welcomes feedback and questions
about using the unit in your classroom.
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