Inspire!

Good afternoon, Storytellers!

I am sorry to have taken so long to get this post out to you, but I have been having some technical difficulties today. Yikes! I have posted a new Read Aloud (under the Read Aloud page above) and I am hoping you will be able to access it. It is called The Snail and the Whale and it is a story about teamwork and exploration. As I told you last week, we will be taking Div. 9 and Mrs. Enchelmaier along on our adventure into Story Studio. We were doing it together before we left Clinton and they have continued to be inspired, create and share while learning at home. We hope you will join them and be inspired by their work that I will share. Division 9 is the next Clinton Spotlight!

Much of what I will share with you today is taken or modified from Delta School District website for The Hive. It is a pretty cool space for the entire district to share and is always set up as a STORY STUDIO.

Story Studio is a way for students to share their thoughts, ideas and learning in a hands-on, visible way. When we say Story Studio we don’t mean just made up (fiction) stories. Learning Stories are physical ways of showing what is in our heads. We use different materials to make our thinking visible for others. This visible thinking we call a Story.

Stories CAN be:

made up from our imaginations
sharing our feelings, worries, hopes and dreams
retelling a story that we read, listened to or viewed
retelling the story of a favourite show or movie
creating part two or the next chapter of a favourite book, show or movie
sharing the learning in many subjects

After we read The Whale and the Snail together, we can join Mrs. Enchelmeier’s and be inspired by a theme of insects and teamwork or you can go wherever you are inspired to go! Today we shared a book, but inspiration can come from anywhere! You can read, listen, watch, experience or explore to become inspired!

Tomorrow we will talk about our “loose parts” or “stuff” that we use to create and share our connections and stories.

Please enjoy some inspiration from Div. 9’s previous story workshops…