Take one book #PHOrum

Notas del editor

• #3: Suggestion to take one book and see what you can do with it. Title came from a scheme that we use in Literacy for reading and comprehension predominantly See notes and explain BRIEFLY Not necessarily going to follow that process exactly but it’s helpful to bear in mind
• #4: I have to admit that I picked up a huge pile of books in preparation for this session and it was really hard to choose. I’m very indecisive but I had to make a decisions as I didn’t have much time to prepare so choose I did! I thought about lots of books – and maybe another time I can talk about another one – but having sat down with a piece of paper and mindmapping ideas, I decided on this one
• #5: Eric Carle – always a winner Familiar but not as well known as his others
• #6: Gatito /patito Little Languages scheme Hide the cat. ¿Has visto a mi gata? ¿No sé dónde está? Look at cover of the book
• #11: Thinking of little people – the repetition is a strong way of getting ch involved – they will invest in you actually being sad that your cat is lost
• #12: Here’s an example of how to engage learners – in German by the amazing indomitable Nigel Pearson – not to be confused with the (currently unemployed) football manager!
• #13: Lovely rhyme BUT if you want to go further, do you want to change the words/story? See Nigel’s example. I’ve left as Has visto a mi gata for now as don’t want to get ch confused with es/está
• #14: Obviously in times of COVID this is harder In slides on the screen – leads to directional language for older ch – allí Split it into a grid and call number
• #17: https://www.cnet.com/news/find-the-cat-photograph-with-tricky-kitty-stumps-many-as-it-goes-viral/ It’s under the TV!
• #18: https://www.cnet.com/news/find-the-cat-photograph-with-tricky-kitty-stumps-many-as-it-goes-viral/ It’s under the TV!
• #21: Looking at text – questions we ask Why gata not gato? Can ch work out that it’s a Mummy cat – link to feminine endings Look at punctuation – like speech marks Cut up the sentence and put back together
• #22: Adding – Esta no es mi gata. Es……
• #24: Handwriting Sort into gatos no gatos Cuatro patas Rayas Vive en ….
• #31: Looking at Latin names of animals – couldn’t find this in Spanish but it’s interesting to look at the similarities between the names in Sp and Latin – why?
• #32: Looking at habitats – link to topic work
• #33: Conservation and big numbers
• #35: Being careful of the single story whereby all people in Mexico have moustaches and wear huge hats or all German people walk around wearing Lederhösen
• #37: Jaguar – from South America/Brazil Leopard from sub saharan Africa Tiger from Java/Sumatra/Bali/Siberia/Bengal Lion from London Zoo (I assume!) Persian Cat from Persia Panthers are leopards and jaguars but you can’t see their spots! They have excessive black pigment.
• #38: Countries and nationalities
• #40: Guessing games Use babies and/or wild cats
• #43: Craft – make a cat to use for colour identity Puzzles – use directions to arrive at the cats – deliberately get lost