BSLA and writing... joining the two.

 Action Planning and Testing Ideas is where you plot out a plan of what will happen when and how this could look. Setting up a plan and testing some of your ideas before you implement the plan allows you as the teacher to branch out and try things that you might be unsure of. This also allows you to be more critical when reflecting on what you feel will serve you well in this inquiry. Testing ideas is something that can continue through the entire inquiry and is only placed within this section of the inquiry cycle as a starting place.

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I am currently waiting for my BSLA training to start. I have, however, started with the weekly vocabulary elaboration read aloud.

In my writing, I am attempting to use the read aloud book as the basis for our writing by picking books with good cvc opportunities.

I have also been following Number Agents ( A passionate advocate for play, science of learning, developmentally and trauma informed practice. which aligns with my own philosophies) on Facebook. She is using Colourful Semantics with her class.

Using the bones of Colourful Semantics we will begin with: Who, what, where as our starting point.

Class will have some structure and some choice. Practice cvc blending. Add high utility words ( he, the, is) 

Eg The dog is * doing what* ( choice) on the boat. He got wet. * Then add anything else*



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  1. PīwakawakaAugust 26, 2024 at 4:19 PM

    We have enjoyed using this idea in our own kopa as an alternative to writing from personal experiences. Thanks for sharing that mahi with us Kim.

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