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    Creative Curriculum KS1
    Creative Curriculum KS1
    Creative Curriculum KS1
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    Creative Curriculum KS1

    By Lois Johnson

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    Creative Curriculum, teaching across the curriculum using a story, is a flexible series of resources aimed at encouraging a more creative and cross-curricular approach to teaching.
    By putting a story at the centre of learning a stimulus is provided to a range of learning opportunities, thus increasing children's understanding and adding fun and enjoyment to the lesson. Teachers are provided with practical ways to incorporate the story in a range of cross-curricular activities.
    How High is the Sky? in the Creative Curriculum series is aimed at KS1 children and contains a rhyming story about a caterpillar's quest to find an answer to his question.
    It is a story about self-confidence, change, growth and achievement.
    The book contains:
    * Fully illustrated story
    * Units covering Literacy, Numeracy, Science, PSHE, Art and Design and Music, Dance and Drama
    * Worksheets
    * Planning Sheets
    * A set of illustrations without text for the children to tell the story in their own words
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMark Allen Group
    Release dateAug 10, 2012
    ISBN9781909102668
    Creative Curriculum KS1
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    Lois Johnson

    Lois Johnson is an obsessive cook, always planning a menu, and Eastern Market has been her grocery store for forty years. After experiencing the pleasures of open-air shopping all over France and utilizing the wonderful and oldest market in England at Norwich, where else in Detroit could she go but Eastern Market? Margaret Thomas moved to Detroit from Florida in 1994 and quickly fell in love with Eastern Market. Although not an obsessive cook, she swoons at the sights and smells of a fine meal. Living in the market area, she shops there several days a week, calling a greeting to everyone in the market, most by name, often stopping to chat about their families. A city person through and through, she thrives on the color and ambiance the market exudes. Bruce Harkness received his BFA in photography from the Center for Creative Studies in 1979 and his MFA in photography from Wayne State University in 1982. He is the recipient of numerous grants including a 1987 Creative Artists Grant from the Michigan Council for the Arts and a 1978 Regional National Endowment for the Arts Grant.

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      Creative Curriculum KS1 - Lois Johnson

      Creative Curriculum KS1

      How High is the Sky?

      Teaching across the curriculum using a story

      Lois Johnson

      Published by Hopscotch, a division of MA Education, St Jude’s Church, Dulwich Road, London, SE24 0PB

      www.hopscotchbooks.com

      020 7738 5454

      © 2011 MA Education Ltd.

      2012 digital version by Andrews UK Limited

      www.andrewsuk.com

      Written by Lois Johnson

      Designed by Claire White, Fonthill Creative, 01722 717029

      Front cover and illustrations by Kerry Bailey

      All rights reserved. This resource is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, hired out or otherwise circulated without the publisher’s prior consent in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition, including this condition, being imposed upon the subsequent purchaser.

      No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher, except where photocopying for educational purposes within the school or other educational establishment that has purchased this book is expressly permitted in the text.

      Every effort has been made to trace the owners of copyright of material in this book and the publisher apologises for any inadvertent omissions. Any persons claiming copyright for any material should contact the publisher who will be happy to pay the permission fees agreed between them and who will amend the information in this book on any subsequent reprint.

      Introduction

      Creative Curriculum is an innovative, highly adaptable resource aimed at encouraging the development of a creative approach to primary teaching. The concept behind the Creative Curriculum books is that stories can and should offer an exciting stimulus to a range of learning opportunities. A creative curriculum makes learning fun, relevant and purposeful. A stimulating story, accessible at different levels, accommodates a variety of learning styles and enhances understanding, interaction and most importantly, enjoyment.

      There are currently two books in the Creative Curriculum series:

      How High is the Sky? - for ages 5-7

      Lights in the Night - for ages 8-12

      How High is the Sky? focuses on a rhyming story about a caterpillar who ultimately finds the answer to his question, How high is the sky? It is a story about self-confidence, change, growth and achievement.

      Lights in the Night focuses on a story written in short chapters. It follows the adventures of two friends as they attempt to solve a mystery. It is an adventure story about friendship and perseverance.

      In each book the story itself is at the core of all the associated activities, thus ensuring continuity and relevance to learning by creatively using connections within and between subjects as opposed to teaching subjects individually.

      This system encourages a truly cross-curricular, creative approach to teaching, offering more natural opportunities for a range of learning experiences.

      The books in the Creative Curriculum series are divided into four sections:

      Section 1 - The Story

      Section 2 - The Units and worksheets

      Section 3 - General resource sheets

      Section 4 - A set of story illustrations for extension activities

      The books contain ‘units’ which can be combined and used flexibly to produce sessions lasting a morning, a full day or a week making the resource completely adaptable. The units in both books cover:

      Literacy

      Numeracy

      Science

      PSHE

      Art/Design

      Music/Dance/Drama

      It is suggested that Literacy Unit 1 should be the first unit used as this unit introduces the children to the text, but subsequently the units can be combined in any order or sequence. The story can be retold when introducing other units and combinations of units as often as required.

      How to use this book

      Section 1: The story

      How High is the Sky? features a story told in rhyme about a caterpillar called Clarence. When Clarence sees a butterfly flying high above him he becomes worried about how high the sky is. Clarence meets a variety of creatures and each time he asks them his question but none of them can help him. Finally, after his metamorphosis into a butterfly, he realises his fears were unfounded and he now has the confidence and self-belief to soar high into the sky.

      Section 2: The Units and worksheets

      This book contains:

      12 Literacy Units

      9 Numeracy Units

      7 Science Units

      5 PSHE Units

      7 Art/Design Units

      5 Music/Dance/Drama Units

      Literacy Unit 1 introduces the text How High is the Sky? therefore it is recommended that teachers start by using this unit, which can be followed by any combination and number of units as preferred, for example:

      Literacy Unit 2 focuses on rhyme. This could be combined with a music unit such as Music/Dance/Drama Unit 2 to create a song using the rhymes of the story.

      Literacy Unit 4 features the individual creatures in the story. This could be combined with Numeracy Unit 3 (symmetry) and/or with an art unit such as Art and Design Unit

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