Complete a range of comprehension activities, including role plays and matching sentences to illustrations, focusing on the european girl, cartwheel with her orange blanket and cartwheel with her blue blanket. A great activity if you have students from a wide variety of. Blankets are warmth on a cool spring night, padding when youre sleeping on concrete or a temporary wall when privacy isnt an option. The present event from baby showers to engagements, personalized gifts big and small for any occasion. My two blankets mini blanket book week cleverpatch. This baby blanket is pretty affordable, so if your child becomes attached to hers, you may want to pick up an extra or two. Shortlisted for the 2015 prime ministers literary award. Published by little hare books, my two blankets is out in february 2014. Bills bookstore blankets, throw blankets, quilts and.
Mar 22, 2017 this pin was discovered by swati kakodkar. Shipping is included in all the deals and none of the. Your work is consistently stunning and moving, and this book is magnificent. Show students the cover of the book, with title, and ask what their feelings and thoughts are about the book before reading. She finds that everything is very strange and different to her. There are so many ways cws blankets make a difference. Jul 19, 2017 blair rated it it was amazing my two blankets is a beautifully crafted story that uses precisely chosen, evocative language with drawings that blend with the text in perfect harmony.
Put the students into groups of 3, allocate a part of the story orientation, complication or resolution to each group and ask them to find a space around the room to discuss and create a freeze frame scene from the part of the story allocated. But today, just as i was considering posting something about the book, a whole box of them arrived. My two blankets is a story about a young girl who moves to a new country. Step 5 using black paint or a black marker, trace around the edges of your painted sections step 6 begin to attach items to each section of your mini blanket.
Awards winner of the 2015 childrens book council award for picture books. This week, i will be giving away one copy of my resource for the picture book, my two blankets and also a copy of the picture book, my name is not refugee by kate milner. Ripper reading resources rigorous teaching resources for. Julia donaldson books room on the broom literacy activities reading activities reading lessons halloween activities book week early education teaching tools. We are so excited to reveal the winners of the my two blankets colouring competition. Understand the themes of the picture book explore and develop other ways of communicating without language partake in an immersion activity hear more about why the author wrote the book. This fictional book is about a girl who leaves everything behind in her native country to start a new life in another. This spark shares teaching activities and resource ideas for english stage 2, based on the book my two blankets by irena kobald and freya. The theme of the conference was connecting geography and literacy. Unit of work for year 2 by courtney duffy on my two blankets by irena kobald and freya blackwood. A wonderful activity based on the story my two blankets, a book. This is a story about new ways of speaking, new ways of living, new ways of being.
Originally designed during the my blanket along in march 2015, this project that i only worked on during weekends, is now released as a simple but colourful pattern. We used photos, writing, collage materials and paint. Diversity in picture book collections 20152017 and clil for children 20152018. Activities and assignments can use the language and content of picturebooks for. An advance copy arrived late last year, amidst the flurry of end of year deadlines and activities. Due out in february this year 2014 is a book by irena kobald called my two blankets. Read the blurb on the back of the book to the students.
Book activity for my two blankets book activities, activities. To celebrate naidoc week we are giving two primary students in australia the. The exclusive deals to today viewers will last about 24 hours, but check the specific retailers sites for specific terms and conditions. I actually ordered two copies of the picture book, my name is not refugee by mistake on different days, as only i can. Step 3 begin painting your sections with fabric paint step 4 fill in each section with paint. Cartwheel has moved to a place that is so strange to her, she no longer feels like herself. Jul 6, 2015 a wonderful activity based on the story my two blankets, a book shortlisted for this years 2015 book week. We are looking at my two blankets for book week and as a class we are making our own blanket. My two blankets by irena kobald illustrations by freya blackwood is shortlisted by cbca for the picture book of the year for book week 2015. Baby milestone blanket personalized baby blanket floral baby milestone blanket baby blanket calendar photo prop roses blanket. We personalize many brands of baby blankets, blankies, lovies and baby mats as well as growth charts such a gund, ganz, angel dear, bearington bear and douglas toy. Ursula is the author of over 60 books for children, including novels, picture and.
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