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NC Foundations for Early Learning and Development Goal LDC-8: Children develop interest in books and motivation to read. 

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NC Foundations for Early Learning and Development Goal LDC-8: Children develop interest in books and motivation to read. 

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NC Foundations for Early Learning and Development 	Goal LDC-13: Children use writing and other symbols to record information and communicate for a variety of purposes.

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NC Foundations for Early Learning and Development 	Goal LDC-13: Children use writing and other symbols to record information and communicate for a variety of purposes.

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NC Foundations for Early Learning and Development Goal CD-14: Children observe and describe characteristics of living things and the physical world.

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NC Foundations for Early Learning and Development Goal CD-14: Children observe and describe characteristics of living things and the physical world.

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- Environment
-Book
-Author
-Story
- Nature ( plants, trees, bugs, animals)
-Memory
-Record
-Life
-Investigator

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What are books? What materials do you need to create a book?
How can we keep the pages together? (Binding Book)
What are stories? Who creates stories?
What do you remember seeing outside? Did you see anything that was alive?
What does it mean to be alive? Are bugs, animals, trees, grass alive like us?
What in the environment inspired you to create a story?
How did it feel? What did you observe? How did it smell? What kind of sounds did you hear?

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Paper, Construction Paper

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Objects picked by the children during their exploration (leaves, rocks, twigs..)

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String, Staples, Hole Puncher, Glue, Tape

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Symonds Elementary shares their creative and engaging way of delivering learning materials through the awesome craft of book making. This process inspires and encourages hands on learning that is unique to the student. This style of curriculum paves the way for better retention of information that is personal and creative.

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Bookmaking Across Subjects: Making Learning Last Longer

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What did you see with your magnifying glass? What did you think/wonder about what you saw?
Applying this thought process to the lesson plan will help the students think and wonder about the environment they observed. These questions are intended to inspire the children to create a story based upon their wonders, thoughts and observations.

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Water color, Color Pencils, Crayons, Acrylic

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A walk in nature will inspire the students with limitless storytelling material. During the walk they will be able to observe living creations ( trees, plants, animals..) and connect to these observations has being part of their world (perspective). They will be able to record their experience in a field journal through writings, doodles symbols, etc.. Also, they will carry with them a baggie that they can choose to put their findings in (rocks, twigs, leaves...). They will be able to describe these characteristics into their books.

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Notebook or Piece of Paper to bring with them on nature walk to record observations (Investigator)

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For collecting their natural materials or reference for drawings, paintings

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Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum shares an awesome video that encourages using the 5 senses in observing the characteristics of a natural environment. Using the 5 senses will help children describe characteristics of the world around them. All while inspiring writing material for their own story!

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Complimentary Materials: The 5 Senses!

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A selected book that will introduce the activity and inspire the students to create their own story.

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Incorporating this thinking routine into the lesson will help the students explore their ideas and thoughts about what they observed and how it is connected to them and the physical world. What is my/our place in the world? How am I connected to the natural things I observed? How can I illustrate my perspective in my story?

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To write