The big bad wolf by Nicola https://padlet.com/nicola_dickson/jcigkt2np92x en-us 2015-11-12 15:44:03 UTC 2023-02-25 19:02:02 UTC hello@padlet.com Monday morning:  Mysterious footprints spotted in the playground, along with grey fur and disturbed undergrowth... nicola_dickson https://padlet.com/nicola_dickson/jcigkt2np92x/wish/96295374 2016-02-21 20:31:56 UTC https://padlet.com/nicola_dickson/jcigkt2np92x/wish/96295374 nicola_dickson https://padlet.com/nicola_dickson/jcigkt2np92x/wish/96295901 Following on from our Once Upon a Time topic we  created a scenario outside for the children to discover when they returned after half-term. ]]> 2016-02-21 20:40:33 UTC https://padlet.com/nicola_dickson/jcigkt2np92x/wish/96295901 nicola_dickson https://padlet.com/nicola_dickson/jcigkt2np92x/wish/96296530 2016-02-21 20:51:32 UTC https://padlet.com/nicola_dickson/jcigkt2np92x/wish/96296530 nicola_dickson https://padlet.com/nicola_dickson/jcigkt2np92x/wish/96296564 2016-02-21 20:52:08 UTC https://padlet.com/nicola_dickson/jcigkt2np92x/wish/96296564 nicola_dickson https://padlet.com/nicola_dickson/jcigkt2np92x/wish/96296653 2016-02-21 20:53:25 UTC https://padlet.com/nicola_dickson/jcigkt2np92x/wish/96296653 nicola_dickson https://padlet.com/nicola_dickson/jcigkt2np92x/wish/96296717 2016-02-21 20:54:21 UTC https://padlet.com/nicola_dickson/jcigkt2np92x/wish/96296717 There was great excitement and the children talked either individually or in pairs for less confident speakers about their thoughts on what they had seen.   Some made links to the previous topic and talked about the wolf straight away nicola_dickson https://padlet.com/nicola_dickson/jcigkt2np92x/wish/96297246 2016-02-21 21:02:10 UTC https://padlet.com/nicola_dickson/jcigkt2np92x/wish/96297246 After discussing  this scene as a whole class the general consensus was that it was a wolf.  The children said they thought this because of the scratches and the fur.  nicola_dickson https://padlet.com/nicola_dickson/jcigkt2np92x/wish/96297550 2016-02-21 21:07:24 UTC https://padlet.com/nicola_dickson/jcigkt2np92x/wish/96297550 nicola_dickson https://padlet.com/nicola_dickson/jcigkt2np92x/wish/96297705 It interested me that the children all had different ideas on what a wolf looked like. Most of them had only seen the wolf in story books which is often a humanised character. ]]> 2016-02-21 21:09:43 UTC https://padlet.com/nicola_dickson/jcigkt2np92x/wish/96297705 nicola_dickson https://padlet.com/nicola_dickson/jcigkt2np92x/wish/96297836 We talked together about what they thought it might look like in terms of eyes, mouth, ears, legs, etc. feedback wasn't given on either accurate or inaccurate ideas, such as "I think it has ten legs."]]> 2016-02-21 21:11:45 UTC https://padlet.com/nicola_dickson/jcigkt2np92x/wish/96297836 nicola_dickson https://padlet.com/nicola_dickson/jcigkt2np92x/wish/96297951 2016-02-21 21:13:55 UTC https://padlet.com/nicola_dickson/jcigkt2np92x/wish/96297951 nicola_dickson https://padlet.com/nicola_dickson/jcigkt2np92x/wish/96298016 2016-02-21 21:15:10 UTC https://padlet.com/nicola_dickson/jcigkt2np92x/wish/96298016 nicola_dickson https://padlet.com/nicola_dickson/jcigkt2np92x/wish/96298074 2016-02-21 21:16:11 UTC https://padlet.com/nicola_dickson/jcigkt2np92x/wish/96298074 nicola_dickson https://padlet.com/nicola_dickson/jcigkt2np92x/wish/96298150 2016-02-21 21:17:29 UTC https://padlet.com/nicola_dickson/jcigkt2np92x/wish/96298150 nicola_dickson https://padlet.com/nicola_dickson/jcigkt2np92x/wish/96298290 2016-02-21 21:18:15 UTC https://padlet.com/nicola_dickson/jcigkt2np92x/wish/96298290 nicola_dickson https://padlet.com/nicola_dickson/jcigkt2np92x/wish/96298369 2016-02-21 21:19:11 UTC https://padlet.com/nicola_dickson/jcigkt2np92x/wish/96298369 Our next step is to use books and iPads to find pictures of wolves to see what they look like.  nicola_dickson https://padlet.com/nicola_dickson/jcigkt2np92x/wish/96298407 I then aim to elicit more questions about wolves, for instance where they live and what they eat. ]]> 2016-02-21 21:19:46 UTC https://padlet.com/nicola_dickson/jcigkt2np92x/wish/96298407