Handa’s Surprise, originally uploaded by LindaH.

This classroom display was used in Year 2. It acts as a reminder of the essential elements of a story.
It was adapted from an idea found in Hands on Literacy. The original used The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch. I think it works very well, making a lively and interesting display. I know the teacher well and she’s always careful to actually refer children to displays like this when they are writing stories. In this way it becomes a useable resource rather than just decorative.
Someone else liked it too, this classroom display has been blogged by Bloganna-anna in Spain too.

Hands on Literacy

garden sculptures, originally uploaded by LindaH.

This summer our Year 3 class had an interesting time with the sculpture module. Read more about it and see a slide show on the Classroom Displays wikispace This photo was a display of sorts. We used it as the desktop for the two classroom computers

HPIM2560.JPG, originally uploaded by TheArtGuy.

A while ago Aaron (The Art Guy, an art teacher from from the USA) made a comment on another post here about a Talking Cloth. He said:
“Very nice! I’ve done lots of pattern lessons myself, especially because 3rd graders in my district read a story called The Talking Cloth by Rhonda Mitchell. The “talking” cloth in the book is actually a type of cloth called adinkra, which is covered in stamps that represent different things. Adinkra is a tradition that comes from Ghana, which also makes it a good lesson for Black History Month since some of my students are 1st or 2nd generation immigrants from Ghana.”
I just had to ask him when he posted this to Flickr if this was the Talking Cloth he meant. His reply:
“As a matter of fact, it is! :)”
I’ve been looking for a copy of the book he mentioned and finally found it on Amazon(see link above. Looks good - must treat myself