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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

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Publié par	Andrews UK
Date de parution	10 août 2012
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781909102668
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	3 Mo

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Creative Curriculum KS1
How High is the Sky?
Teaching across the curriculum using a story
Lois Johnson

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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
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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 1 to allow the children to either draw or paint the creatures.
The second part of Literacy Unit 4 could be combined with Music/Dance/Drama Unit 4 as both units focus on movement.
These are suggestions but the units can be used in a wide variety of combinations, making it a completely adaptable resource, tailoring the sessions to the children’s abilities and skills, ensuring they enjoy the learning process by achieving success creatively.
Section 3: General resources
A selection of additional resources is provided for planning, noting down additional activities and to monitor learning and progression. These include: A tick-sheet to assist teachers when planning and choosing combinations of units and to record the units used General ‘Notes’ sheets that can be used to plan children’s groups, follow-up activities etc. A ‘Today I learned’ sheet for the children to complete, which will encourage them to work collaboratively with their teachers

Section 1 - The story text
How High is the Sky?

As Clarence Caterpillar climbed onto a leaf a beautiful butterfly fluttered by.

It swirled and danced higher and higher, until it was out of sight.

Clarence looked up at the blue sky above. It looked very, very high.
I wonder, he thought, just how high is the sky?

As Clarence Caterpillar nibbled on a leaf, a wiggly pink worm wobbled by.
“Excuse me,” Clarence said to the wiggly pink worm. “How high is the sky?”

But the wiggly pink worm didn’t understand.
He wobbled his head and asked, “How high? Why?”

As Clarence Caterpillar chewed on a leaf, a silver spinning spider swung by.
“Excuse me,” Clarence said to the silver spinning spider. “How high is the sky?”

But the silver, spinning spider had a web to spin.
She spun more thread then swung on by.

As Clarence Caterpillar munched on a leaf, a spotted black beetle scuttled by.
“Excuse me,” Clarence said to the spotted black beetle. “How high is the sky?”

But the spotted black beetle looked surprised.
“I don’t know,” was his reply.

As Clarence Caterpillar gnawed on a leaf, a brown slimy snail slithered by.
“Excuse me,” Clarence said to the brown slimy snail. “How high is the sky?”

But the brown slimy snail didn’t like the sun.
“It’s too sunny to stop,” he said. “It’s too dry.”

As Clarence Caterpillar chomped on a leaf, a diamond-winged dragonfly darted by.
“Excuse me,” Clarence said to the diamond-winged dragonfly. “How high is the sky?”

But the diamond-winged dragonfly spread her wings.
“Places to go,” she called. “Must fly!”

As Clarence Caterpillar gobbled down a leaf, a tiny brown ant scurried by.
“Excuse me,” Clarence said to the tiny brown ant. “How high is the sky?”

But the tiny brown ant was too busy to talk.
He shook his head and muttered, “Oh my! Oh my!”

As Clarence Caterpillar guzzled a leaf, a giant green grasshopper hopped by.
“Excuse me,” Clarence said to the giant green grasshopper. “How high is the sky?”

But the giant green grasshopper was getting ready to jump.
She leapt into the air and said, “Goodbye!”

The sun began to fade and the moon began to shine.
A multi-coloured moth flitted by.
Clarence looked up at the twinkling stars. The black sky looked very, very high.

“Excuse me,” Clarence said to the multi-coloured moth. “How high is the sky?”
But the multi-coloured moth silently shook her head and flitted on by.

Now Clarence Caterpillar had eaten enough. He curled up tightly.
He wrapped himself in soft, white threads.
Then settled down for a long ... long ... sleep.

When Clarence awoke, he stretched and yawned. He shook himself and climbed out of his cocoon. The sun shone down from the blue sky above. It looked very, very high.

As Clarence climbed to the top of a leaf, he looked up at the big, blue sky.
The soft breeze whispered to him. He spread his wings and lifted off.
“Now I know,” he said as he soared above. “The sky is as high as I can fly!”