Lines

The children have been using many different types of lines in their drawings, messages and paintings. Some of the lines develop into different pictures of objects, and others become letters and numbers.

Lines in maps…

Lines in messages…

Lines in letters…

We read the story ‘The Line’ by Paula Bossio. Upon seeing the cover page, Felix shouted “Ms. Tina!” He was referring to the litter ‘T’ in the title of the story.

The children began to call out and identify the different letters in the title, ‘THE LINE’ that were also in their names.

H is in Charlotte

E is in Michelle and Charlotte

L is in Leming

I is in Michelle

They circled the different letters they recognised.

Next, we read the story and made a note of all the different lines that were in the book. In this simple wordless picture book, a little girl finds a long black line. She wiggles the line, slides and spins inside circles that the line has created.

Later in the story, the line transforms into bubbles, a jungle vine to swing from, a tightrope to balance on and a big, hungry monster! We notice how the author and illustrator expressed the different emotions of the little girl in the story.

We observed the lines Felix and Yoochan have created using the ramps. They have made a road that goes to the beach.

We can draw many pictures using different lines. Here are a few different types of lines.

The children created pop-stick puppets using different lines.

@F uses lightening lines and other shapes to create pop-stick puppets. He then decides to create a puppet show using the different pop-stick characters and objects.

We have been creating puppets using paper and pop-sticks. The puppets represent the different characters in the show. #voiceandchoice @NISChina @NISPreKK1 @TinaHua16112229 pic.twitter.com/UEhz2J0Lr2

— Shemo Gani (@shemogani) September 27, 2019

Approaches to Learning (ATL’s)

Communication Skills

Speaking

• Express oneself using words and sentences.

Interpreting

• Interpret visual, audio and oral communication: recognizing and creating signs, interpreting and using symbols and sounds.
• Understand the ways in which images and language interact to convey ideas.

Reading, writing and mathematics

• Understand symbols.
• Understand that mark-making carries meaning.
• Use mark-marking to convey meaning.
• Document information and observations in a variety of ways.