It's OK to be OK: A Book by Binscarth Grade 4/5/6

After a semester spent teaching a fabulous grade 6 class at Hamiota Collegiate, I am back in the role of Literacy with ICT Teacher Leader for my school division.  In this role, I get to travel around the division supporting teachers and students with using technology in education.   Today, I was lucky to work with the Grade 4/5/6 class at Binscarth School.   I shared with them one of my (many) favourite picture books, The OK Book by Amy Krouse Rosenthal.   We used this text as inspiration for creating our own book, which is now published below! 

How did we create this?

First, I read aloud The OK Book and we had a great discussion about the message of this book.   Next, each student chose something they are "OK" at.   They received a template with the OK "stick figure" on it and sketched their illustration.   I photographed their work and uploaded to a shared file for students to access.   Next, students accessed a shared template.   Each student was assigned a slide/page number to use.   Students then inserted their illustration and typed their sentence to go with it.   We brainstormed possible titles and then cast ballots to vote for the best title.   I think their finished product is pretty awesome!