| Last week we started a new unit of inquiry under the transdisciplinary theme 'How We Express Ourselves'. At first, we didn't know what our new unit was about. We had to use the clues from the new materials available in our classroom, as well as the different experiences and activities that were presented to us, to make our best guess Our teachers set out different provocations and materials, wondering:
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In our Library session, Mrs. Grant read us a story - or did she? This story wasn't read with any words, we could only see the pictures!
In our main classroom, Ms. Alison asked us: "Can you tell a story?" We could use any of the materials in our classroom to help us!
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| After we finished our stories we learned about our central idea 'Stories are shared and responded to in different ways' and one of our lines of inquiry 'How stories are told'. We reflected on our storytelling session with this new knowledge: |  |
In our Art class, Ms. Caz asked us the same question: "Can you tell a story?" - this time using visual art materials. Three stories were started in small groups. Two of them have continued in our classroom this week, including a story told with play dough about ninjas and zombies and a story told with drawings and words in book format about nightmares.
 | Many storytelling projects are currently under way in our classroom. As we continue with them, we are also continuing to think about what exactly stories are. We read the book Tell Us a Story and discussed our ideas about what makes a story: |
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In the coming weeks, we will continue with our stories in progress and explored how stories can be told in different ways.
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