Storyline

Brillie and the bookworm

Plot:to discover talents with young children and to make them aware of these talents

Target group:first grade of primary education

Key words: talents, plural intelligence, skill with figures, skill with language, hundred square

Storyline:Brillie and the bookworm

Episode1:Locked up!

Plot line / Key questions / Learning activities / Materials
See text enclosure 1,
chapter 1. /
  • How does Belindalook like?
  • What are the characteristics, the talents of Belinda?
  • What does her office look like?
  • How does Pieter-Janlook like?
  • What are the characteristics, the talents of Pieter-Jan?
  • What does the reading place of Pieter-Jan look like?
  • What kind of tips can we give to the duo?
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  • Thinking time; learning
discussion

In groups:
  • Belinda and Pieter-Janmake the right proportions
  • To design and make the glasses of Belinda and Pieter-Jan.
  • To design the office of Belinda and the reading place of Pieter-Jan (2D or 3D)

  • To present the characters and their environment to the rest of the class
/ flysheets/felt-tippens or blackboard to write down
Proportions (oncards) orbooks, other media to do some research
Hobby material
Mirrors
Possibly:groundplan of the office, the reading place.
Strips of wood, hobby material.
Construction material.

Storyline: Brillie and the bookworm

Episode 2:Ramble through the library.

Plot line / Key questions / Learning activities / Materials
See text enclosure 1,
chapter 2
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  • How is the library arranged?
  • What is the smartest way to find a book/the exit?
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  • To wander by means of assignments through the library (hundred square).

  • To arrange the class library in a tidy way.
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  • hundred square
  • class library

Storyline: Brillie and the bookworm

Episode 3: Funny through the night...

Plot line / Key questions / Learning activities / Materials
See text enclosure 1,
chapter 3. /
  • How long would Pieter-Jan read if he would be alone in the library at night?
  • How many words can you read in one minute?
  • How many (thin/thick/picture) books can Pieter-Jan read during the night?
  • How does Belinda manage to remember the way so well?
  • How can Pieter-Jan obtain that Belinda starts to like books as well?
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  • Group discussion about reading, concentration, getting tired and sleep.

In pairs:
  • To do the one-minute reading test.

In small groups:
  • To assess, by means of some minor calculations, how many (thin/thick/picture) books Pieter-Jancan read at night?

table string game, table jump game

  • To read stories with arithmetic eyes.
/ Reading text on word level,
stopwatchor watch
Thick-, thin- and picture books.
See index cards for description
Book “Read with arithmetic eyes, Calculation activities for young children.”
Rob van Bree and Hanneke van Bree
Publishing company Acco

Storyline: Brillie and the bookworm.

Episode 4:To look through other people’s glasses.

Plot line / Key questions / Learning activities / Materials
See text enclosure 1,
chapter 4. /
  • What kind of glasses do you use to choose a book?
  • How can you arrange that a reading/telling pal sees the book through your glasses?
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  • To choose a book
In small groups or pairs:
  • To think of an activity and to develop it.

  • To organise a reading feast: to plan it, to make invitations, to practise in reading/telling, reading/telling for a reading pal, to experience an activity together.
/ Library
Menu
Hobby material, music, pictures, movies…
Planning documents,
Paper and writing materials…

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