Windblown

Book Title: Windblown

Author: Édouard Manceau

Mathematical Concepts and Language:

• shapes
• number sense
• addition
• visualization

Questioning:

Before:

• What do you think the story is about?
• What shapes do you notice on the cover?
• What does windblown mean?

During:

• What do you see? (shapes, positional language)
• How did the author use the ____ (shape)? Where is the ____? (shape)
• How are the shapes used by each animal (positional language)?
• How are they the same? different?
• What else might they make?
• How do the shapes change?

Extensions/Provocations (Small Group, Learning Centres, Whole Group, Transitions): 

• Book Nook: provide text for students to re-read (challenge them to track one shape throughout the story)
• Art Studio: what can you make with these shapes? (different types of paper, sponges, shape blocks with paint)
• Provocation: provide a variety of different shape blocks and/or loose parts and a space for children to create (and capture) their own windblown character (draw, photograph)