LEGO MANIA
Since the premier of the Lego Movie, there has been
Lego Mania going on at our school.
We decided to get on-board the craze and use
it to encourage our students to read and create.
We
even created a few Lego characters to look like some of our favorite children’s
authors.
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| Mary Pope Osborne |
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| Dr. Seuss |
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| Brandon Mull |
During the month, we spotlighted the Lego books in our
library and allowed students to create book creations in our “Makerspace”. After
students had checked out their books, we allowed four students per class to use
the makerspace and create something from a book they had read. We provided a box of Legos and they did the
rest. Participants received a Lego
reward for taking part in the activity.
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| Michael Vey Books |
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| Abe Lincoln at Last |
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| Harry Potter |
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| Star Wars |
Here are some of the book creations our amazing students came up with. We had a great time. Even our reluctant readers, we excited about
taking part in the books and the creations.
We not only had students excited
about the Lego books, but also about the other books that were spotlighted in
our book creations. Students creations were spotlighted on our library bulletin board. It was such a popular activity, we have
already received requests to do it again this year.
This is a very cute idea. By only allowing 4 student to create, how did you pacify the waiting students?
ReplyDeleteWe did the Lego building for two weeks in a row. That way 2 students each week could build with no waiting. The first week they had to create something from a book they had read, and the second week they got to build anything they wanted. We talked about architecture the second week so we had lots of buildings created.
ReplyDeleteStudents at Sprucewood are fortunate to have media assistants who provide such a relevant activity connecting books to what they enjoy…Legos! I bet the students are singing, "Everything is awesome!" in Sprucewood's library!
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