An author reads our “Big Plans”!
Big Plans by Bob Shea is our first read aloud of the year. We love reading it because we get to read part of it together. “I’ve got BIG PLANS! BIG PLANS, I say!” As you walk up and down the hallways of sixth grade the first week, you can hear students repeating this in Language Arts class. After reading the book, we discussed and shared our “Big Plans”. You can see some in the video and in the pictures. These sixth graders certainly have “Big Plans”! If the story ended here, that would be enough because I’m already so proud of each and every student in my classes…but it doesn’t end there. I posted the first Vine video on twitter and guess who commented on it? Oh, it was Bob Shea. Yes, that’s correct!
THE AUTHOR OF THE BOOK BIG PLANS!!!
He commented on our work. His comment, “Stealing these”, sent us reeling. It’s the sixth day of school and we have already made contact with an author. Woo Hoo!
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- Here are our BIG PLANS!
Inspired by Big Plans by @bobshea here are some of our big plans: https://t.co/CkKTQvHCxk
— Michelle Haseltine (@Mhaseltine) September 10, 2013
@Mhaseltine stealing these
— bob shea (@bobshea) September 10, 2013
More big plans! https://t.co/CvL9Of6eyh
— Michelle Haseltine (@Mhaseltine) September 10, 2013
AWESOME!! I love this idea!! I want to get my hands on the book…and I want to make Big Plans index cards and stash them all over the place! I see myself putting them on my bathroom mirror in the morning, stuck to the center of my steering wheel, stashed in my desk drawer to give me a little jolt of inspiration when I’m feeling sluggish, used as bookmarks in my assigned texts, tucked into my back pocket, taped to the back of my cell phone, wrapped around my water bottle (that was given to me by Ms. Haseltine before I moved across country)!!
“In the beginning was the WORD….” Even in our creation myth, the WORD came before the THING. Speaking the word out loud…writing the word down…that’s the first step towards making it a reality!! Now that you’ve written out your Big Plans, say them aloud! Tell the world! Make it happen!
Way to go, Ms. Haseltine’s class!
I need that book, too. We do what seems like a similar project — Dream Scenes — that would tie in nicely to the theme of that book. Thanks!
Kevin
What a thrill for you and your students! They do indeed have some big plans! Thanks for sharing.
Woo hoo!!! Love me some Big Plans!
Big plans are the best things we’ve done.
I had a bunch of fun on big plans! I can’t wait for the new projects to come, hope we have a bunch more fun like we are having
This new theme is so cool Ms. Haseltine! I love how the fish swim across the screen. Also, the worm that takes you to the top of the page awesome.
Everyone’s Big Plans are so creative.The Book was great
P.S.Your theme is really cool B-).
Jack has so many books that he must have 20.