It really doesn’t matter what sort of camera you use.

Kids see the world differently.Send them off with a camera and a brief and

see what they see

Get them to talk about it

Involve the kids; let them take charge of what they want in their photos relative to the

purpose.

John Wilder Tukey (June 16, 1915 – July 26, 2000) was an American statistician.

The greatest value of a pcture is when it forces us to notice

what we never expected to see.

using photos to help with literacy

What Is it?Based on the book

.Look closely at an object.

Break it into minute pieces.Take one photo of the whole object.

This enables the students to recycle the language relating to everyday objects.

Can be turned into a game or a book.

It has lots of these.

What is it?

It has a high wall with lumps on it.

What is it?

It has a bar.

What is it?

it has a net between two rails.

What is it?

it has bars to slide along.

what is it?

what is it?

It is our playground.

Our School Dogs.

This is Lily. She doesn’t stay at home like other dogs do.

Lily stays in the art room

at our school during the day.

Zeus lives in the ICT room during the day.

Abbey likes to ride on the tractor.

Lily has her own bed in the art room.

Lily has a teddy bear to play with. She also likes to play fetch with a ball or a piece of

knotted fabric.

Zeus likes to play with toys, but he really likes to run around with the students.

Zeus is a lap dog. He loves to have a cuddle and sleep on

your lap.

We love having dogs at our school.

OUR SCHOOL DOGS

Lily and Zeus

This is Lily. She doesn’t stay at home

like other dogs do.

Lily stays in the art room during the day.

Abby likes to ride on the tractor.

We love having dogs at our school.

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Use your travel photos

SWAT Sydney

Making resources

If you need everything

the same,set up your

templatesin advance so

your students’

photos can be easily

transferred

Keep it simple.Build up a collection of everyday objects.

Use an uncluttered background.

Making the abstract concrete

Just how do you describe pavlova?

Or count and uncount nouns?

Games

Recording

Help

Relive the moment

www.photographyfestival.org.nzhttp://photographicdictionary.com

c.myers@somint.school.nz

www.digital-photography-school.com

www.befunky.com

• ! Passports•!Who is it; use class photos; add, glasses, earrings ribbons etc. •!Follow-up with alphabetical order and statements; eg; Peter is wearing a hat;

true false•!What is it?•!Alphabet•!Finding out about your school•!Finding out about the staff at your school•! Peer tutoring•!Newspaper/magazine photos or news article using own photos• laminating l use backing colour•!Travel photos•!Dictionary•!Clarifying ideas, (cliff/ledge)•!Messages, (screen shot)•!Reluctant writers•!Whiteboard save, (LEAP Centr brainstorm)•!Narrative writing, (Cockington Green & fairy tales)