Plenary talk by Sarah M Howell Co-Author of Treetops, New Treetops, Rainbow Bridge Oxford University Press - Rizzoli - Erickson Primaria Day 2017

1. Lapbooking
a creative learning tool
in the inclusive classroom

2. different
needs
The Young Learner Classroom
mixed
abilities…
different learning styles…
mixed
levels…
different speeds…

3. Differentiation
is
a black and white
worksheet!

4. teachers can differentiate…
content process product environment
according to students…
readiness learning profile interests
Differentiated instruction

5. What is
a lapbook?

6. Lapbooks
are…
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7. Anything goes…
…any subject

8. USES
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9. Why use
lapbooks?

10. Inclusive!

11. Content
becomes
visual

12. HANDS
ON…

13. DISCOVERY
BASED

14. PICTURE
RICH

15. COLOURFUL

16. RIGHT AND
LEFT BRAIN…
…WORKING
TOGETHER

17. Chunks of
content

18. How do you
make a lapbook?

19. What a child can do today with
assistance, she will be able to do
by herself tomorrow.
planning
A
B
 Personalization
in both options!

20. scaffolding

21. AStructure for instruction that works
Better Learning Through Structured Teaching
D. Fisher, N. Frey, 2008, ASCD

22. Folders
in size shape and form
Folders can vary

23. Templates

24. 2
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3
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4
5
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10
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Materials

25. Lapbook Planner
Topic:_________My Treetops Lapbook __________1a ____
Sub-topic Objective Language
(vocab, structures)
Reference materials
(book, photocopy, website)
Template nr. /
materials
Unit 1 Hello
- Ripassare Unit 1
- Realizzare una tessera d’iscrizione
al Treetops Nature Club
- Characters
names
- What’s your
name?
Hello, I’m …
New Treetops Class Book 1,
Unit 1
NTT CB p. 99
Units 3 Family
- Ripassare Unit 3
- Realizzare un quadretto della
propria famiglia
- Family
- This is my…
NTT CB 1 Unit 3 NTT CB p. 103
Unit 2 Colours
Unit 5 School
TB p. 55 TB, U5 p4 NTT CB Unit 5 NTT CB p. 105
PLANNER

26. Layout
visuals

27. Early learners
lapbooks
record of
learning lapbook

28. Early learners
lapbooks

29. Early learners
lapbooks
• Membership card
• Family portrait
• Friends finger puppets
• Guessing wheel
• Counting book
• Body boardgame
• Number book
• Animal flip-flap

30. Mini-lapbooks

31. Unit
lapbook

32. CLIL
lapbooks

33. CLIL
lapbooks

34. The British
museum
lapbook

35. discovering
content
The British
museum
lapbook

36. using
language
The British
museum
lapbook

37. All subjects…
Possiamo fare
un lapbook?

38. GIUSEPPE VERDI’S
NABUCCO

39. Competences

40. Which
competences?
imparare ad imparare progettare
comunicare collaborare e partecipare

41. End of school memories
lapbook
Key competences
in use

44. “Please excuse the
mess, the kids are
making memories”