Izzy Gizmo

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Izzy Gizmo is a wonderful text for students who struggle with the current demand of 21st century skills like: flexibility, growth mindset, perseverance, resilience and creativity. Students empathize and connect with Izzy when she gets frustrated because she can’t solve a problem on the first (or second, or third) try. The true power of the book is the underlying theme of perseverance and digging your heels in when the problem is tough.

This exuberantly riotous story… blends the fun of rhyme with the touching friendship between a charismatic crow and a never-say-die young inventor’ Lancashire Evening Post What is a machine you couldn't live without? Find out about the person that invented it, you owe them a lot. Izzy is a young inventor whose inventions don't always work. When they break, chaos and messes often occur. She decides that she has had enough and puts her toolbag away. When she finds a crow that has hurt itself after falling, the vet tells her it will never fly again. She tries to teach the crow how to live and have fun without flying, but he is extremely unhappy. Along comes grandpa. He is kind and encourages her to come up with something to help the crow fly. Even though her inventions don't work, grandpa and the crow keep encouraging her to try again. She finally comes up with the perfect wings for her friend. Shortlisted for the Sainsbury’s Children’s Book Prize 2017, this empowering book is perfect for fans of Rosie Revere, Engineer, Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World and Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls. From the things you have learned in these experiments, revisit one of the activities from last week and see what else you can add or improve.

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If you’re looking for a new book with a determined, strong female role model then this is for you’ Being a Mummy blog Izabelle Gizmo just loves to invent, but her inventions never seem to work the way she wants them to. And that makes her really CROSS! When she finds a crow with a broken wing she just has to help. But will she be able to put her frustrations to one side and help her new friend to fly again? Text Rationale: To help you with your building, you may want to conduct an experiment to find the best building material.

You can even make a balloon helicopter, but it has more steps than we could go through so you could investigate yourself! In this ten-session Writing Root, which we suggest will take 3 weeks to cover, the children arrive to class to find signage indicating that the role-play area/outdoor space is an inventor’s workshop. The children create signage for the workshop and then a toolbox appears, labelled, Izzy’s Tools. The text, Izzy Gizmo is discovered and then shared over several days. Children explore things that have gone wrong for Izzy – writing her a letter of encouragement – and then go on to invent their own gadgets and gizmos to help a creature/pet just like Izzy helps the crow in the story. Their creations are shared verbally before the children draw labeled diagrams and write simple explanations. Synopsis of Text: Ze zou uitvinder worden: dat had ze altijd geloofd. Maar toen hoorde ze opeens een BONS! boven haar hoofd. Balloons also create static electricity that make your hairs stand on end. You could investigate what you can move using static electricity. Ze gaat aan de slag om Kraai nieuwe vleugels te geven. En dat is nog niet zo makkelijk. Keer op keer gaat het mis. Zal Sara het vol kunnen houden en zal Kraai ooit weer met zijn vrienden het luchtruim veroveren?Inventions, gadgets, friendship, design and technology, STEM subjects, representation and diversity, positive female role models Glue a Sports cap bottle top to a CD, Blow up a balloon, find a smooth surface . With the sports cap shut, put the balloon over the top. Then to make it go, open the sports cap.