Smile

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Our SMILE approach continues to develop here at Trellech, ensuring the continual development of our learners and independent learners with a valued voice.

Thanks to Simon and Schuster and Netgalley for an early copy of this work. It’s easily one of my favorite books of the year!

Staff SMILE planning 

Books about coping with disability or disease or some kind of difference are now commonplace, but this book is unique in Ruhl’s coping with the disconnect between inner feelings and the outer expression of those emotions. What is a smile? And why does it seem so important for women to be smiling all the time? Why do we feel shame when we see ourselves as something less than physically attractive? I was reminded while reading it of Autobiography of a Face by Lucy Grealey. This book is a meditation on what it means to have a face, what our faces reflect about us. About looking for answers when there may be none. About finding a way to take one step forward and then another. She reads, she listens. She writes. She finds some professionals who say they can help, only to be crushed with disappointment. She learns to find joy in small triumphs. She shares all these struggles with us, not in self-pity, but in self-knowledge. Smile is a graphic novel based on Telgemeier's experience. [6] This novel is recommended for children who are in fourth grade or above. [4] [5]

The SMILE approach to learning has created a climate of trust where learners are confident to take risks without the fear of failure and are valued for their efforts. Pupils appreciate that valuable learning often results from making mistakes. Each SMILE medium-term planning book moves with the cohort of learners, exemplifying their learning journey through the school. The investment of time in medium-term planning enables staff to focus on skills development in short-term planning time. This is evident in the classroom, where lessons focus on skills development and teachers are seen as facilitators of learning. Impact on teaching and learning

Launching the SMILE books

These goals have been developed alongside the introduction of SMILE books, based on our SMILE five-a-day culture: Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards for Excellence in Children's Literature". The Horn Book, Inc. 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-05-15 . Retrieved 2011-04-17. a b "Comics Made Personal." Scholastic Art, vol. 42, no. 2, 2011, pp. 8-9. ProQuest Central, Research Library. a b c Wilkinson, Caryn. "Graphic Novels: A Scaffolding Strategy for Young Writers." The Reading Teacher, vol. 69, no. 4, 2016, pp. 401, doi: 10.1002/trtr.1433.

We have always been very proud of the children at Trellech Primary, where we see year on year pupils making good progress in all areas of the curriculum. Following the publication of Successful Futures and curriculum reform in Wales, the school wanted to embrace the changes and be forward-thinking in recognising and nurturing children as learners who are responsible for planning and developing their own learning. As a Pioneer School, we made a commitment to: Smile” is a young adult graphic novel by Raina Telgemeier. The story takes place in the sixth grade and follows a girl named Raina, who has an overbite that requires braces. When she falls while running after her friends, she breaks two teeth on her upper jaw. Her mother takes her to Dr. Golden for emergency surgery to fix them so they won’t fall out of her mouth completely. I chose this to read for a few reasons. I came down with Bell’s palsy and neuropathy in my hands after my second covid shot. I got the kind of Bell’s palsy that wasn’t so severe and lasted a couple of months and then went away. But its shown up 2 other times since for short periods. I haven’t met anyone who has also had bells palsey. I was curious what she had to say. So I was interested in how not being able to smile was for her. How she learned to adapt and change. There’s not a lot written about facing the world with a face disabily or injury. Fabulous organizations like SEVA have helped kids with clef pallets or facial birth defects face the world with a lot more ease and self care. “Our faces are what the world sees.”This was her main concern for a while. Somewhere in the middle, I stopped feeling quite as engaged with the story. All of the real life drama in the beginning provided a lot of interesting content, but after that, her life settled into a more steady rhythm. There are lots of little stories that were fine to read through but didn't necessarily draw me forward to the next, and in between, there was a lot of musings about faces, spirituality, illness, and more. Most of the subjects are mentioned lightly and didn't provide me with any takeaways, with the exception of the topic of faces. I'm still thinking about how it must feel like to have a face that can't express the emotion you feel, the importance we as a society place on horizontal symmetry, and all the things that a smile signifies. a b “Smile.” The Teacher Store, Scholastic Inc., 2022, shop.scholastic.com/teachers-ecommerce/teacher/books/smile-9780545132060.html.

Impact on teaching and learning

In a 2010 interview with librarian Snow Wildsmith of Good Comics for Kids, Telgemeier said that the first print run of the book sold out in four months. [3] Telgemeier also noted that she believes children are attracted to the cover of Smile, then are pleased to find out it is a “ comic book”. [3] Telgemeier said that she hears that “kids are insane for it”. [3] In these early stages, expectations were shared and pupils were given a variety of resources to enable them to present their work in their preferred format within the books – enabling all individuals to lead, manage and present their knowledge, skills and learning independently.

Bird, Elizabeth (May 14, 2010). "Blood, Sweat and Teeth". The New York Times . Retrieved February 12, 2013. Following the success of the implementation of pupil SMILE books and to ensure clarity in understanding of the Curriculum for Wales, I decided to trial the SMILE book format myself, to record my planning. This helped me to develop greater depth of knowledge and understanding of the Four Purposes, Cross-Curricular Links, Pedagogical Principles and the What Matters Statements for each of the AoLEs. I loved the haikus at the end, and all the different ways the author approached solutions. Brilliant! And then how she approached acceptance and learning to live with her life, her face as it is, not waiting for one test of perfection to happen before she moves on. . . life just keeps going one foot in front of the other, one smile after another. Smile, written and illustrated by Raina Telgemeier, is a graphic novel that tells the story of her childhood. It was published in 2010, after originating as a weekly webcomic from 2004-2007. The book follows Telgemeier’s life during middle school and high school. She struggles with issues such as bullying and finding friends.The best smiles are beautiful and open. They connote happiness and good nature. Whether you’re describing a fictional character or writing a piece of creative nonfiction, these descriptions can help. But as I know or have met some of the family members in her work, I was of course pleased to (as we do at the holidays!) “Catch up” with the news about her and them. A kind of perfect book for Thanksgiving, as probably the main point of the book is how grateful she is to have supportive family and friends. Beautifully written, top notch. Smile was published as a graphic novel with eight chapters by the Graphix imprint of Scholastic Inc. in 2010. [2] Stephanie Yue did the color for the novel version of Smile. [1] Summary [ edit ] Character list [ edit ]