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.

Meet Izzy Gizmo – a fabulously feisty new character from Pip Jones ( Squishy McFluff ; Daddy's Sandwich ) brought brilliantly to life with exuberant and detailed illustrations from the best-selling illustrator of The Detective Dog , Sara Ogilvie . What is a machine you couldn't live without? Find out about the person that invented it, you owe them a lot. De dierenarts laat er geen twijfel over bestaan: Kraai zal nooit meer vliegen. Maar dan heeft hij buiten Sara gerekend...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? 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? 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:

Then start building. Try making different shapes and see if they work any better or worse. See if your structures can hold anything up. The more imaginative the better. Ze zou uitvinder worden: dat had ze altijd geloofd. Maar toen hoorde ze opeens een BONS! boven haar hoofd. 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.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 You could copy the illustrator’s style, repeat the words exactly, or you could make it your own by changing the pictures and words. 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. Balloons also create static electricity that make your hairs stand on end. You could investigate what you can move using static electricity.