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Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Online Serial Novel
Kids are going online week after week to read the next installment in the serial novel The Gecko and Sticky by Wendelin Van Draamen. Van Draamen is the Edgar and Christopher Award-winning author of the popular Sammy Keyes mystery novels for middle grade readers and the Shredderman series for younger readers.
The serial started on the Maricopa County Library District’s Web site January 8th and will run through May 21, 2007. There is an archive of past week’s chapters to catch up on if you are just tuning in. The url is http://www.mcldaz.org. The interactive nature of the novel makes it unique, with activities, Web links, and other information that adds to the experience.
This could be a new way to get kids to read. Thank you Maricopa County Library System for this reading adventure! ¶ 12:32 PM 0 Comments
The serial started on the Maricopa County Library District’s Web site January 8th and will run through May 21, 2007. There is an archive of past week’s chapters to catch up on if you are just tuning in. The url is http://www.mcldaz.org. The interactive nature of the novel makes it unique, with activities, Web links, and other information that adds to the experience.
This could be a new way to get kids to read. Thank you Maricopa County Library System for this reading adventure! ¶ 12:32 PM 0 Comments
Monday, February 12, 2007
100 Day Books
This Tuesday, February 12th, our school will celebrate its 100th day of school. The 100th day of the school year is a special day students in our school look forward to. Celebrations and activities help children grasp the number and reflect on the community they’ve built as a class in the past hundred days together.
Try reading some of these books with your classes.
In The 100th Day of School by Angela Shelf Medearis, the children learn 100 spelling words, plant 100 seeds, bake 100 cookies, and "do everything the 100 way" to celebrate this special day.
Miss Bindergarten Celebrates the 100th Day of Kindergarten by having her children bring one hundred of something to school, including a one hundred-year-old relative, one hundred candy hearts, and one hundred polka dots.
Mr. George Baker, by Amy Hest, is one-hundred-years old and still learning. Each day this man rides the bus with his six-year-old neighbor to school to learn to read.
The Hundred Penny Box by Sharon Bell Mathis is a classic story of the relationship between Michael, a boy, and his one-hundred-year old aunt. Michael’s mother wants to throw out the battered old box that holds the pennies, but Michael understands that the box itself is as important to Aunt Dew as the memories it contains.
The Doll People by Ann M. Martin would make an enticing read aloud for a second or third grade class. In this chapter book, a family of porcelain dolls that has lived in the same house for one hundred years is taken aback when a new family of plastic dolls arrives and doesn't follow The Doll Code of Honor.
The following math books teach the concept of one hundred:
From One to One Hundred by Teri Sloat
One Hundred Hungry Ants by Elinor J. Pinezes
Chicka, Chicka, 1,2,3 by Bill Martin, Jr.
Let’s Count by Tana Hoban
Only One by Marc Harshman
Don’t forget the folk tale “The Sleeping Beauty.”
And the new book that inspired my writing this list is The American Story 100 True Tales from American History by Jennifer Armstrong.
This collection of three to four minute stories introduces a cast of personalities throughout our country’s history from 1500s to 2000.
The tales will certainly hold readers' attention.
Try reading some of these books with your classes.
In The 100th Day of School by Angela Shelf Medearis, the children learn 100 spelling words, plant 100 seeds, bake 100 cookies, and "do everything the 100 way" to celebrate this special day.
Miss Bindergarten Celebrates the 100th Day of Kindergarten by having her children bring one hundred of something to school, including a one hundred-year-old relative, one hundred candy hearts, and one hundred polka dots.
Mr. George Baker, by Amy Hest, is one-hundred-years old and still learning. Each day this man rides the bus with his six-year-old neighbor to school to learn to read.
The Hundred Penny Box by Sharon Bell Mathis is a classic story of the relationship between Michael, a boy, and his one-hundred-year old aunt. Michael’s mother wants to throw out the battered old box that holds the pennies, but Michael understands that the box itself is as important to Aunt Dew as the memories it contains.
The Doll People by Ann M. Martin would make an enticing read aloud for a second or third grade class. In this chapter book, a family of porcelain dolls that has lived in the same house for one hundred years is taken aback when a new family of plastic dolls arrives and doesn't follow The Doll Code of Honor.
The following math books teach the concept of one hundred:
From One to One Hundred by Teri Sloat
One Hundred Hungry Ants by Elinor J. Pinezes
Chicka, Chicka, 1,2,3 by Bill Martin, Jr.
Let’s Count by Tana Hoban
Only One by Marc Harshman
Don’t forget the folk tale “The Sleeping Beauty.”
And the new book that inspired my writing this list is The American Story 100 True Tales from American History by Jennifer Armstrong.
This collection of three to four minute stories introduces a cast of personalities throughout our country’s history from 1500s to 2000.
The tales will certainly hold readers' attention.
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Sunday, February 11, 2007
New Folktale Versions to Storytell
Our school is lucky to have Mitch Weiss and Martha Hamilton, two talented storytellers working with our third grade children this month. Each student in Mrs. McDaniel’s third grade classroom will learn to tell a story to an audience. It’s exciting to see the children gain confidence as they practice their storytelling techniques with encouragement from their classmates and teachers. Listening to others’ stories encourages students to come to the library to find the stories to read.
Mitch and Martha have also been busy publishing their own versions of folktales. We now have these books they authored in our collection: The Hidden Feast is a tale told originally in our country’s south. In this story barnyard animals have a good time at their neighbors’ party until dinner is served. Rooster, not happy with the cornbread served, rudely storms out. The twist ending explains why, ever since, Rooster scratches in the dirt. Tricky Rabbit A Story from Cambodia to Read and Tell tells of a banana-loving rabbit who devises a clever plan to fill his tummy with his favorite fruit. Two pourquois tales they have retold are How Fox Became Red, A Folktale from the Athabaskan Indians of Alaska, and, Why Animals Never Got Fire, A Story of the Coeur d’Alene Indians. And, Two Fables of Aesop is both fun to read and fun to tell! ¶ 2:20 PM 0 Comments
Mitch and Martha have also been busy publishing their own versions of folktales. We now have these books they authored in our collection: The Hidden Feast is a tale told originally in our country’s south. In this story barnyard animals have a good time at their neighbors’ party until dinner is served. Rooster, not happy with the cornbread served, rudely storms out. The twist ending explains why, ever since, Rooster scratches in the dirt. Tricky Rabbit A Story from Cambodia to Read and Tell tells of a banana-loving rabbit who devises a clever plan to fill his tummy with his favorite fruit. Two pourquois tales they have retold are How Fox Became Red, A Folktale from the Athabaskan Indians of Alaska, and, Why Animals Never Got Fire, A Story of the Coeur d’Alene Indians. And, Two Fables of Aesop is both fun to read and fun to tell! ¶ 2:20 PM 0 Comments
