This afternoon I met up with A & her mom at the Barnes & Noble on Bald Hill Road in Warwick. They spotted me getting a "Tall, skim, no-whip, white mocha," when they came in. Once my coffee was ready, we sauntered over to the children's section where we got to work using the $100… Continue reading Stacey’s Slice of Life Story: Day #30
Category: books
Great Popular Reads That Push Your Thinking About Education and Society
Stephanie R. Jones, my former T.C. professor, has a great list of books on her blog, Engaged Intellectuals, that will push your thinking about education and society. Unless you're at the Univ. of Georgia, it's going to be hard for you to take a course with Stephanie, since that's where she's teaching now. However, I… Continue reading Great Popular Reads That Push Your Thinking About Education and Society
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thinking about pictures.
When Debbie Miller was here, she had recommended Tony Johnston's book, The Harmonica. I was instantly intrigued by the book and ordered it from Amazon. (You can too, by using the links in my SOLC post from today!) It arrived late last night & I read it tonight. It unexpectedly became my SOLC Story for… Continue reading thinking about pictures.
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ruth’s solc: the harmonica.
Snuggled on the couch. Surrounded by my favorite quilt. Alone. I hold a new book. I take a moment to notice the dark cover. Although it is hand-drawn, it almost looks like a photo. Barbed wire slashes through a boy in stripes, holding a harmonica. In the background, more men in stripes look on. They all… Continue reading ruth’s solc: the harmonica.
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Preservation
My SOLS go in here! Originally uploaded by teachergal I decided to purchase an inexpensive presentation booklet from Staples for the purpose of housing my Slice of Life Stories since I'm writing them electronically, rather than in my writer's notebook. However, how does one preserve their students' Slice of Life Stories? Well, my colleague Kate… Continue reading Preservation
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Cybils 2007 Awards Have Been Announced
I was honored to have been part of the Fiction Picture Book Judging Committee for the 2007 Cybils Awards along with Mitali, Barb, Nikki, and Gail, which was led by Jules. As I was browsing for picture books when I was at Brookline Booksmith yesterday, I realized that I hadn't posted a link to the… Continue reading Cybils 2007 Awards Have Been Announced
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I Am the Book
I picked up a book of poetry edited Lee Bennett Hopkins, Wonderful Words, at the New England Mobile Book Fair earlier this month. It was one I hadn't seen before. Everything inside of it are poems about writing, reading, listening and speaking. I particularly like one called "I Am the Book" by Tom Robert Shields.… Continue reading I Am the Book
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Today is NOT just another day off!
Today is not a day for loafing around in pajamas. Today is not just a day for surfing the web. Today is not just a day for reading magazines on the couch. No, no. Today is a day for reflection. Today is a day when we celebrate one of the greatest men who ever lived.… Continue reading Today is NOT just another day off!
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More from NCTE
Ruth and I joined up this morning for two workshops: "Where has all the Real Choice Gone? Revisiting an Essential Element in Writing Instruction" and also for "Where Social Justice and School Meet." We're going to chat this evening over coffee and cupcakes to talk about the issues that were presented in those sessions, as… Continue reading More from NCTE
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Art Appreciation (Picture Books)
I had the opportunity to visit The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst, Massachusetts today. For someone who like me, who is obsessed with picture books, spending 90 minutes at this museum on a Sunday afternoon was definitely a treat! There was a big exhibit there on the Spiderwicks, which didn't interest… Continue reading Art Appreciation (Picture Books)
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defining book.
Recently my curriculum director gave me the book: Adolescent Literacy: Turning Promise into Practiceedited by Kylene Beers, Robert E.Probst, & Linda Rief. (Is my curriculum director awesome, or what?) I am quickly realizing that it is one of those defining books for me. It is all of the top secondary literacy leaders in the field… Continue reading defining book.
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dear author.
Last year Mindy Hoffar (the leader of All-Write) had shared an exchange of letters between a student and Laurie Halse Anderson from the book Dear Author: Letters of Hope (Top young adult authors respond to kids' toughest issues) edited by Joan F. Kaywell. A few weeks ago, it jumped off the shelf at me while… Continue reading dear author.
