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Friday, February 09, 2007

The Poetry of Science

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My college roommate was an English major. I was a biochemistry major. At the very least, this strange combination of interests made for very...
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Monday, February 05, 2007

Reading Your Way Through the 100th Day of School

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Yes, it's that time of year. The 100th day of school will soon be celebrated in classrooms around the country. There are many great web ...
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Sunday, February 04, 2007

A History Lesson From Swinton's Word-Book of English Spelling (1872)

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And now for some entertainment from my collection of antique school books. "Learning to spell the English language correctly is the mo...
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On Reading Aloud

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I have been thinking a lot about reading aloud these days. Last fall I had a student teacher (let's call her R.) working in a first grad...
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Saturday, February 03, 2007

Saturday Morning Silliness

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Thanks to CynJay for the link to Planet M&M . Here's my M&M alter-ego. Darn cool!

Remembering Molly

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Molly Ivins died on Wednesday. Whether you loved or hated her work, she always made you think. You can read some of the pieces written about...
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Friday, February 02, 2007

Groundhog Day Poetry (Yes, It's Friday!)

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I found this lovely gem at CanTeach: Songs & Poems . Groundhog Day Old Groundhog stretched in his leafy bed. He turned over slowly and t...

History's Tangled Threads

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Thanks to Mr. Sutton over at Read Roger (call me old-fashioned, but I simply cannot refer to the editor of The Horn Book by his first name!...
Thursday, February 01, 2007

Celebrating Langston Hughes

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On this day in 1902, James Langston Hughes was born in Joplin Missouri. He began writing poetry in the 8th grade. He dropped out of a degree...
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News From The Leaky Cauldron

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And now, drumroll please! Just in from The Leaky Cauldron : "J.K.Rowling.com has been updated to announce that the last Harry Potter, H...

Snowflakes on My Mind (and in My Books)

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I have a son who is desperate for snow. Not in the "I want a snow day" kind of way, but in that "I'm nearly six and have ...
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Tuesday, January 30, 2007

Happy 80th to Ms. Vera B. Williams! (A Few Days Late)

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I just discovered today that my husband and Vera Williams share a birthday, January 28th. Vera Williams is an author I share with my student...
Monday, January 29, 2007

Books to Count On

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We have just begun to talk about number sense and counting in my Foundations of Math Instruction class. While children first learn to count...
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Friday, January 26, 2007

Poetry Friday - First Time

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Okay, I'm finally getting into the Friday poetry swing of things. Here are three offerings. #1 - Did you know that my life began with po...
Wednesday, January 24, 2007

Thank You, Grace Lin (or Why Multicultural Books Matter)

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I taught a class last summer called Choosing and Using Children’s Literature Across the Curriculum . While we focused most of our efforts on...
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Monday, January 22, 2007

ALA Announces Winners

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The winners of the Newbery and Caldecott awards were announced this morning. The Caldecott Medal is awarded annually to the artist of the mo...
Tuesday, January 16, 2007

Dreaming of China

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I recently submitted my application to participate in the 2007 Faculty Seminar to China, Tibet and Taiwan. The Faculty Seminar Abroad has be...
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Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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As my mother would say, I'm a day late and a dollar short. Yesterday was the first day of classes and one in which the University commun...
Tuesday, January 09, 2007

Sunday In NYC

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I have just returned from a fabulous visit with my sister in NJ. On Sunday we took the Park-N-Ride into the Port Authority and spent a glori...

Celebrating Lynne Cherry and Betsy Maestro

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I took a break before the start of the spring semester and headed north on the 5th. I returned to Richmond late last night (much later than ...

Bodacious Book Title Contest

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Run on over to Lisa Yee's blog and check out her Bodacious Book Title Contest . Here are the rules: 1. Think of a title from a children...
Saturday, January 06, 2007

Celebrating Carl Sandburg

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Carl Sandburg was born on this day in 1878. In honor of his birthday, here is one poem of his that I simply adore. I find myself reciting it...
Thursday, January 04, 2007

Happy Birthday to Phyllis Reynolds Naylor!

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The author of the 1992 Newbery winner Shiloh is celebrating a birthday today. I found these incredible stats about her work on the Simon ...
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Wednesday, January 03, 2007

J.R.R. Tolkien Born on This Day

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Author John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born in Bloemfontein, South Africa, on this day in 1892. I read The Hobbit for the first time in middl...

On Book Awards and Wading Through the Mire

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I was purchasing a few books for William at amazon.com this morning when I noticed that one of the books I selected, I Dream of Trains was ...
Tuesday, January 02, 2007

On Cover Art, Book Jackets and The Flappies

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I've thought a lot recently about why I buy and read the books I do. I hate to say that I judge a book by it's cover, but alas, I do...
Monday, January 01, 2007

One More List

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Since my reading tends to favor fantasy these days, check out this terrific list of Cybils nominations for the fantasy and science fiction ...

Dreaming of Harry

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Okay, I'll admit to being in Harry Potter withdrawl since finishing book 6. (Keep in mind that it was released in July, 2005!) I did go ...

The Cybils Shortlist

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A group of dedicated bloggers have been hard at work on The Cybils, a loose acronym for Children's and YA Bloggers' Literary Awards...
Friday, December 29, 2006

Why I Love Cat Royal

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Okay, I'm thoroughly enjoying break and getting a lot of good reading in. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE The Diamond of Drury Lane and its heroine,...
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Monday, December 25, 2006

O frabjious day! Calooh! Calay!

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Dear Friends, Happy Christmas! Our day started before 6 am this morning and we are still going strong. We have played games, read new books ...
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Thursday, December 21, 2006

Euphoria! (Random Musings After Grading)

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It's done! I just posted my last grade and can happily say that I won't be reading anything academic for at least two weeks. Hurray!...
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Wednesday, December 13, 2006

Books for Christmas

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I have always been a book giver for holidays, birthdays and the like. These are also the very things that top my list when friends and famil...
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Tuesday, December 05, 2006

Love, Love, Loving LibraryThing!

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Okay, I'll admit it. I am in procrastination mode. I have tons of grading, a self-study (inquiry brief) that is all but stalled, and too...