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Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Marilyn Singer and Monster Museum

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Halloween may have passed us by, but for some folks monsters just never get old. Monster Museum , written by Marilyn Singer and illustrat...
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Research Report - Families That Read

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This from the November issue of Journal of Research in Reading (Volume 33, Issue 4, 2010, pp 414–430). **The highlighting here is mine.** A...
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Thursday, November 04, 2010

Marilyn Singer and First Food Fight This Fall

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First Food Fight This Fall: And Other School Poems , written by Marilyn Singer and illustrated by Sachiko Yoshikawa, follows a group of ch...
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Wednesday, November 03, 2010

NCTE Poetry Posts - Day 3

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Today is day 3 in the run-up to our NCTE panel on poetry and blogging. Here's what we have for you today. At Poetry for Children, More ...
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Marilyn Singer and Mirror, Mirror: A Book of Reversible Verse

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Mirror, Mirror: A Book of Reversible Verse , written by Marilyn Singer and illustrated by Josee Massee, is a collection of poems based on ...
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Tuesday, November 02, 2010

NCTE Poetry Posts - Day 2

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Today is day 2 in the run-up to our NCTE panel on poetry and blogging. Here's what we have for you today. At Wild Rose Reader, an inter...

More on Marilyn Singer and Poetry

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Since I'm introducing Marilyn Singer to you and the folks at our NCTE panel in a few weeks, I thought it might be helpful to explore som...
Monday, November 01, 2010

NCTE Poetry Posts - Day 1

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Today begins our run-up to NCTE in which Elaine Magliaro of Wild Rose Reader , Sylvia Vardell of Poetry for Children and I feature the poet...
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Meet Marilyn Singer

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I discovered Marilyn Singer in the late 80s when I was teaching science. My fifth grade students were studying adaptations and I wanted to...
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Friday, October 29, 2010

NCTE Convention and Celebrating Poetry

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November at The Miss Rumphius Effect will be dedicated to poetry. Take that April! Way back in January I was invited by the inimitable Sylvi...
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Monday, October 18, 2010

Monday Poetry Stretch - The Moon

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I've been stargazing and moon watching with my son as of late. Even though Karla Kuskin invites us to write about a radish , I think the...
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Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Tuesday is the New Monday (For Poetry Stretching)

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It's been nearly two years since we visited climbing rhymes, so I think it's time to try again. Climbing Rhyme is a form of Burmese...
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Friday, October 08, 2010

Poetry Friday - Neighbors in October

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This week I'm sharing a poem I first read in the column American Life in Poetry . Neighbors in October by David Baker All afternoon his ...
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Thursday, October 07, 2010

Best Books in Science - Finalists Announced for 2011 AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize

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The finalists for the 2011 AAAS /Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books have been announced. This prize "celebrates o...
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Monday, September 27, 2010

Monday Poetry Stretch - Without Words

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Dana Gioia wrote a poem that begins in this fashion. Words The world does not need words. It articulates itself in sunlight, leaves, and sha...
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Monday, September 20, 2010

Monday Poetry Stretch - The Shape of Things

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My son posed this question over the weekend. "Mom, if you could be any shape, what shape would you be?" While I began pondering my...
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Friday, September 17, 2010

Poetry Friday - The Reader

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I've been away for a long, long time. I've missed you and missed the poetry. I've been reading, just not blogs. I've been w...
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Poetry Stretch Results - Just Questions

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The challenge this week was to write a poem that used only questions. Here are the results. Officer Morrison's Vampire Poem by Kate Co...
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Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Monday Poetry Stretch - One Day Late

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**Sigh** I'm late again my friends. I will post the results from last week's stretch shortly. The poems were really lovely. This wee...
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Monday, September 06, 2010

Nonfiction Monday - Project Seahorse

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One of the things I love about working in academia is hearing my colleagues speak about their research. This summer I had the great pleasure...
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Monday Poetry Stretch - Contradictions

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In Whales Weep Not by D.H. Lawrence, the poem begins this way. They say the sea is cold, but the sea contains the hottest blood of all, a...
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Nonfiction Monday is Here!

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I've not been seen around these parts much lately, but now that school is back in session I've got my game face on. I'm happy to...
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Sunday, September 05, 2010

Poetry Stretch Results - Birthdays and Beginnings

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The challenge this week was to write about new beginnings or birthdays or both. Here are the results. Stu Pidasso of Mudville Musings share...
Monday, August 30, 2010

Monday Poetry Stretch - Birthdays and Beginnings

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I've always hated birthdays. Mine was yesterday. There was no party (thankfully), just some time with family and a nice dinner out. I al...
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Poetry Stretch Results - Back to School

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The challenge last week was to write about going back to school. Here are the results. Shoes by Kate Coombs of Book Aunt Left flip-fl...
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Monday, August 23, 2010

Monday Poetry Stretch - The Big Yellow Bus is Back

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This morning as I headed out for the first day of the fall semester, the big yellow monsters were out making trial runs. While you may still...
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Monday, August 09, 2010

Monday Poetry Stretch - Same Sound, Different Meaning

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Homonyms, homophones, homographs ... what's the difference? I learned the word homonym in grade school for words that sound the same but...
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Monday, August 02, 2010

Nonfiction Monday - 100 Ways to Celebrate 100 Days

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I've come to rely on Bruce Goldstone's books Great Estimations (2006) and Greater Estimations (2008) for teaching students a...
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Monday Poetry Stretch - How to Listen

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There's something about spending nights at the beach, windows open with the sound of the waves rushing endlessly in and out. I could hav...
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Sunday, July 18, 2010

Where Is Miss Rumphius?

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You've probably noticed the lack of posts in the last 8 weeks. Summer school and life have been kicking my butt. However, with a little ...
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Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Tuesday Poetry Stretch - A Day Late and a Dollar Short

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Yup, I'm late. Chalk it up to the last week of 8 weeks of madness and a heavy teaching schedule. I'm going home to visit my mom soon...
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Monday, July 05, 2010

Monday Poetry Stretch - The Sky's the Limit

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While waiting for the fireworks to begin last night I was doing a bit of stargazing, or not, given how cloudy it was. Even on clear nights i...
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