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Monday, January 03, 2011

Monday Poetry Stretch - Lost and Found

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Hello dear friends! Happy 2011. It's been a long while since I've been here with any regularity, but this is a new year and a new st...
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Friday, December 31, 2010

Poetry Friday - Auguries of Innocence

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I'm in shock that this is the last day of 2010. I'm also finding myself a little blue and very ready for the promise of a new year. ...
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Friday, December 03, 2010

Poetry Friday Is Here!

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Today I'm sharing a poem by Mary Oliver. White-Eyes In winter       all the singing is in           the tops ...
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Monday, November 22, 2010

Monday Poetry Stretch - Inspiration

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During David Weisner's CLA talk he said that in creating art you can't wait for inspiration to come to you. Instead, you must get to...
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Sunday, November 21, 2010

Quick Update - NCTE and Thanksgiving

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NCTE has been amazing! The panel presentation on Friday went very well. The poets were terrific, as were Sylvia and Elaine. Did you know tha...
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Monday, November 15, 2010

Monday Poetry Stretch - Finding the Right Adjective

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I've been inspired by reading Marilyn Singer's poems these last two weeks and want to try writing poems that mirror a poem of which ...
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Sunday, November 14, 2010

Marilyn Singer and Footprints on the Roof

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I've been a facilitator for Project Learning Tree for some time now. When I lead workshops I always read this poem from Marilyn Singer...
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Thursday, November 11, 2010

Marilyn Singer and Turtle in July/Fireflies at Midnight

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So Turtle in July is the book that introduced me to Marilyn Singer. In the late 80s when I was teaching a unit on animal adaptations I d...
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Wednesday, November 10, 2010

NCTE Poetry Posts - What's Cookin'?

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Here's a question for you. What happens when you spill an Earl Grey latte on your laptop? Well first you curse like a sailor (yes, I did...

Marilyn Singer and Monday on the Mississippi

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A while back I was looking for some poetry books to use in a geography unit in came across the book Monday on the Mississippi , written by M...

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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