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Come to the Author Showcase at the Reading Tub
Those of you who are regular visitors to my blogs have heard of the Reading Tub. I'm pleased to let you know that I appear in their author showcase this month. You'll not only find the interview with me but archived interviews with other authors. At the Reading Tub, you'll also find a blog (I'm also featured there), book lists and reviews and quality articles of interest to both educators and parents.
In the interview, you'll learn a bit more about the Literacy Ambassador but, as usual, I'm also sharing resources (wonderful picture books for older readers, advice for parents, references to quality book lists, and an announcement about a special kit Maupin has created from my latest books called The Home/School Literacy Partnership Kit). You can also watch my new Youtube video through a link on the blog (playing the game Rhymin' Simon).
Practical, Use in the Classroom Tomorrow Ideas
Even as school district budgets tighten, we all know the importance of continued quality in-service training/staff development. Here's a unique spin for preschool and kindergarten teachers: Check out the
free facilitator's guide for a book discussion of
Before They Read, my new title at Maupin House Publishers. Invite your preschool colleagues to join you in discussions that will build bridges and help young children be ready for school. You'll also find a sample activity, the table of contents and other excerpts from the book on the
book page for that title.
If you'd like to plan a day with the Literacy Ambassador which could include staff development, a parent meeting, opportunities for students to group write with the Literacy Ambassador, contact me through this blog or
TLA's website for more details.
Next post we are back on the teacher channel, providing even more inspiration and resources for honored educators.
© Matt Cramer/AMRF Did anyone catch the Colbert Report on Wednesday night? Stephen Colbert’s guest was Captain Charles Moore, founder of the
Algalita Marine Research Foundation (AMRF) and one of the scientists profiled in TRACKING TRASH. Personally, I would not want to be in Colbert’s hot seat … he’d have me standing on it yelling and screaming in about twenty-two seconds. Captain Moore, however, was the picture of calm and consistency, letting Colbert and his viewers know that the accumulation of plastic trash in our ocean is not a joke.
Check it out for yourself (or your students) here.As if sparring with Stephen Colbert were not enough hard work for one week, yesterday, Captain Moore and AMRF announced a new initiative called the 5 Gyres Project. Along with several other ocean conservation organizations, Captain Moore and his team will soon be visiting the five gyres* of the world ocean, sampling for plastic levels, and reporting what they find to the world. Teachers (and anyone else interested worried about this issue) will find a whole lot of useful information at the new
5 Gyre Project website.I'm working on a compilation of these and other web and print resources for teachers using TRACKING TRASH in the classroom. It will eventually be available through my website, but if you are a teacher in need of it now, please let me know and I will send you a resource list now.
*A gyre, for the record, is a circular pattern of ocean surface currents. There is one gyre in each major ocean basin.
I taught my final class of the semester on Saturday and turned in the last of my grades yesterday. Now I’m eager to pack up textbooks and handouts, clear away clutter, and make room for new ideas. Lucky me! For the month between semesters, I get to work on my own writing—as soon as I catch up on some of the urgent tasks I’ve put on hold while I focused on teaching.
I started planning today’s post by visiting bookmarks I’ve accumulated, making a short list, and thinking I would narrow it down to two or three. Then Esther’s post reminded me of one site that includes links to many sites I often recommend and much, much more. Anyone who is interested in literature for children and young adults should know about Cynthia Leitich Smith’s comprehensive web site and visit it often. I did yesterday—and lost track of time!
Cynthia Leitich Smith is an author and speaker who also teaches at Vermont College of Fine Arts. Her site's well organized home page is deceptively simple, with expandable lists leading to information about the author and speaker (including details about her books and her writing life and links to her blogs), the resources, and the site itself.
The massive Children’s & YA Literature Resources section includes interviews, bibliographies, and links to additional valuable resources: information about censorship, diversity, children’s book experts, guides for readers and teachers, state and national awards, recommended books, and writing for children and teenagers.
I often find inspiration in interviews with authors and illustrators. I always want to know more about the history and development of books. In the enormous list of interviews under “Authors and Illustrators,” quotes attached to the links draw me in to read about process and inspiration. I could spend (I have spent!) hours exploring this section of the site.
Cynthia Leitich Smith’s comprehensive web site is an invaluable gift for readers and writers of literature for children and young adults. Let your to-do-list linger a little longer. Give yourself the gift of time to enjoy this site!
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We received many original and fun submissions for our latest giveaway contest in celebration of TeachingAuthor Esther Hershenhorn's S is for Story: A Writer's Alphabet. I have drawn a winner, but have yet to hear back from her. If she doesn't reply soon, I'll choose a new winner. Meanwhile, I'd like to share some other news.
First off, congratulations to our own TeachingAuthor Mary Ann Rodman. Her middle-grade novel Jimmy's Stars was named a 2009 Children's Choice for grades 5-6 by the International Reading Association and the Children's Book Council. See the complete list of winners here.
And if you're thinking of using Jimmy's Stars in conjunction with a study of World War II, be sure to check out the wonderful online resources set up by Usborne Publishing, the book's UK publisher.
Speaking of wonderful online resources for teachers, our friends April Pulley Sayre and Gretchen Woelfle of the group blog INK: Interesting Nonfiction for Kids have announced the launch of a free online database of nonfiction books called the InkThinkTank. The database is designed to help teachers, librarians, and homeschoolers find the books they need to meet curriculum requirements in grades K-12. We've included a link to the database in our sidebar.
Our loyal readers may have noticed some other new features in our sidebar, including:
- more links to reading lists, websites, graduate writing programs, and author/illustrator blogs
- a new "search" function that allows readers to search for posts containing a word or phrase not listed in our subject index
- a "Bookmark and Share" link that lets you quickly add our blog to social bookmarking sites like Delicious and Digg, and/or share our blog with your friends and colleagues
- and, in addition to receiving our blog posts by email, as a Google follower, or via an RSS feed, you can now include it in your JacketFlap blog reader.
As always, if you know of other resources that would be helpful for aspiring writers or writing teachers, please let us know.
And now, for our "
Sneak Preview:" In case you haven't heard, next
Tuesday, October 20, is the
National Day on Writing, sponsored by the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE).
According to
NCTE:
Today people write as never before—texting, on blogs, with video cameras and cell phones, and, yes, even with traditional pen and paper. People write at home, at work, inside and out of school.
The
National Day on Writing is meant to celebrate all forms of writing. In conjunction with the event, NCTE has created a
National Gallery of Writing, a digital archive of writing samples showing how and why Americans are writing every day. The Gallery will be unveiled on Tuesday.
This
Friday, October 16, we will begin a series of posts to commemorate the National Day on Writing. We will also join other
Kidlitosphere bloggers by submitting our posts to the local Gallery called
A Lifetime of Reading, curated by Franki Sibberson and Mary Lee Hahn, two teachers who blog at
A Year of Reading. We hope you'll make plans to take part in the National Day on Writing, and post those plans here on our
TeachingAuthors blog!
Carmela
Teachers won’t know how much they are appreciated unless you tell them!
To kick off this year’s Teacher Appreciation Week (happening this week - May 3-9), our friends at Reading Rockets are offering some great resources to help you honor the wonderful teachers in your child’s life.
Show your gratitude with special e-cards for teachers or share video stories from authors and illustrators about the educators who made a difference in their lives.
JoAnn,
Thank you for sharing
Cynthis Leitich Smith's site. I'm going to browse through it sometime this week. Happy Holidays...Pam Matar
PS: I also want to Thank all the Teaching Authors for sharing their knowledge on writing.
Enjoy your browsing, Pam! Happy holidays to you and all our readers!