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If you're a teacher, and you live somewhere in the general vicinity of the northeast United States, you may be reading this from underneath a giant pile of blankets, cocoa in hand, enjoying at least one unexpected day off from school.
And if you're reading this, then you may be browsing for what to do when school is back in session, because your kiddos' focus will most likely still be on the gigantic piles of snow outside, and not on whatever you originally had planned.
Second graders who are still marveling at the biggest snowstorm of their little lifetimes might have a good time writing about snow: Specifically, writing about how to build a snowman. So, here is a set of plans you might like to use, focusing on temporal words and how-to writing.
Some technical notes:
- I wrote these plans based on Sailing Through First Grade's How to Build a Snowman: Instructional Writing Mini-Pack. Clicking on the link in the previous sentence will take you to the Teachers Pay Teachers store page, where you can download the packet for free!
- These plans use only pages 1-5 and 17-18 of the packet, but feel free to adjust and tweak as you like.
- The plans are aligned with Pennsylvania Common Core standards, but you can easily adapt to the standards in use in your state.
- The plans are for second grade. However, they can be easily adapted for first and third grade - just adjust your core standards and tweak the plans accordingly to fit.
- The plans use the book below as an anchor text. (But if you don't have it and are pressed for time, any book about snowmen, or ideally, building a snowman, should do):
- Title: Stranger in the Woods: A Photographic Fantasy (Nature)
Author and photographer: Carl R. Sams II, Jean Stoick
Pages: 48
Reading Level: Ages 5 and up
Publisher and Date: Carl R. Sams Photography, November 1999
Edition: 1st
Language: English
Published In: United States
Price: $16.52
ISBN-10: 0967174805
ISBN-13: 978-0967174808
And finally, the plans:
- Clicking the link below will take you to the shared Google Doc, and you can download it from there.
Thank you for visiting, and happy reading and writing :)
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It was the best of times; it was the worst of times. A fresh, clean bracket has names neatly penciled into open slots, representing optimism and promise for excitement. Meanwhile, the sweetness of the beginning is quickly thrown into tumult, as surprises abound and unpredicted losses become the talk of Twitter. The competition is fierce, and the stakes are high. Naturally, I’m talking about March Picture Book Madness!
I was scouring through my daily dose of teacher blogs (a heavily addicting recreational activity, though I highly recommend it) when I came across an article in one of my absolute favorites. The Nerdy Book Club (yes, that’s its real name) was advocating for countrywide participation in a March Madness book battle. Over 700 schools across the US were putting in their picks for top-seeded picture books, middle grade novels, or young adult fiction. The website would then generate a bracket, with classrooms everywhere participating in the “madness!” My class just had to get in on all the fun — what an exciting excuse to indulge into picture books, and providing a fun incentive for read-aloud time!
Worried that your school may not have the funds to take on this challenge? Have no fear! Our grade level team didn’t enter the actual pool. We decided to use the list of books selected on the website as guide, and see which ones we could find in our school library. For ones that we could not find, we simply supplemented with other incredible picture books that we found! I put on my artistic hat and created my own bracket out of a large piece of card stock.
Just as the March Madness basketball brackets stem from different regions, the picture book bracket had two distinct categories: books written prior to 2014, and books written throughout the 2014-2015 season. This created a wonderful opportunity for all of us to explore the latest in children’s literature, as well as revisiting some old favorites. Check out the picture below for our classroom picks (click to see it larger). I know we’re past March now, but the fervor is still in the air as we come to our top pick. I hope you’ll consider an activity like this next year as it really isn’t that maddening to organize!
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A week or so ago, the US broadcast networks announced their lineup of new and returning shows for the fall of 2013, and since then the internet's premier TV sites have been abuzz with a flurry of analysis. Trailers have been dissected, ratings and demographics calculated, schedules critiqued. It's all a lot of fun, in an inside baseball sort of way, but in the midst of all this excitement, it's
By: Mark Miller,
on 12/5/2011
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The conclusion to the debut story of Small World Protection Agency is now available from Trestle Press!
Josh and Madison are two elementary school students that have been recruited by a secret organization known as the Small World Global Protection Agency.
In the first issue, they headed to Australia to investigate a record producer that seemed to have some unusual plans. In the conclusion,
Down Under Thunder, the junior agents confront the producer with the fate of the world in the balance.
Having the stories in this two-part format helps to not overload our young readers, but it also heightens the suspense. In my grandparents' days, they used to see cliffhanger serials in the cinemas and bookstores.
Small World Global Protection Agency brings back that thrill to a new audience.
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Down Under Thunder is a set of questions, or Points to Ponder. This is a great opportunity for parents and teachers to interact with the kids who loved the story.
Both issues are ONLY 99 Cents each on Kindle or Nook! Click the title to get them now!
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Trestle Press is bringing my new Young Reader series to eBooks soon! Here's what Small World Global Protection Agency is all about:
This new series is aimed at Young Readers anywhere from 3rd to 6th grade and will be available only in eBook from Trestle Press. The monthly short stories will be reminiscent of the adventure serials of the 1940’s with a contemporary setting. Each episode will feature two ten-year-olds, Josh and Madison, as they secretly work for the high-tech, international Global Protection Agency to keep the world safe. The short stories will come in a two-part “cliffhanger” style and expose readers to interesting facts and details of the countries Josh and Madison visit. At the end of each two-part story, there will also be Points to Ponder: five questions or discussion starters to keep parents involved with their young readers!
Miller is the author of The Empyrical Tales fantasy adventure series. Book I: The Fourth Queen and Book II: The Lost Queen are available now from Comfort Publishing and Book III: The Secret Queen is coming Spring 2012. From Trestle Press, Miller heads the spiritual anthology MarkMiller’s One and has worked with Giovanni Gelati in the Author’s Lab collaboration A Prince in Trenton, Seriously? Miller has also written the adaptation of the faith-based movie Daniel’s Lot, available from Trestle Press as well. He is a father of four with a background in elementary education and film.
Be ready for Issue #001-A: New Kids on the Rock!
A couple bits of personal news:
- My picture book, PRAIRIE STORMS, comes out in August. The illustrator, Kathleen Rietz has done monthly coloring pages, and here’s the July page! Please LIKE the Prairie Storms Facebook Page for monthly coloring pages. And please let your friends with kids know about the monthly nature coloring pages.
Coloring Page for July, Prairie Storms. For monthly coloring pages LIKE www.facebook.com/PrairieStorms
The Wayfinder is reviewed this week on Susan Heim on Parenting blog. There’s a free giveaway, just leave a comment.
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Sunday, June 26, 2011. 8-10 am.
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The Brochure Book ReportDo you get groans from students when you announce it's time to write? Are you running out of ideas for teaching writing?
Now more than ever it is important for teachers to find authentic engaging ways for their students to write. Otherwise writing becomes a "forced" activity with little perceived value to the student. And when that happens, little learning is likely to occur and those standards we are so intent on teaching will not likely be internalized.
This past fall in my 10-week writing classes for 3-6th graders and 7-9th graders, one particular assignment became the most popular writing project. It's a twist on the standard book report and one that your students are bound to find engaging and maybe even fun.
Before Any Assignment, Review Your State Standards Take a few moments to review the writing standards for your state. I have chosen to highlight writing
standards from the state of GA, likely similar to the writing standards in your state:
ELA5W2: "The student produces informational writing . . . " and
chooses a speaker's voice,
develops a controlling idea that offers a perspective,
creates an organizing structure appropriate for the purpose and audience,
includes appropriate facts and details,
excludes extraneous details,
provides a sense of closure, includes appropriate word choice.
ELA4W4 focuses on the writing process and includes elements such as being able to appropriately plan and draft, revise, edit, and publish.
Guidance for the TeacherOne of the most important keys to writing instruction is to be a writer yourself. Do you write articles for your state IRA affiliate's journal, do action research and document it, write for personal pleasure (a diary or journal, blogging, etc.)? When you do, you can bring an authenticity to the writing experience.
For example, I always say to my students early on that "I've been writing for 47 years and I'm not the best writer I will ever be." Then I add that everyone in the class is likely to be at a different place as a writer but my goal for them is that each will move further down the reading road. That first statement always surprises my students but it emphasizes the importance of making effort and growing. The second encourages them and lets them know my focus and commitment to them. With that approach and a true "writer's workshop" environment, I find that even reluctant writers leave my classes excited about writing and having the skills to be a more competent composer.
To Begin . . . Ask each student to choose a book to read (choice is very important for
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Toddler, Preschool, Elementary Book Trailers
Book trailers for kids, ages 1-10 or so, vary from those for other audiences. The audience for children’s literature is both adults and kids, because adults often hand a book to the kids. The parent, teacher, educator, friend, family member or other adult is the gate-keeper to the book; book trailers must appeal to them. In fact, I wonder if a young child would ever see a book trailer.
I’m looking for great examples of book trailers for kids. If you have a book trailer or know of a great book trailer for the preschool to elementary audience, please leave a link to it in the comments. I’ll collect these into a new post in a couple weeks. This is a great chance to get your trailers listed in yet another place! Or to help a friend by listing his/her trailer.
Any comments about what makes a good book trailer for kids, or why this particular one is so great, would be interesting, too.
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Nonfiction writing for children represents a pool of unique tools for educators teaching knowledge learning areas. Certainly nonfiction gives educators ways to build content knowledge. Don't forget that it also serves as a window of opportunity to motivate all students, to turn them on to reading. I've always said, "there's a book for every child" and, when you open the selection to include nonfiction texts, you raise the likelihood that each student finds that book.
I know educators and librarians don't have a lot of time to find these gems on their own so here are a few great new resources that will help you in your search:
My friend, and author, Vicki Cobb, and many of her fellow non-fiction authors just this week introduced a brand new database, website and blog, dedicated to helping busy educators and librarians tap into this world. To quote their introduction on their INK THINK TANK website "The real world has never been so interesting!"
Search this resource by subject area, national standard, grade level and much more on the database included here. There are more than 20 different contributing authors on almost any subject matter you can think of. They also have a corresponding blog where the authors of these great tools visit, share ideas and thoughts, and help us all maximize resources.
Ever feel as though your students have no hook, no foundation of knowledge, on which to build new content area knowledge? Need a quick tool to find picture books to use when introducing that content area subject matter? Powerful Picture Books: 180 Ideas for Promoting Content Learning is an environmentally-friendly, easy-to-use resource you can reference all year long. An annotated list of over 180 quality picture books, suggests one title to read for every day of the typical school year. Most of the entries represent picture books readily available in your local public or school libraries. Read aloud book 1 to book 180 in your classroom or use the interactive index to help you select the content area you need.
Each annotation includes the title, author, and publication details plus ideas (and some hyperlinks) for extending the learning. These recommended reads cover such content areas as history, writing, the arts, geography, science and more. You can find picture books applicable for use with elementary, middle and high school students.
Get your media specialist involved! Sharron McElmeel, from in Cedar Rapids Iowa Community School District, shares some great ideas for promoting nonfiction with the youngest readers in her article entitled A New Section for Young Readers: J is for Junior Nonfiction.
Maximize the use of nonfiction with your students and turn more of them on to reading as a tool for life, a way to feed their interests and explore new worlds.
Monica Edinger recently linked to a rather interesting article in Education Week called Dark Themes in Books Get Students Reading. It takes a gander at the idea of introducing contemporary YA lit alongside "classics" in high school English classes. You know the type. Speak and Hamlet side-by-side type of stuff. The article marks the reappearance of Barbara Feinberg and her Welcome to the Lizard Motel. That book was once discussed in a series of rousing child_lit debates and continues to be a very divisive title in terms of literary analysis. As most of the article is concerned with the high school rather than elementary and middle school curriculum, I was a little confused as to why author Kathleen Kennedy Manzo would go to Feinberg in the first place.
The piece itself also felt a little top-heavy here and there, particularly when indulging in statements like:
Doing so, however, can foster concerns about whether the content of such books is appropriate, Mr. Lindblom acknowledges. Many young-adult novels, for example, feature violent scenes, topics such as death and abuse, or protagonists who purposely hurt themselves.
As opposed to classics, of course. Hunhuna? Of course, in the end Manzo does make an effort to balance out the varying points of view. It's certainly well worth a read in any case.
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Educating Alice for the link.
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Teachers at work Behind the Scenes : A Ramadan Story
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You Can Be a Mountie When You Grow Up and Upcoming Shows
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A Crossover Show with the Just One More Book Podcast on “Elbert’s Bad Word and the Social Construction of Text”
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Re-visiting Pluto and What Gets in the Way of Practicing Critical Literacy?
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Re-visiting Pluto’s Demotion and What gets in the way of creating spaces for critical literacy?
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IndyKids: An Independent Children’s Newspaper
In this show: Contributions from Amanda Vender of Indykids.net, Jerome C. Harste, and Sarah VanderZanden
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Handy Manny: Latino Role Model or Stereotype?
In this show: Happy Birthday to Andrea and Lucy, Tools for thinking about Disney’s “Handy Manny”
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Questioning and Researching from the Start
In this show: “Pluto, I Found Him!”, Taking Social Action in 2nd Grade.
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Unpacking Stereotypes Continued…
In this show: Clip is on the Educational podcasting for teaching and learning Directory of the UK , Problematizing the Wild Indian Stereotype, Jesse James : Diga and the Earth is Crying
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What does critical literacy mean to you?
In this show: CLIP is now listed in the CanadaPodcasts.ca Directory!, Circulating definitions for critical literacy, Jerry Harste and what critical literacy means to him as a grandfather.
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In this show; a cultural (or not) experience with Deirdre Flint and EPCOT USA, Canadian Beaver Tails, and Dear LibrarianDear Librarian.
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Welcome to CLIP!
In this show; introducing the podcast and 3-5 year olds take social action.
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Second graders who are still marveling at the biggest snowstorm of their little lifetimes might have a good time writing about snow: Specifically, writing about how to build a snowman. So, here is a set of plans you might like to use, focusing on temporal words and how-to writing.
I liked (not really) this line:
"Our job is not simply to dispense books that kids will read and love,” she said. “We need to help them tackle books that are hard for them, … help them negotiate challenging texts.”
Which is exactly why I'm a librarian. It is MY job to dispense books kids will read and love.