On Facebook I discovered that one of my workshop students has a new agent…that she discovered on this blog! Congratulations!
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Archive for March, 2009
Blog of the Week!
Who? Pencil Talk – School Poems
What? A Poetry Month 2009 blog for kids
How? I’m inviting K-12 students to write their own school poems and send them to me so I can post one student poem a day during Poetry Month.
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Share a Story – Shape a Future, a Blog Tour for Literacy
Published March 6, 2009 News 1 CommentTags: kidlitosphere, literacy
You are invited to Share a Story – Shape a Future, a blog event for literacy. Throughout the week, blogging librarians, teachers, parents, authors, illustrators and people passionate about literacy will offer ideas on ways to promote reading and books.
Here is the tour schedule:
March 9: Raising Readers
hosted by Terry Doherty at Scrub-a-Dub-Tub, the Reading Tub blog
- Finding Time at Home – Tricia Stohr-Hunt @ The Miss Rumphius Effect
- Making Time in the Classroom – Sarah Mulhern @ The Reading Zone
- Helping a Reader in Need (remedial readers) – Sandra Stiles guest post on Scrub-a-Dub-Tub
- It’s Bigger than the Book: Building Strong Readers at any Age with a Daily Dose of Read Aloud - Cathy Miller interview on the Share a Story – Shape a Future blog
- Keeping Gifted Readers Engaged – Donalyn Miller @ The Book Whisperer
March 10: Selecting Reading Material
hosted by Sarah Mulhern at The Reading Zone
- The ABCs of Reading: Infants, Toddlers & Preschoolers – Valerie Baartz on The Almost Librarian
- How to Help Emerging Readers – Anastasia Suen @5 Great Books NEW LOCATION!
- Helping Middle Grade Readers - Sarah Mulhern @ The Reading Zone
- Booklists and Read Alikes – Sarah Mulhern @ The Reading Zone
- Using Non-fiction - Mary Lee Hahn of A Year of Reading, hosted by the Stenhouse blog
March 11: Reading Aloud – It’s Fun, It’s Easy
hosted by Susan Stephenson at the Book Chook blog
- Ten Terrific Tips from Read-aloud Queen, Mem Fox - on the Book Chook blog
- Conquering Stage Fright – Interview with Sarah Mulhern/The Reading Zone @ the Book Chook
- Reading Aloud With Kids: A Dad’s Perspective – hosted by Steven and Brian at Book Dads: Fathers that Read
- Using Technology for Read Alouds - Sarah Mulhern @ The Reading Zone
- What to Do When the Reading is Done – Aimee Buckner, hosted by the Stenhouse blog
- Reading Aloud with Independent Readers – Donalyn Miller @ The Book Whisperer
March 12: A Visit to the Library
hosted by Eva Mitnick at Eva’s Book Addiction blog
hosted by Eva Mitnick at Eva’s Book Addiction blog
- From Cozy to Cool – Library Spaces for Everyone – Eva @ Eva’s Book Addiction
- Lions and Marble and Books, Oh My – Betsy Bird at A Fuse #8 Production
- How to Make the Library Work for YOU – an interview with Adrienne of What Adrienne Thinks About That conducted by Jules at Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast
- The World Beyond the Library’s Walls – Melissa @ Librarian by Day
March 13: Technology and Reading – What the Future Holds
is hosted by Elizabeth O. Dulemba at Dulemba.com
- Audiobooks with Bruce Coville of Full Cast Audio and Mary Burkey of Audiobooker
- E-books with Harold Underdown of The Purple Crayon and Sheila Ruth of Hornbook
- Podcasts with Andrea Ross of Just One More Book! and Cheryl Rainfield of cherylrainfield.com
- A resource of links to audiobooks, e-books, podcasts and webcasts @ Dulemba.com.
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I wanted to let you know about my new blog, 5 Great Books: Books for Children Learning to Read. (The first post goes out on Wednesday.)
I’m moving there from my Easy to Read blog.
Why?
In the Easy to Read blog I only wrote about easy readers, but I realized that when I teach reading I always use a mix of picture books and easy readers. It’s part of the Daily 5:
- Read to self
- Read to someone
- Listen to reading
- Work on writing
- Word work
What does this look like in the classroom or at home?
- The child reads easy readers by himself. (Silent reading is #1 Read to self. Reading aloud is #2 Read to someone.)
- The adult reads picture books to the child. (#3 Listen to reading.)
- There are writing materials available for the child to use. (#4 Work on writing). (I blog about writing at Picture Book of the Day.)
- The adult points out new words and talks about the letters and sounds. (#5 Word Work).
I invite you to join me at 5 Great Books: Books for Children Learning to Read where I’ll be posting every Wednesday about 5 great picture books and easy readers. All of the books will be about the same topic – it’s a thematic book list blog.
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I look forward to seeing you there!
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