tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65909924078972828072024-03-05T02:35:30.122-05:00EES Learning Center NewsWelcome to the Essex Elementary School Learning Center blog.
This is a place to share information and highlights with families about what we are discovering in the Learning Center.Carol Scrimgeourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09454750779926692195noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6590992407897282807.post-62354287973857296782016-08-15T00:08:00.000-04:002016-08-15T00:08:57.277-04:00Picture Books 10 for 10 - August 2016<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This is my first year contributing to the Picture Books 10 for 10 community. </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 23.8px;">This annual summer celebration of picture books is hosted by</span><a href="http://reflectandrefine.blogspot.ca/2013/08/picture-book-10-for-10-picture-book.html?spref=tw" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 23.8px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </a><a href="http://reflectandrefine.blogspot.ca/" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 23.8px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Cathy from Reflect and Refine: Building a Learning Community</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 23.8px;"> and </span><a href="http://enjoy-embracelearning.blogspot.ca/" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 23.8px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Mandy from Enjoy and Embrace Learning</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 23.8px;">. </span><span style="line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Good Night, Good Knight </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Shelley Moore Thomas</span></span></div>
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Robbie’s efforts to convince his mother to get him a snake are unsuccessful, but with a little searching and imagination, Robbie finds several “snakes” at home. Petra Mathers stick-figure illustrations are a perfect match for this charming story.</span></span></div>
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Laugh out loud funny! The exuberance of the young rooster during their nightly bedtime stories is priceless. While father rooster reads several familiar fairy tales, little rooster calls out a warning to the fairy tale character just as father gets to the critical point. Great book for using voices with read-aloud.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Good Night, Good Knight </span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">by Shelley Moore Thomas, illustrated by Jennifer Plecas</span></span></div>
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Technically this is published in an early reader format, but it works as a wonderful read-aloud with the most adorable dragons who are dragging out their bedtime, and a sweet-heart of a knight who has the patience of a saint. Thomas includes lots of repetition for audience participation. Jennifer Plecas’ illustrations are charming. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">See also </span><span style="font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Gell Well, Good Knight</span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">; </span><span style="font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Happy Birthday, Good Knight</span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">; </span><span style="font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Take Care, Good Knight</span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">; </span><span style="font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A Good Knight’s Rest</span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">; </span><span style="font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A Cold Winter’s Good Knight.</span></span></div>
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I love, love, love this book! Alfie is such an endearing character with his fears about leaping off his branch when the time comes. The illustrations have lots of extra details that add to the fun of this story. And the ending is priceless! </span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;">Students always give a satisfied laugh on the last page.</span></div>
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I love to read this one at either the beginning or end of the year. Every year the principal brings Mrs. Spitzer a new packet of seeds that she plants and tends throughout the year. Students usually start to get it by about halfway through. It always gives me a warm feeling to read this story.</span></span></div>
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This makes a great read-aloud. The children love to shake their fists and chant in a curmudgeonly way, “those darn squirrels” even weeks after reading it. </span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 1.2; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Don’t miss </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.2; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Those Darn Squirrels Fly South</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 1.2; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, and </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.2; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Those Darn Squirrels and the Cat Next Door</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 1.2; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></div>
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Together we looked at a map that showed how far apart we are; more than 1,100 miles! Wow!<br />
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Together we took turns reading aloud <b style="font-style: italic;">The Dot </b>to our students.<br />
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Students took turns asking each other questions, such as what kind of animals do you have in your state, do you live near the ocean, do you have sharks, and what kinds of books do you like to read. We learned that some of the other children like to read nonfiction, too! The ocean waters have smaller sharks in their area, such as hammerheads, but the children know to stay away from them.<br />
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Our second connection brought Mrs. Meehan's 2nd graders together with Amanda McCoy's 3rd graders from Pauline Central Primary School in Topeka, Kansas.<br />
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They are more than 1,400 miles away from us and are one hour behind us. Their school has grades PreK through 3rd grade, with the jaguar as their mascot.<br />
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Together, Amanda McCoy and I read <i><b>Ish</b></i> by Peter H. Reynolds, the second book in the Creatrilogy series.<br />
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They showed us a few of the dots they had created and then demonstrated what happens when they open an app named Quiver over each dot. We were astonished when a seemingly flat dot on paper became a 3-D sphere that rotated like a spinning planet. We'll have to try that in our school! It was very cool!<br />
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Mrs. Robbins' 3rd graders connected with Catherine Word's 2nd graders from Episcopal School of Baton Rouge in Louisiana. We did a mini-mystery skype with them, where we gave each other some clues to help us guess which states we are from. Their clues to us were: they have lots of alligators, the state is shaped like a boot, they have lots of seafood, and the state starts with the letter L : Louisiana.</div>
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Catherine's class had just finished their book choosing, so we asked what are some of their favorite books. Bad Kitty, Flat Stanley, Magic Tree House and Junie B. Jones were mentioned. We have these books, too, in our library, and are some of our favorites!<br />
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We were able to share with them a signal that we use to indicate we share a connection with someone else. Extending your pinky and your thumb out and curling your remaining fingers down (looks like you're about to hold a phone to your ear), rock your hand forward and backward between you and the other person. If your friend says he likes the Bad Kitty books, you can silently show him you do too by using this special hand signal.<br />
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After lunch, Mrs. Clark's kindergarten class connected with another group of kindergartners at Chamberlin School in South Burlington with Cally Flickinger in her library. Their school has grades K through 5, and they have about 250 students.<br />
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Together, Cally Flickinger and I read <i><b>Ish</b></i> by Peter H. Reynolds aloud to our kindergartners. </div>
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In the afternoon, Mrs. Day's class got to connect with Sherell Stepp's kindergartners from Gilbert Primary School in Gilbert, South Carolina, which is more than 1000 miles away from us. They started school a week earlier than we did, and their school day runs from 7:20 a.m. to 2:15 p.m.</div>
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Our last group of the day, Mrs. Heppner's kindergartners skyped with Mary Priske's 1st graders of Washington Elementary in Mount Vernon, Iowa. Their school is more than 1,150 miles away from ours!</div>
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Their school has about 600 students from PreK through 4th grade. Their mascot is a mustang. Their school has a Bernese Mountain therapy dog named Joy. </div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; text-align: center;">Next, Mrs. Synnott's kindergarten class connected with another kindergarten class with Shannon Hyman at Kaechele Elementary School in Glen Allen, Virginia. Shannon did a fantastic reading of <i>Oh No! </i>by Candace Fleming and had both groups of kindergartners chiming in on the "oh no" part.</span><br />
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<span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; text-align: center;">The week goes on. Read more about <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6590992407897282807#editor/target=post;postID=3228562652886512609;onPublishedMenu=allposts;onClosedMenu=allposts;postNum=5;src=postname" target="_blank">Day 1</a>.</span><br />
<span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6590992407897282807.post-32285626528865126092015-03-02T20:36:00.000-05:002015-03-11T21:47:54.839-04:00Celebrating Read Across America and World Read Aloud Day all week long - Day 1March started off with two special celebrations. The first one was Dr. Seuss's birthday on Monday, March 2nd, our first day back from the February vacation. This prolific author now has a national event in his honor, which is called Read Across America Day.<br />
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March 3rd is World Read Aloud Day. What better way to celebrate reading than by sharing our love of stories with other classrooms around the country!?! So began Day 1 of a full week of reading and connecting.</div>
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Mrs. Rotach's 1st grade class connected with Mary Hundt's 5th graders at <b>West Salem Elementary in West Salem, Wisconsin</b>. The 5th graders read aloud Drew Daywalt's <i>The Day the Crayons Quit. </i>We noticed how well the older children read, with lots of expression.</div>
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Our next connection was with Mrs. Tracy's 1st graders and Sherell Stepp's kindergartners at <b>Gilbert Primary School in Gilbert, South Carolina.</b> Together we read to each other Mo Willems' story <i>That is Not a Good Idea! </i>The children loved chanting the part, "that is not a good idea!"</div>
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We learned that their school has exactly the same grade levels as we do, and that is why their school is called a primary school.</div>
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Mrs. Yandell's 2nd grade paired up with <b>Crystal Hendrix's kindergartners of Isaac Dickson Elementary in Asheville, North Carolina</b>. Peter Brown's <i>Mr. Tiger Goes Wild!</i> was our read-aloud choice.</div>
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In the afternoon Mrs. Rowley's kindergarten class skyped with <b>Misti Sikes's kindergarten children in her school library at K.B. Sutton Elementary School in Forsyth, Georgia.</b> Together we enjoyed <i>Unicorn Thinks He's Pretty Great!</i> by Bob Shea. We shared information about our schools and our weather.Their school has about the same number of students (511) as ours (475ish), but their grade level range is from PreK-5. Our webcam had an extra long cord, so we were able to bring the camera over to the open door and show the children all our snow. They liked that! Their mascot is the knight.</div>
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<b>Fifth graders from our sister school, Founders Memorial</b>, took turns reading aloud from Mo Willems' <i>A Big Guy Took My Ball </i>to Mrs. Day's kindergartners. That was a lot of fun, especially since many of these children used to be students here at EES. Thanks to librarian Sara Jablonski for setting it up at short notice. Our original contact had to cancel because of weather issues, but Sara's 5th graders rose to the occasion and created a fun read-aloud for our kindergarten class.</div>
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6590992407897282807.post-72718163056243450462014-10-22T20:38:00.001-04:002014-10-22T20:38:53.235-04:00The Day the Crayons QuitWe recently read a very funny book, The Day the Crayons Quit, by Drew Daywalt.<br />
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September 30th was designated Support the Crayons Day. The crayons are tired of being overworked and over-used, and are finally speaking up. Each crayon writes a letter to Duncan, the owner of the crayons, encouraging, pleading or cajoling him to consider using them to color different objects than they usually do.<br />
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This hilarious book happens to be one of the 10 nominees on this year's Red Clover Award list, Vermont's children's choice book award. <a href="http://www.mothergooseprograms.org/red-clover-award/" target="_blank">Click here </a>to see the other nominees for this year.<br />
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The book ends with a wonderful mural by Duncan who manages to make all his crayons happy:</div>
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This inspired us to have our K, 1st and 2nd graders work on creating their own murals.</div>
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Kindergarten Mural Based on Drew Daywalt's book The Day the Crayons Quit
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<a href="http://vimeo.com/109062732">Kindergarten Mural based on the book The Day the Crayons Quit</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user31701839">Carol Scrimgeour</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
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<a href="http://vimeo.com/109763257">1st Grade Mural part 1</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user31701839">Carol Scrimgeour</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
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<a href="http://vimeo.com/109763311">1st Grade Mural part 2</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user31701839">Carol Scrimgeour</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
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<a href="http://vimeo.com/109062563">2nd Grade Mural based on The Day the Crayons Quit</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user31701839">Carol Scrimgeour</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
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<a href="http://vimeo.com/109063036">2nd Grade Mural Part 2 based on the book The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user31701839">Carol Scrimgeour</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We had an amazing week in the Learning Center celebrating International Dot Day during the week of September 15 - 19. We connected with schools in eleven states and one province in Canada: Alabama, Georgia, California, Colorado, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, and Ontario.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It all started with this diminutive book The Dot, by Peter H. Reynolds. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now schools worldwide celebrate this book and its powerful message on and around September 15th.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We have celebrated Dot Day before but only within the walls of our school. This year I was able to connect with librarians and teachers all over the U.S. and Canada as we compared our schedules and made plans to coordinate our classes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">On Monday we connected with 5 different classes in four schools. Mrs. Rotach's 1st Grade class connected with Mrs. Sheahin's 4th Grade class at Flower Hill Elementary School in Gaithersburg, Maryland. As did Mrs. Yandell's 2nd graders connect with Mrs. Ibrahim's 1st graders at Flower Hill. All thanks to t</span><span style="font-size: large;">heir librarian, Melissa McDonald, who collaborated with me to coordinate our visits.</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Melissa McDonald mentions our school in her blog posting about her Dot Day connections. Click <a href="http://melissalewismcdonald.wordpress.com/2014/09/25/dot-to-dot-connections/" target="_blank">here</a> to see her pictures and to read more.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Mrs. Thayer's 2nd grade students connected on Tuesday morning with Mrs. Halici's 4th graders at Flower Hill Elementary School in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Mrs. Meehan's 2nd graders skyped with Mrs. Bohan's 1st graders. </span><span style="font-size: large;">Their teacher librarian, Melissa McDonald, worked with me to coordinate our visits. It was fun to compare how far apart our two schools are; it would take longer than the school day to drive there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Mrs. McDonald read Press Here, a fun interactive book by Herve Tullet to Mrs. Meehan's class. Here they are moving and grooving:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Mrs. Snedeker's 1st grade class got to skype with another 1st grade class in their library with Teacher Librarian Tobey Rhodes in Woodruff, South Carolina. We noticed their accents sounded different from ours.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our next video chat took us all the way out to Parker, Colorado, just outside of Denver, at Pine Grove Elementary. Mrs. Synnott's K-students met another kindergarten class, with the help of Kimmarie Lee and Mrs. Tuggle.</span></div>
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Pine Grove Elementary School in Denver, Colorado</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Mrs. Waldo's kindergarten enjoyed connecting with Mrs. Synthia Howell's kindergartners at Julian Newman Elementary in Athens, Alabama. We read The Dot together and asked each other questions about our schools.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Nicole Czarnecki's 2nd grade class from Valley Road Elementary School in Clark, New Jersey, skyped with Mrs. Varricchione's 2nd graders. We were having a great visit but unfortunately the internet connection in our school hiccuped and we lost the connection. When we reestablished contact we could no longer hear them so we ended up having to say goodbye.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Ms. Badore's 2nd graders got to connect with Jennifer Reed's 2nd grade class in their library at Mason-Rice Elementary School in Newton, Massachusetts. We noticed they used a cordless microphone which really made it easier for children to have a turn speaking. I think we could hear them better that way, too! Mrs. Reed and I took turns reading The Dot.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">You can read teacher-librarian Jennifer Reed's post about Dot Day week by clicking <a href="http://reederama.blogspot.com/2014/09/make-connection-and-see-where-it-takes.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Mrs. Robbins' 2nd graders did a Google Hangout with Melissa McDonald and a 1st grade class in her library at Flower Hill Elementary School in Gaithersburg, Maryland. They shared some of their dot artwork and we did too. They also shared pictures of some of their state symbols. We learned their school has a mascot, a falcon!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our North Carolina skype partners came from Copeland Elementary School in Dobson, with Rebecca Bennett's 4th grade class video chatting with Sonia Clark's kindergartners.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Gail Heppner's kindergartners had already had some previous experience doing a group skype when they connected with Vanessa Lugo Acevedo's kindergarten class at Fairmont Elementary School in Denver, Colorado.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Mrs. Pariseau's 1st graders connected with Mrs. McDonald's 4th graders, while Mrs. Epstein's 2nd graders got to cyber-visit with Mrs. McDonald's 1st graders, each time in the library at Flower Hill Elementary School in Gaithersburg, Maryland. We shared this map so everyone could see how far apart we are. They are really close to Washington D.C. so it's quite easy to go there for a visit. Lucky them!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Mrs. Acanfora's class had to wait a full week to reconnect with their skype partner, due to a miscommunication. We did get to speak to Mrs. Rhodes, the librarian, but we had just missed the children. So, on Friday the 26th we returned once again to Woodruff Primary School to skype with Tobey Rhodes and a first grade class in her library in Woodruff, South Carolina. This time we had an opportunity to ask each other questions to compare our two schools. Students took turns speaking in front of the camera, saying their name, and asking a question of the other school. We learned that they are <i>exactly</i> the same grade levels as EES, including 3 year old and 4 year old preschools, but they have more than 850 students in their school. Their kindergarten classes typically have 30 students each, with one teacher, one assistant, and one half-day assistant. That is very different from how it is in our school. This first grade class had 25 students in it. Together we looked at the map showing the distance between our two schools.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And, now for something completely different, Mrs. Ayers' 1st graders skyped with Andy Plemmons' students at Barrow Elementary School in Athens, Georgia for a little pirate talk to celebrate Talk Like a Pirate Day. Andy and I took turns reading </span><i style="font-size: x-large;">No Pirates Allowed, Said Library Lou</i><span style="font-size: large;"> by Rhonda Gowler-Greene. Andy was decked out in full pirate regalia! We also compared the weather in our two states, and discovered that they have Krispy Kreme donut stores in their area while we do not. That Friday the Krispy Kreme stores were giving a dozen donuts free to anyone who came in to the store wearing a pirate costume, in honor of <a href="http://www.talklikeapirate.com/piratehome.html" target="_blank">Talk Like a Pirate Day</a>. Read more of what Andy Plemmons wrote about by clicking <a href="http://barrowmediacenter.com/2014/09/22/talk-like-a-pirate-day-2014/" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Heather Jensen and her 2nd graders skyped with Mrs. Joecks' 2nd graders near the end of our day, but because of the time difference we learned they hadn't reached lunchtime yet. Their school is in Oxnard, California, 3 hours earlier than us. They reported that sometimes they can smell the smoke of the wildfires and sometimes ash falls out of the sky where they are. Their state is so big, they told us that it can take around 14 hours to drive from one end to the other, north to south. That's huge!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This was a powerful experience for our children. A week later they were able to recall many details of our cyber-visits, more than I could! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A huge thank you to all my Dot connections. </span><span style="font-size: large;">I could not have done this without you!</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">Synthia Howell of Julian Newman Elementary School, Athens, Alabama</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Heather Jensen and Lorie Hochberg of St. John's Lutheran School, Oxnard, California</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Kimmarie Lee and Theresa Tuggle of Pine Grove Elementary School, Parker, Colorado</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Vanessa Lugo Acevedo of DCIS at Fairmont Elementary School, Denver, Colorado</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Andy Plemmons of Barrow Elementary School, Athens, Georgia</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Alyssa Calhoun of Prairie Hill Elementary, Cedar Rapids, Iowa</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Julie Williams of Willard Elementary School, Shapleigh, Maine</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Melissa McDonald of Flower Hill Elementary School, Gaithersburg, Maryland</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Jennifer Reed of Mason-Rice Elementary School, Newton, Massachusetts</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Angie Harrison of Lake Wilcox Public School, Keswick, Ontario, Canada</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Nicole Czarnecki of Valley Road Elementary School, Clark, New Jersey</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Rebecca Bennett of Copeland Elementary School, Dobson, North Carolina</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Tobey Rhodes of Woodruff Primary School, Woodruff, South Carolina</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Kimberly Sunkel and Nidia Casillas of Morton Ranch Elementary School, Katy, Texas</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Karen Gelles of Bear Creek Elementary School, Euless, Texas</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We have checked in literally hundreds of books in the last few days. I am so pleased that the Summer Check-outs were a success! Last Friday I drove over to Founders Memorial School to collect six boxes full of books returned from our former second graders. And the bags keep coming...</span><br />
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<span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">This has been done before by our sister school, Founders Memorial School, as well as other neighboring districts. It was time to try it ourselves.</span></span><br />
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<span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">A letter went home in late May giving families the option of not participating. During the last week of school, each class came to choose their 5 summer books. Each student received a bag for their books, plus a print-out of their checkouts. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">But why stop there with summer checkouts? Why not be open during the summer? Our principal, Peter Farrell, approved my proposal. Letters went home advertising our hours. It was posted on our website, and we used a sandwich board on the roadside to advertise.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large; text-align: center;"> The school library was open for six weeks on Wednesdays. I choose an early opening time to accommodate parents who might stop by on their way to dropping off their children at camp. Each week we had between 30-40 children and parents stop in, which was pleasantly surprising. I had so much fun! It was a great time to get to know the parents and younger siblings better, talk about summer plans, and even what adult books were being read.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large; text-align: center;"> I think it would be worthwhile to do this again next summer. </span><span style="font-size: large; text-align: center;">However, what I would really like to see happen for the community of Essex is the establishment of a book mobile that would bring books right into the hands of children who cannot make it to the public library or our school. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Eileen Christelow visited our school on May 22, 2014, thanks to a grant from our generously supportive PTO. </span></div>
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Having an author visit your school is always a treat; you get to bask in their light and absorb their wisdom and experiences for the day. It proved true with Eileen! On their way to their classrooms when they first arrived in the morning, the kids peeked into the library . All the shelves have been pushed out of the way and the space looks cavernous. "Whoaaaa! Is she here yet?" they whispered. Not yet, but soon!, I told them. The excitement in the air is nearly tangible. The whole school has been reading Eileen Christelow's books for the last month or so. I have raided nearly every public library in my county of their copies of Eileen's books, so that we have lots available for my big school. We have read, we have laughed, we have noticed, we have explored, we have adored. I think we are ready for her!<br />
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As an aside, Eileen has two great websites. Visit them <a href="http://www.christelow.com/" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="http://www.hmhbooks.com/fivelittlemonkeys/" target="_blank">here</a>. They have lots of fun activities and cool comic strip interviews by the adorable Emma dog to read. (Make sure to see the pictures of Emma and her felted look-alike further down the page.)<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Eileen Christelow has had a very prolific career, writing more than 30 books.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Thank you, Eileen Christelow, for coming to our school. We were honored to have you visit us! We are looking forward to your next story. Whatever it is, we know it will be wonderful!</span>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The World's Greatest Lion wins the 2014 Red Clover Award, Vermont's children's choice picture book award. The voting results shown below reveal it is a favorite with all grade levels at EES, and a favorite with children grades K through 4 across the state of Vermont.
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<br />Carol Scrimgeourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09454750779926692195noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6590992407897282807.post-89537797163803772002014-03-11T22:37:00.000-04:002014-03-13T13:52:01.158-04:00Jason Chin : Nonfiction Author Visits Essex Elementary<span style="font-size: large;">In early January we started preparing for Jason Chin's visit on February 7th. Jason Chin lives in Vermont, and way back in July of 2013 he agreed to visit our school during the winter of 2014. Thanks to a very supportive PTO who grants us funding every year to afford a visiting author, we have been able to invite many notable authors to our school, including April Pulley Sayre, Jim Arnosky, G. Brian Karas, and Tracy Campbell Pearson, to name just a few.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We loved reading Coral Reefs with its stunningly beautiful illustrations. This time a young girl and a crab were our guides through the coral reef. Our children used their powers of observation to notice the subtle changes in the library's reading room as the corals and puddles of water first appeared, until the library became totally submerged in the ocean. We followed up with hands-on exploration of real pieces of coral using magnifying glasses. We really could see the tiny dimples where the polyps had lived on the coral skeletons!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">and our display case was decorated with flying squirrels, banana slugs, corals, sea horses, sea stars, crabs, tortoises, and marine iguanas all hand-colored by the children.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> He makes sketches and models to help him be accurate. Jason made this astronaut model to draw the illustrations for Gravity. Here he is posing in our library </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">with his spaceman </span>(the shelves are all pushed together to make room for his presentation). </span><br />
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As quoted from their website: "<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">Founded in part by Eric Carle, the renowned author and illustrator of more than 70 books, including the 1969 classic </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">The Very Hungry Caterpillar</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">, The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art is the first full-scale museum in this country devoted to national and international picture book art, conceived and built with the aim of celebrating the art that we are first exposed to as children. Through the exploration of images that are familiar and beloved, it is the Museum’s goal to provide an enriching, dynamic, and supportive context for the development of literacy and to foster in visitors of all ages and backgrounds the confidence to appreciate and enjoy art of every kind.</span>"<br />
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The Museum was founded in 2002 by Eric and Barbara Carle. Not only are there three art galleries, but a wonderful, light-filled art studio for children, a picture book library, theater, cafeteria and book store. </div>
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The bathrooms are no less impressive! Notice the decorative tiles on the bathroom walls?<br />
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I see a blue horse looking at me...<br />
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Pigeon and I have a lot in common!<br />
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<b>Incidentally, there is an exhibit of Mo Willems' work at the Carle. Titled "Seriously Silly: A Decade of Art and Whimsy by Mo Willems," it runs from <span class="leadin" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; padding: 0px;">June 22, 2013 - February 23, 2014.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"> </span></b><br />
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It's truly amazing to think this picture book was first published in 1969. It is timeless, yet is now 44 years old.<br />
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Living in Vermont puts us in close proximity to this incredible kid-friendly museum. It is well worth the visit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, 125 West Bay Road, Amherst, MA 01002, USA42.3207666 -72.533377142.3200326 -72.5346376 42.3215006 -72.5321166tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6590992407897282807.post-77540021636952265732013-05-22T23:03:00.000-04:002013-05-22T23:04:54.046-04:00The Day We've Been Waiting For ...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">We <span style="font-size: large;">ha<span style="font-size: large;">d</span> </span>read many of April Pulley Sayre's 60+ books and the day we have waited for, the day of her visit to our school, finally arrived!</span> <span style="font-size: large;">We were ready for her!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Her visit was amazing! She enthralled the children with her stories, sharing fascinating information about the many animals she has studied around the world. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">And April proved to us how much she loves words by getting us chanting with her. "Billbug, Bed Bug, Bark Beetle, Bee. Painted Lady Butterfly. Flea, Flea, Flea!" Check out April's chant books, such as Ant, Ant, Ant! (An Insect Chant), or Trout, Trout, Trout!: A Fish Chant, or Go, Go, Grapes! A Fruit Chant.</span> <span style="font-size: large;">They are tons of fun to read out loud! She can find fun rhymes and <span style="font-size: large;">rhythms everywhere. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The children learned how slowly sloths move by doing the motions with <span style="font-size: large;">April</span>, and listened to recordings of howler monkeys from her visit<span style="font-size: large;">s to Central America</span>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">They lapped up her wisdom about believing in yourself, and keeping on trying even when other kids seem better at something than you are.</span> <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Thank you, April<span style="font-size: large;">, for coming all the way from Indiana to visit our school<span style="font-size: large;">!</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Visit April Pulley Sayre at <a href="http://www.aprilsayre.com/" target="_blank">http://www.aprilsayre.com/ </a></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">to read more about this wonderful author and all the books she has published. The Essex Elementary School Library has many of her titles available to borrow. Touch a Butterf<span style="font-size: large;">ly: Wildlife Gardening <span style="font-size: large;">with Kids was just published <span style="font-size: large;">in April of 2013, and later this year follow Let's Go Nuts! Seeds We Eat, and Eat Like a Bear!</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span> </span>Carol Scrimgeourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09454750779926692195noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6590992407897282807.post-38912405547118970082013-01-21T20:38:00.000-05:002013-01-21T21:10:18.503-05:00Award-winning Author to visit EES<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">April Pulley Sayre is an award-winning children’s book author of over 55
natural history books for children and adults. Her read-aloud
nonfiction books, known for their lyricism and scientific precision,
have been translated into French, Dutch, Japanese, and Korean. She is
best known for pioneering literary ways to immerse young readers in
natural events via creative storytelling and unusual perspectives.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The whole school has been busy preparing for her visit by reading her books and studying her style. Last week we read <i>Turtle, Turtle, Watch Out! </i>which the children really enjoyed; they had great questions and observations about natural cycles and parenting styles. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A letter went home to families at the end of last week with an order form to purchase select titles. The form is also downloadable on the <a href="http://www.edline.net/pages/Essex_Elementary_School/Learning_Center" target="_blank">Learning Center website</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> We raised 15, 544 pennies thanks to our super readers and donations from generous families. We were able to purchase $156 dollars worth of children's books to give to the children living at COTS (Committee on Temporary Shelter).</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> How proud I am that our children worked towards this goal so that they could help other children. Children helping children is a beautiful thing! </span><br />
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In early November the staff at EES performed dramatic representations of the 10 picture books that have been nominated for the next Red Clover Award. The children were treated to mini skits for each book, much like a movie trailer - just enough information to pique their interest without giving away the ending. The Red Clover Award is a children's book award for the State of Vermont. Children in kindergarten through grades 4 in Vermont vote for their favorite book, and the winning book is announced in April of each year. <br /><br />
The Red Clover Award promotes the reading and discussion of the best of
contemporary picture books in nearly all of Vermont's elementary
schools. Each year over 20,000 K-4 students read, or have read to them,
the <a class="lit" href="http://www.mothergooseprograms.org/lit_red_clover_nominees.php">ten nominated books.</a> The Red Clover Award is co-sponsored by the Vermont Center for the Book /
Mother Goose Programs and the Vermont Departments of Education and
Libraries. Click <a href="http://www.mothergooseprograms.org/lit_red_clover_overview.php" target="_blank">here</a> to visit their website for more information and the history of the program.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">We will be reading these 10 books over the next few months in preparation for the voting in April. So far, the children have heard <i>Balloons Over Broadway</i> (a true story about Tony Sarg), <i>Three By the Sea</i>, and <i>Me...Jane</i> (a true story about Jane Goodall) read aloud in the Learning Center.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> Our school is participating in a “Reading Makes Cents” Challenge as part of this year’s book fair events. The money raised during this challenge will be used to purchase children’s books that will be donated to the families at COTS (Committee on Temporary Shelter). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> Here’s the challenge: Can our students read 100,000 minutes by November 16th? It sounds like an impossible goal, but if all students were to read 30 minutes a day for two weeks, we could easily reach that goal before the end of our book fair. Can we do it? YES, WE CAN! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> Here’s how it works: we are asking students to bring in one penny for every 10 minutes of reading, so if your child reads thirty minutes one night, they would bring in 3 cents. We count all kinds of reading: reading by yourself, being read-aloud to, listening to books on cd, reading aloud to a younger sibling. Pennies may be brought in to the Learning Center, where we will count them daily. We’ll have a “Reading Thermometer” to show how close we are getting to our goal of 100,000 minutes. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Questions? Please contact Mrs. Scrimgeour 857-2140 or cscrimgeour@etsd.org </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">LET’S GET READING AND COUNTING OUR MINUTES!!</span>Carol Scrimgeourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09454750779926692195noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6590992407897282807.post-68701511557127458252012-10-21T21:40:00.002-04:002012-11-07T18:01:14.139-05:00Degrees of SeparationChances are you know the song <a href="http://www.songsforteaching.com/folk/dembones.php" target="_blank">DEM BONES</a> , or at least have heard of it and can even sing some of it in your head: "the leg bone's connected to the knee bone, the knee bone's connected to the thigh bone..." There are times when I am astonished by the connectedness of things, and not just bones! For example:<br />
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Earlier this month we read the fun story <i>Miss Brooks Loves Books! (and I don't)</i> by Barbara Bottner, and illustrated by Michael Emberley; a delightful tale about a girl who doesn't like reading ("it's too pink, too kissy, too ...) despite her teacher's enthusiastic encouragement. When her mother claims she is as stubborn as a wart, she finally discovers a book that speaks to her: none other than <i>Shrek</i>, written by William Steig (1907-2003) in 1990, well before the first movie was produced. Naturally, we had to read Shrek next, as many of the children were familiar with the movie only. <br />
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The children were on the look-out for similarities and differences between the book and the movie. Princess Fiona is drastically different, by the way!<br />
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Lichtenfeld, a fabulously clever book about playing with words (and
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At first the children were puzzled, but as they recognized what the "words" were, they were eager for more on the following pages. Such fun this book is. It's 1derful! The children thought it was gr8!<br />
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Now here is where it gets weird; on the back pages the author and illustrator team dedicate this book to William Steig, whom we had encountered last week, because of his love for word games. What a remarkable coincidence that William Steig should show up in two books. And yet it's not all that surprising. Steig wrote many books for children, including <i>Pete's a Pizza</i>, <i>Sylvester and the Magic Pebble</i>, <i>Doctor De Soto</i>, and <i>The Amazing Bone</i>, as well as two books of word puzzles, <i>CDB!</i> and <i>CDC?</i><br />
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Some of them are quite complicated. Here are two of the easiest examples:<br />
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"Are you okay?" "Yes, thank you." and<br />
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Sometimes we encounter these clever puzzles on license plates. That's when I am thankful for traffic lights; it gives me enough time to figure out what the plate means on the car in front of mine. I imagine that William Steig chuckled whenever he encountered a clever license! I wonder what his was.<br />
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<br />Carol Scrimgeourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09454750779926692195noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6590992407897282807.post-6166480076643052542012-10-06T15:04:00.000-04:002012-11-07T17:56:08.545-05:00Dr. Bookster visits EES!<br />
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Every fall we always spend a couple of weeks teaching our students about taking care of their books and how to be a good book friend. Dr. Bookster is always thrilled to drop by for a visit with the children and show them what can happen when a book is not kept in a safe place.<br />
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With her stethoscope she listens to the book's pulse to determine what has happened to it, and then shows the children the book's condition. This year Dr. Bookster showed examples of books that were chewed by a dog, scribbled in by toddlers, food stuck to pages, pages turned in the wrong spot, water damage from a water bottle in a backpack, and a broken binding from being dropped.<br />
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Children can be a good book friend by keeping their books in a safe place that is away from pets and very young children who don't know how to care for books. Designating one or two safe places in the home also helps children remember where their books are in the home, which makes it easy to bring them back to the Learning Center to choose new ones. Carol Scrimgeourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09454750779926692195noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6590992407897282807.post-19444931763274875422012-10-04T23:04:00.001-04:002012-10-04T23:04:27.712-04:00<div style="text-align: center;">
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Every year on September 15, innovative educators around the world
celebrate International Dot Day by making time to encourage their
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Our students celebrated International Dot Day by making their own marks. Each student's creation hangs in the Learning Center, more than 400 unique dots! They were admired tonight by the many families that visited the library during our school's Open House. <br />
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we welcome students back to school this fall at Essex Elementary
School, a special display of picture books and their storybook
characters are crowded together in a hallway display case inviting
children and adults to stop and look, spot their favorites and even
discover some new stories to search for on their next trip to the
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books are like pirate booty: a treasure chest of visual and written
delights! They are a unique form of literature. A common
misconception is that picture books are for very young children, and
that once a child can read independently they have outgrown this type of
book. Picture books encourage critical thinking and
promote visual literacy with their sophisticated marriage of text and
illustrations. Children have the opportunity to practice their skills
of inference and prediction, and are exposed to a rich vocabulary and
creative uses of text (called author’s craft). The subject matter is
boundless; picture books range from humor to biography, from factual
information to fantasy, from moral stories to deep tales of humanity.
The writing can be tender or beautiful or clever or hilarious. And the illustrations? There’s such a range of styles between
illustrators; picture books are like a mini-trip to an art museum!</span><br />
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largely because of their visual nature. And, most importantly, they
are FUN! If you are interested in reading more about picture books, read <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Show-Story-Conversations-Celebrated-Illustrators/dp/0763635065/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1348694892&sr=8-1&keywords=show+me+a+story" target="_blank"><b><i>Show Me a Story! Why Picture Books Matter; Conversations With 21 of the World's Most Celebrated Illustrators</i></b></a>, compiled and edited by Leonard S. Marcus, Candlewick Press, c2012. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> Another inspiring boo</span>k is Anita Silvey's <a href="http://us.macmillan.com/everythingineedtoknowilearnedfromachildrensbook">Everything I Need to Know I Learned from a Children’s Book: Life Lessons from Notable People from All Walks of Life</a> (Roaring Brook, 2009). Anita also writes an incredible blog called <a href="http://childrensbookalmanac.com/" target="_blank">Children's Book-A-Day Almanac</a>. <br />
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favorite spot with your child and enjoy a picture book tonight. They’ll
love you for it. Check out </span><a href="http://www.readingrockets.org/"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">www.readingrockets.org</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> for a wealth of suggestions, or the suggested websites on my blogroll. Or better yet, ask your favorite librarian !</span><br />
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<br />Carol Scrimgeourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09454750779926692195noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6590992407897282807.post-29100448720708353282012-08-04T11:55:00.001-04:002012-08-04T14:10:23.250-04:00A Strange Thing Happened While Reading a Book!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEienHQYsHQ0hUoNitu6ymzjxOxjVVDjGxZGQ-TqmpHRH4qG2sRNPrKUJczhjj4T9TmJwXgjxUD_A3fIfUO1NqQ0HNzR1GO5FlYgmfdwe9HN8JOEM7isVWPq40l1f5sjWDLWxBf02u11MzDe/s1600/chipmunks+hole.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="257" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEienHQYsHQ0hUoNitu6ymzjxOxjVVDjGxZGQ-TqmpHRH4qG2sRNPrKUJczhjj4T9TmJwXgjxUD_A3fIfUO1NqQ0HNzR1GO5FlYgmfdwe9HN8JOEM7isVWPq40l1f5sjWDLWxBf02u11MzDe/s320/chipmunks+hole.jpg" width="320" /></a>Yesterday something very odd happened. While waiting for my son to finish playing in a golf tournament in Middlebury, I sat in the shade with a box of new library books to read. It was a very hot day, and the air shimmered in the heat. Everything was very still. I started reading the book pictured on the left: <b><i>Chipmunk's Hole</i></b> by Dee Phillips, Bearport, c2012. What a wonderful nonfiction book this is! I was soon engrossed. I can't wait to show it to my students and teachers as a great example of nonfiction elements. Not only does it have a Table of Contents, loads of great photos, labels, maps, fact windows, words in bold, and a glossary, but the text is so appropriate for the children in my school.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Reading this book brings to mind another wonderful book about chipmunks: <b><i>Chipmunk Song</i></b>. Joanne Ryder first published this book in 1987 by Dutton Children's Books with illustrations by Lynne Cherry, and it belongs in every child's repertoire. It is a delightful, fantastical exploration by a young boy in a chipmunk's burrow. Not to be missed!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimWU8S1lYeDF98JM_r3E-tS_ebUzTEu2VL49FhcAtbpnK5zfrtYum6jxG7hnMFfBS1Wvq1QTYnQIwamvK0OU9scB-gjrrw4BagHXmTvRpBzYsu2cvRZxlmaL3G4Oc02pDv0Z3WfoiL6sR3/s1600/chipmunk+song+by+ryder.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimWU8S1lYeDF98JM_r3E-tS_ebUzTEu2VL49FhcAtbpnK5zfrtYum6jxG7hnMFfBS1Wvq1QTYnQIwamvK0OU9scB-gjrrw4BagHXmTvRpBzYsu2cvRZxlmaL3G4Oc02pDv0Z3WfoiL6sR3/s1600/chipmunk+song+by+ryder.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The next book in my box to read is a picture book entitled <b><i>King Arthur's Very Great Grandson</i></b>, by Kenneth Kraegel, Candlewick Press, c2012. I am almost afraid to open it. What might scurry by while I am reading it???</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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First and second graders use the ipads to explore how QR codes work. Various QR codes were randomly placed around the Learning Center. <br />
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Each code led to a website, most of which were popular authors' websites as well as the library's homepage and this blog. <br />
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Students worked in teams of two and took turns scanning the codes with the app Qrafter, and were able to explore the websites. Mary Pope Osborne of the Magic Tree House has a terrific website for children. <br />
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Other authors' websites in this scavenger hunt were those of Daniel Kirk, author of the Library Mouse series; Ron Roy of the A to Z Mysteries; Victoria Kann of Pinkalicious fame; Charlie and Lola's author Lauren Child, Captain Underpants creator Dav Pilkey, Tedd Arnold aka Fly Guy, Mo Willems, John Scieszka, and the popular Franny K. Stein, to name a few.<br />
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I was very proud of how careful they all were, and how well they worked together!<br />
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