A Great Place to Read in Belton, SC
Who wouldn’t want to read in this great library nook created by Kate Byrd at Belton Elementary School? I had a terrific week of visits to this area of South Carolina. At Belton Elementary, I had lunch...
View ArticleAnalyzing and Honoring Writing at Sandhills Elem in Swansea, SC
See how the teachers at Sandhills Elementary honor writing and analyze books. (more…)
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The Writing On the Wall: Divine Writing!
Here’s a school honoring writing. Sandhills Elementary in Swansea, SC. A beautiful framed board where teachers can honor the greatest recent writing by their students. Bravo! The Divine Writing Wall!
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March is for . . .
April and Jeff swam with me at Crystal Springs in February of 2009. April got so cold she shivered and drank hot chocolate. I prefer warm waters, too. (more…)
View ArticleNancy Keane, Queen of Book Talkers?
Okay, so I didn’t know until recently what book talks were. But I visit gobs of schools and so many librarians have told me about Nancy Keane that I had to look her up. Apparently she does fabulously...
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If I Were a Dust Particle . . . More from Indian Hill Elementary!
Here are some more great educational ideas from Indian Hill Elementary in Cincinnati, Ohio. These are from a school visit week in Feb, 2009. The first ones extend STARS BENEATH YOUR BED: THE SURPRISING...
View ArticleVultures and Books Rule at Pleasant Hill
Who wouldn’t love books at this school in Lexington, SC? Librarian D’Etta Broam is a book dynamo. Yes, she really did meet me in this vulture hat to honor Vulture View. Of course, there was that on...
View ArticleHush, Little Puppy and 4K
4K is Kindergarten with 4-year olds. Just look what a creative educator can do with this group and my book, Hush Little Puppy. Mrs. Weed came up with all sorts of activities at Lake Murray Elementary....
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Bumblebee Poetry and Nonfiction Writing at Midway Elem
Read The Bumblebee Queen. Pull out the chewiest, most evocative vocabulary and put it on sticky notes. Then move around the words to make a poem of your own. (more…)
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Honk, Honk, Goose Is Here!
My newest book, Honk, Honk, Goose: Canada Geese Start a Family arrives April 14, 2009, thanks to wonderful publisher Holt and illustrator Huy Voun Lee. Honk, Honk, Goose: Canada Geese Start a Family...
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Ants, Vultures, and Compost Curricula, Lexington SC Schools
A few more photos from Lexington School District in SC. I was there for 9 days of talks including a weekend READ Fest, a community event put on by the extraordinary school librarians of this district....
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April Animal: Honk, honk!
Look who was in the front yard on April 5th? That’s right. A Canada goose. Of course this is the perfect animal to celebrate my new book, being released this month: Honk, Honk, Goose: Canada Geese...
View ArticleSchool Walks Its Way to Educational Success
My favorite educational technique of the week? Taking a walk! Lima-Brighton Elementary students and teachers start every school day with a brisk, peppy, 10-minute walk. Outdoors if it’s good weather....
View ArticleIgloo at Indian Hill Elementary in Ohio?
Look at the igloo that Joan Welsh dreamed up and created from copy paper boxes, paper, cotten and shelving. (more…)
View ArticleFood Chain, Food Web Activity for Trout Are Made of Trees
Shirley Duke recently presented this food web and food chain activity at the Texas Library Association Convention. She’s generously letting me post the entire activity for download here....
View ArticleUnderstanding and Decoding Nonfiction Text
Understanding. Decoding. Absorbing. Whatever you want to call it, kids develop skills to dig into nonfiction text. They learn to pay attention to details and themes. (more…)
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Young Authors in Spanish!
See what young authors do in the Spanish immersion program at Red Bank Elementary in SC. These students are not ESL students. They are students spending part of the day studying math and science in...
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Studying Music and Ant, Ant, Ant: An Insect Chant
2nd Grade Music Students at Red Bank Elementary studied rhythm by analyzing and marking rhythms for stanzas in my book, Ant, Ant, Ant: an insect Chant. They also performed the text with rhythm...
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Special Moments: Writers’ Group
Val Byrd Fort, media specialist at New Providence Elementary fixed up these great invitations sent to students chosen for a special small group writers’ chat with me. This is a new event I started...
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Lexington Elementary Models Nonfiction
Mrs. Leaphart’s and Mrs. Bates’ Class did some extraordinary writing inspired by the structure of Vulture View and Trout, Trout, Trout: a Fish Chant. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1...
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