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Monday, 8 September 2008 - 1:22 PM MDT Name: "Tammie"
Hello Everyone!
Wasn't it great to already have a day off so soon...I hope you all enjoyed your day off and
read some great children's books. I would just like to say how wonderful it was to see a lot of familiar faces on our
first day..... It was a nice treat to have a surprise visit from Maxime and maybe if we're lucky it will be his last...lol
jk Maxime. All the comments on Maxime are available to be read and I hope you take advantage it is great entertainment.
I was having trouble posting this message last week and I wanted to remind you all about the book sale at the public library.
I hope a few of you made out like bandits with book purchases like I was able to. Also please reply to Flo Trujillo's
request in a timely manner so she is able to get coordinated ASAP. See you all on Monday!
Tammie
Yes it was nice to have a day off. I did make it to the book sell and I did make out like
a bandit!
Name: "Sept. 15, 2008"
Today SJC reference librarian Danielle
Johnson gave us a tour of the SJC library and children's area. Her powerpoint presentation provided an overview of children's
literature book awards and valuable web resources and databases. SJC West also has a great collection of multicultural books.
We will take a trip there this semester so you can see for yourself!Your newly created webpages will be linked to our children's
literature class collection webpage at http://unm443.tripod.com/443collectionf08.html.
I enjoyed the tour of the library and the presentation by Danielle Johnson. I learned things
about the library that I did not know (and I have been using this library for a while now!) It was great to learn about the
resources that SJC has to offer for children's literature and to know how the children's books are organized. In her presentation,
Danielle listed some great resources. She talked about how to find books that contained cultural accuracy, and how to
recognize and avoid books that were not. Francis explained about the website and the critics and noted that we must examine
all literature - try to find out why this person thought that it was inaccurate, or why it was prejudice I agree!! After the
library tour we went into the smart lab and made this fabulous webpage from which I am writing now. GO ME! I was a little
intimidated at first because I had never created my own webpage and frankly, I thought that it was something that only Geek
squad members, or super smart computer enthusiasts knew how to do. I was wrong apparently! I enjoyed making it and am now
having fun experimenting and changing it.
Monday, 22 September 2008 - 1:35 PM MDT
Name: "Devin"
Hello everyone, I hope the rest of you had an enjoyable time at
Kiwanis Park. Sitting in a classroom for hours can get very tiring on everyone, so it was nice of Frances to let us
have a class outside. We got to sit on the grass and have a discussion about what we’ll be doing in Leah Finch’s
8th grade class in the upcoming weeks. We were handed a list of the students’ names and it will be interesting
to meet them and see what we’re going to do. We also got a brochure of the Four Corners Storytelling Festival that looked
pretty neat, I had no idea about this event before this class and I was surprised to see how big it is. Towards the
end of our session Frances assigned us a particular literary genre to study and present to the class at a later time.
I hope everyone will experience enjoyment in what they find and read. Devin
I also enjoyed being out of a classroom and in nature. Today was a great overview of future
assingments and a good catch up of what has been happening. We talked about the different kind of of genres and filled out
a worksheet to find out what we knew about them. I was assigned the genre Folklore and the literary elements simile and metaphor.
I look forward to learning more about these and sharing my info with the class. It was a good, sunny day.
Monday September 29nd, 2008 Sept. 29 Session Hello Everyone!
Well we had a very fast class
on Monday. We met at Tibbetts and introduced ourselves to Ms. Finch's class with our I Am Poems. I found it very
interesting to see another aspect into our classmates minds. A few Tibbetts students read their poems to us, which was
very cool. We had a chance to do a book commercial, and Prince of the Pond didn't make it, how sad :( The Tibbetts
students had a chance to research their choice of books online, and then they made their choice.
We met back at the UNM classroom to go over any questions or comments. We took a reading
survey to see where we are now with reading and then we will get a similar one at the end of the semester. Frances gave
us some story quotes which were really interesting.
For our next meeting with the Tibbetts students, Frances wanted us to have some background
info on WWII. We can post these on our website and then have the , have them posted on your website, with a jeopardy
answer. We will meet at Tibbetts on Monday at 1:55, after Tibbetts we are meeting back at the UNM classroom to go over
literary circles. Hope you have a great weekend, see you all on Monday!!! Amber
Today was our first day at Tibbetts. We all shared our I am poems and some of the super
brave students shared theirs as well. We then got into our book groups and gave a quick book sell to the students. I had read
Prince of the Pond and went up with Amber and Elsie to try and sell our book. Amber mentioned that the book was a quick, easy
read and I thought for sure that everyone was going to want to read it. That was not the case. Not one single student wanted
to read it, or at least admit that they wanted to read it, So I moved over with Ami to Anne Frank Diary of a Young Girl. I
think I may have read this book in junior high many moons ago, but do not remember it. I am looking forward to reading it
and working with the students at Tibbetts.
Name: "Valerie"
Hello Everyone,
We started off this week’s class with a brief review of the importance of saving your
website information on a word document. This particular review was initiated because someone in our class just so happened
to have lost quite a bit of booklist information, namely me, Valerie. Thanks everyone for the review. Just so you know, I
am now typing into a word document and then cutting and pasting into my website.
After the review we were introduced to Kirstine Emerson, the librarian for Tibbetts. We really
appreciate her allowing us to meet every Monday in the library. Thanks Kirstine( I hope I am spelling her name correctly).
After meeting Kirstine, we were fortunate to hear a wonderful story from Ami about how her eye became injured. We are all
so glad you made it out of Panama Ami, but we are sorry that your eyes got salt water in them because you had to swim across
the canal. We also hope that you are never strapped to the wings of an airplane ever again! Ami, that was a great story and
I admire the way you think quick on your feet. I also want to thank Ami for sharing her jolly ranchers with us. They were
good. As we moved on from Ami’s story, we welcomed Glynna to the class. We are glad she has joined us.
We then watched the film, “Looking into Literature Circles”. After the film we discussed
“things to remember from the film”. Kids need to do the talkingDesignate
different roles among studentsStart with roles and then guide students into growing out of rolesEncourage students to tell
their own storiesJournaling helps students internalize. It gives them a voiceReflect after Literature circles
After the film discussion we went to Leah’s class and worked with our lit. groups.
As we arrived back at the library, Devin shared a story with us about his trip to Willy Wonka’s
Candy factory. He said that he ate gobstoppers and grape candy. The magic elevator was not working while he was there so he
didn’t get to ride in it. Thanks for the fun story Devin.
After his story, Devin then went on to share his genre topic, Manga. We learned that manga
was a Japanese form of graphic novels. It was designed for everyone, not just for kids. Manga was also written in traditional
Japanese form. Devin brought three different Manga books to show the class.
We ended the class by going over the plus deltas from Leah’s class.
We will be meeting in Tibbett’s library every Monday at 1:00.
I hope everyone enjoys their time at the Storytelling festival this week.
And remember that our Midterm reflections are due before we meet again this coming Monday Oct.
13th.
Thanks guys, Valerie
Monday, 13 October 2008 - 9:59 AM MDT Name:
"Glynna & Frances"
Thank you, Valerie, for such a detailed highlight. We were able to relive last Monday
as dejavu while reading your post.
Monday, 13 October 2008 - 5:11 PM MDT Name: rlsweb
Home Page: http://rlsweb.tripod.com
Class Scribe
Today, October 13, 2008, was a good day for Children’s Literature. We began the
class by talking a little bit about the Storytelling Festival, which seemed to be a hit for those who were able to attend.
Hooray for stories! Next we met with Jana Wallace for a midterm reflection on how the class is going so far. In
small groups we discussed such questions as what is helping you learn in this class, what keeps you learning as much as you
could, and what can be changed to make learning more effective for you? I found it very helpful to think about and discuss
these questions, and it seemed that every one else enjoyed having a voice also.
We then separated to our respective literature circles and spent from 2pm to 3pm discussing
our books. The overall feeling about the literature circles is that they are progressing and becoming better.
We then met in the conference room at Tibbetts and listened to a guest speaker, Connie Gosch.
Connie is an announcer on San Juan College’s radio station, and she has also written several books. She shared
with us the story Belles Star, a story of a dog, which is being published and will come out in August. She also has
other Belle stories swimming around inside her mind, so there may be a series of Belle stories to come.
She also shared with us some information about publishing books. It is a long process
that takes work, but seems to be worth it. If any of us would like to publish a book keep in mind that you want a publisher
that will provide the editor and pay you to publish the books. A good place to do research about publishers is a website called
Predators and Editors, it is a type of a Better Business Bureau for publishing.
Midterms are due today, good luck to you all. Watch your email for updates about next
week’s class. Keep up the good work, and thanks for all your comments and insights. We all benefit when
we all share and listen.
I thought it was so cool to meet Connie Gosch- a published author. It is inspiring
to meet someone who has had success with writing literature. It was also very entertaining to hear about her new book and
to get to listen to her read some of it. Good Class!Reply to this Comment
Sunday, 19 October 2008 - 9:26 PM MDT Name: misskmhart
Home Page: http://misskmhart.tripod.com
Hey everyone!
Just a note to let you know that November 17-25 is Children's Literature week. I thought you
all would be interested in that news and to keep an eye out for any activities that may be going on. I know the Library always has
story telling~ Enjoy!
Monday, 20 October 2008 - 7:42 AM MDT Name: unm443
Home Page: http://unm443.tripod.com
Kelly, thank you for reminding us about Children's Literature Week November 17. As a class,
let's plan on a poetry project to share and perform in collaboration with the Farmington Public Library. We will talk
more about it together!-)............frances
Yeah, thanks alot Kelly! Only kidding! You know I love you! to this Comment
Monday, 27 October 2008 - 8:43 PM MDT Name: autumnrain83
Home Page: http://autumnrain83.tripod.com
10/27/08
Well today wasn't the best day for me to be the scribe. We didnt really meet as a formal
class! Frances was absent today. She was attending a meeting for an Educational Board in D.C.
Some of
the groups met at 1:00 to go over the idea of doing a Jeopardy game or slide show, and the rest of us showed up at 1:55 to
work with our groups. We then met in our small groups afterwards to discuss how the meeting went and what we would do
next week.
Things to keep in mind:
* Start studying poetry for the performance coming up soon. And
don't worry, Kelly, we don't hate you: we know that it wasnt you that thought about it since you are about as excited
as I am about it all!
* Think about possible wrap-ups for your Tibbetts group.
* Testing coming up November
15th.
Friday, 31 October 2008 - 8:49 PM MDT Name: "Elsie"
Hello Everyone! October 20, 2008 Here’s the scoop:
· Frances will be in Washington DC and we will
miss her!
· Meet Oct. 27th in Leah Finch’s classroom
and then meet in the library to debrief and get ready for Nov. 3rd.
· Children’s Literature Week Nov. 17-25.
Poetry Party Performance?
· Frances says: Thank you for midterm reflections,
good journaling on Tibbetts literature circles and being good scribes.
· Post Children’s Literature Resources
monthly to your webpage. Two resources are the NY Times in the children’s section also Book Links, and Voya.com.
You can use these as future resources.
· Author/Illustrator Focus is due Nov. 10th;
post to your webpage.
· Work on poetry because that’s the easiest
to do with students. They are free to write and it doesn’t have to be long. Children are natural poets.
· Kelly was the storyteller today; she went
to the Pumpkin Patch and ran into Charlie Brown; had to sit on Linus’ dirty blanket. The Great Pumpkin did not
appear!
· Good class and see you next week!
Sunday, 16 November 2008 - 9:43 AM MST Name: sarclu8
Home Page: http://sarclu8.tripod.com
Monday, November 10th, 2008
Today was a busy day in Children's Lit. We started with a great presentation on the Sci-Fi Genre
and Climax and Denouement literary elements from Mrs. Amber. Great job Amber! See her webpage for further details. We then
discussed our upcoming poetry performance at the Farmington Public Library. We decided on Wednesday, November 19th. We broke
up into groups and got the ball rolling with picking our poems and brainstorming ideas. After meeting with our students at
Tibbetts, we went to the Farmington Public Library and was given a tour of the education section (which I loved because I
did not know that these resources existed!), and taken to the reference desk where we were given a brief online tour of how
to access the library resources from home. Fantastic! The web site is www.infoway.org and you just click on online resources.
We were also told about the new Just Ask features of the library in which you can call, come in, or instant message a librarian
with any questions. Grand! We were then taken to the children’s section of the library where we met with Flo Trujillo.
She took us to the children’s theatre and told us about past and upcoming events, and explained how the theatre is used.
She then took us behind the scenes and showed us all the props that are used for these events, and graciously permitted us
to use anything we needed for our poetry performance. WOW! How exciting! We were even given book bags from the Story Telling
Festivals! Thank you Flo! Remember this Wednesday, the 19th is our Poetry Performance. Continue practicing your poems and
getting excited for our big show! See you Monday. -Sarah
Monday, 17 November 2008 - 8:19 PM MST Name: "Elsie"
Today we first met in Tibbetts Library to go over our poems for our debut on November 19th,
Wednesday at Farmington Public Library. There are lots of talents! Someone should inform some talent scouts to
our performance! :) We met with our groups and we met again in the library to go over our poems and get prepared for
Wednesday. We will meet Monday, November 24th, at 1:55 to 3:00 pm because we using some time from our class for the
performance. Everyone performed very well.
Kelly and I are going to present the poem I'm gunna tell! We are brainstorming ideas on how
to make it more animated and fun. I am excited to be working with Kelly and know that we will have a good time and a great
learing experiance!
Name: "Elsie"
Hello Everyone!
October 20, 2008
Here’s the scoop:
· Frances will be in Washington DC and we will
miss her!
· Meet Oct. 27th in Leah Finch’s classroom
and then meet in the library to debrief and get ready for Nov. 3rd.
· Children’s Literature Week Nov. 17-25.
Poetry Party Performance?
· Frances says: Thank you for midterm reflections,
good journaling on Tibbetts literature circles and being good scribes.
· Post Children’s Literature Resources
monthly to your webpage. Two resources are the NY Times in the children’s section also Book Links, and Voya.com.
You can use these as future resources.
. Author/Illustrator Focus is due Nov. 10th;
post to your webpage.
· Work on poetry because that’s the easiest
to do with students. They are free to write and it doesn’t have to be long. Children are natural poets.
· Kelly was the storyteller today; she went
to the Pumpkin Patch and ran into Charlie Brown; had to sit on Linus’ dirty blanket. The Great Pumpkin did not
appear!
· Good class and see you next week! Elsie
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