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Wednesday, March 4, 2015
Saturday, August 8, 2009
Bodaciously / Audaciously
Bodaciously/Audaciously ADVERB (the -ly form of the word) - with complete abandon
Bodacious/Audacious ADJECTIVE (a description word) - fearlessly
Bodaciousness/Audaciousness
NOUN An act or instance of bodaciousness/audaciousness
CHALLENGE YOURSELF
Use the Free Online Dictionary to more find words you never knew you didn't even know (this is absolutely a Landmark concept)
Challenge yourself to add a new word or a few new words to your vocabulary
EXAMPLE: Mrs. Grumm is sure she's heard the word 'temerity' used in conversation, lecture or book on cassette. She's sure she's never encountered it in reading because it didn't look familiar. It wasn't until the moment she tried to pronounce the word in her head, it sounded familiar - 'temerity.' Mrs. Grumm, then, looked up the word by clicking on the hyperlink and now . . . Mrs. Grumm doesn't just have a new word, she got some more insight into the words Bodacious and Audacious!
CHECK FOR UNDERSTANDING
Compose a sentence a new word or a few new words that you just learned.
EXAMPLE: Mrs. Grumm's audaciousness needs to be tempered because she does not want to be taken for a fool.
MORPHING FUN
Audacious in Japanese
Termeriy in German Unverschämtheit
SEUSSICAL SHAKESPEARE
Be sure to check out the words cheeky, pluck, chutzpah
Bodacious/Audacious ADJECTIVE (a description word) - fearlessly
Bodaciousness/Audaciousness
NOUN An act or instance of bodaciousness/audaciousness
CHALLENGE YOURSELF
Use the Free Online Dictionary to more find words you never knew you didn't even know (this is absolutely a Landmark concept)
Challenge yourself to add a new word or a few new words to your vocabulary
EXAMPLE: Mrs. Grumm is sure she's heard the word 'temerity' used in conversation, lecture or book on cassette. She's sure she's never encountered it in reading because it didn't look familiar. It wasn't until the moment she tried to pronounce the word in her head, it sounded familiar - 'temerity.' Mrs. Grumm, then, looked up the word by clicking on the hyperlink and now . . . Mrs. Grumm doesn't just have a new word, she got some more insight into the words Bodacious and Audacious!
CHECK FOR UNDERSTANDING
Compose a sentence a new word or a few new words that you just learned.
EXAMPLE: Mrs. Grumm's audaciousness needs to be tempered because she does not want to be taken for a fool.
MORPHING FUN
Audacious in Japanese
Termeriy in German Unverschämtheit
SEUSSICAL SHAKESPEARE
Be sure to check out the words cheeky, pluck, chutzpah
Thursday, February 22, 2007
Dr. Seuss : The forbidden Fruit
I had one teacher that was gravely concerned that I was reading Dr. Seuss with the kids in the library.
Second language learners.
Vocabulary.
He said, he the kids SHOULD get hung up on the vocabulary.
It was completely no wonder that these third graders were unable to appreciate "The Little Engine that Could"
Throughout the entire story, someone was interrupting, "what's that?" what's 'dingy'?
Particularly the boys, went right for the Dr. Seuss Readers. Particularly girls, "we're not allowed to read Dr. Seuss!"
Several years later, I'm reading Demi's King Midas The Golden Touch. One of the girls interrupted the story a second time, "what's that?" "Who was your third grade teacher." I asked. Her answer was no surprise.
Second language learners.
Vocabulary.
He said, he the kids SHOULD get hung up on the vocabulary.
It was completely no wonder that these third graders were unable to appreciate "The Little Engine that Could"
Throughout the entire story, someone was interrupting, "what's that?" what's 'dingy'?
Particularly the boys, went right for the Dr. Seuss Readers. Particularly girls, "we're not allowed to read Dr. Seuss!"
Several years later, I'm reading Demi's King Midas The Golden Touch. One of the girls interrupted the story a second time, "what's that?" "Who was your third grade teacher." I asked. Her answer was no surprise.
Monday, February 19, 2007
A kick me in the balls story
A New York Times article has attracted a bit of
attention for the recent Newbery title, The Power of Lucky.
You should see the reviews on Amazon. Sad to say, they're
all written by adults.
I have my own scrotum story. Well actually, it's a bit more
When my son was in Grade Three he got kicked in the privates
and this is how I had referred to his body parts when speaking
with him, as I do all the children.
One day, I happened to be at the library in the elementary school.
My son's classroom teacher caught me in the hallway. He was gravely
concerned about something my son was talking about. My son, in telling
his friend's how he got kicked in the balls during a wrestling match,
IN FRONT OF THE GIRLS!!!!
Truly, I hadn't any clue where the boy had picked up that expression,
naturally I said so. The teacher went into the classroom and brought
Jayme out into the hallway.
"JAYME!" I exclaimed, completely embarrassed in front of this
super nice respectable teacher!!! "Jayme, that's not the
terminology I used, where did you get that expression from?"
He calmly said, "from you."
"That's NOT what I said, I've been saying the privates!!!"
My son corrected me. He told me how he overheard me on the
phone telling a friend that he had gotten 'kicked in the
balls!'
attention for the recent Newbery title, The Power of Lucky.
You should see the reviews on Amazon. Sad to say, they're
all written by adults.
I have my own scrotum story. Well actually, it's a bit more
When my son was in Grade Three he got kicked in the privates
and this is how I had referred to his body parts when speaking
with him, as I do all the children.
One day, I happened to be at the library in the elementary school.
My son's classroom teacher caught me in the hallway. He was gravely
concerned about something my son was talking about. My son, in telling
his friend's how he got kicked in the balls during a wrestling match,
IN FRONT OF THE GIRLS!!!!
Truly, I hadn't any clue where the boy had picked up that expression,
naturally I said so. The teacher went into the classroom and brought
Jayme out into the hallway.
"JAYME!" I exclaimed, completely embarrassed in front of this
super nice respectable teacher!!! "Jayme, that's not the
terminology I used, where did you get that expression from?"
He calmly said, "from you."
"That's NOT what I said, I've been saying the privates!!!"
My son corrected me. He told me how he overheard me on the
phone telling a friend that he had gotten 'kicked in the
balls!'
Sunday, February 18, 2007
The Gift of Reading
Through the years many parents have thanked ME for giving their children the gift of reading. I've amassed a number of thank you letters from both parents and children that actually say, 'Thank you for teaching me how to read!' With a humble heart I used to deny such a thing, but parents and children would insist that I indeed "teach" the children to read!
My story times are indeed meaningful, exciting and truly empowering. I enjoy getting the kids excited about stories and books and turning them onto ideas and concepts that will serve them well in the future. For and example see Walkabout, I hope to post many more.
It is very important for the children to access to a wide range materials so they can find topics that interest them. Young children should have access to all the nonfiction topics, Zoobooks, dinosaurs, Magic School Bus, etc. even though they cannot phonetically read them!!!
Early Readers should be exciting and entertaining. I had selected some of the best Early Readers (see bibliographies). I often provided "guided reading" practice. Since the Early Readers generally have very few words per page, the children can easily re-read the story after it's been read to them once. I leveled the early reader section so the children could easily find the most suitable materials and easily take ownership of their reading development. I have encouraged the children to take home one book from this section by giving them stickers. I give out alot of little stickers throughout library time to reinforce all good behaviors (ie. turning the pages correctly, picking a book up that was found on the floor, etc.)
School policy allowed the children to check out two books from the school library. In the library we had an unwritten policy. The children, those just learning to read, could check out one "fun" book but needed to check out one book for reading.
I am often criticized for allowing the children to check out materials that they are "unable to read." I had a very young girl who insisted that she take home the Koran, as another child had taken home the book of Mormon. It's important to discuss the ramifications with the children and negotiate a deal in the matter, make sure they have appropriate reading materials. You can be certain the classroom teacher is going to be concerned (perhaps he/she is concerned about the parents' reaction).
If you are unfortunately defensive in the matter, you risk losing the support of your teachers which could put you at grave disadvantage, particularly if you are new on the scene.
My story times are indeed meaningful, exciting and truly empowering. I enjoy getting the kids excited about stories and books and turning them onto ideas and concepts that will serve them well in the future. For and example see Walkabout, I hope to post many more.
It is very important for the children to access to a wide range materials so they can find topics that interest them. Young children should have access to all the nonfiction topics, Zoobooks, dinosaurs, Magic School Bus, etc. even though they cannot phonetically read them!!!
Early Readers should be exciting and entertaining. I had selected some of the best Early Readers (see bibliographies). I often provided "guided reading" practice. Since the Early Readers generally have very few words per page, the children can easily re-read the story after it's been read to them once. I leveled the early reader section so the children could easily find the most suitable materials and easily take ownership of their reading development. I have encouraged the children to take home one book from this section by giving them stickers. I give out alot of little stickers throughout library time to reinforce all good behaviors (ie. turning the pages correctly, picking a book up that was found on the floor, etc.)
School policy allowed the children to check out two books from the school library. In the library we had an unwritten policy. The children, those just learning to read, could check out one "fun" book but needed to check out one book for reading.
I am often criticized for allowing the children to check out materials that they are "unable to read." I had a very young girl who insisted that she take home the Koran, as another child had taken home the book of Mormon. It's important to discuss the ramifications with the children and negotiate a deal in the matter, make sure they have appropriate reading materials. You can be certain the classroom teacher is going to be concerned (perhaps he/she is concerned about the parents' reaction).
If you are unfortunately defensive in the matter, you risk losing the support of your teachers which could put you at grave disadvantage, particularly if you are new on the scene.
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Boys and Reading
Are you familiar with the research by Jim Trelease and Stephen Krashen. You must take some time (from your busy schedule) to read these books. They are FULL of research.
Trelease creates a very bleak timeline, he states, "we start with 100% enthusiasm but we lose most of our readers by the forth grade. I am have concluded that that readership is mostly boys!!!.
As far as I'm concerned, we are not losing readers because these boys were never readers in the first place. What we have lost is their enthusiasm. Once we've lost that, we nearly lose all hope. I strongly believe that we don't even develop our boys into readers to begin with.
Here's a resource I recently came across, Thomas Newkirk's Misreading Masculinity: boys, literacy and popular culture"
http://www.amazon.com/Misreading-Masculinity-Literacy-Popular-Culture/dp/0325004455/sr=8-1/qid=1171464093/ref=sr_1_1/104-9490765-3626305?ie=UTF8&s=books
Connecting Boys with Books:what librarias can do by Michael Sullivan
http://www.amazon.com/Connecting-Boys-Books-What-Libraries/dp/0838908497/sr=8-1/qid=1171464964/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-9490765-3626305?ie=UTF8&s=books
I was thrilled to find discuss using gaming in the library to attract the boys to the library.
GAMING IN THE LIBRARY
I was fortunate to be in a school that did not have a policy (as most schools do) against playing games in the library. I had many kids throughout the day that came to the library to play Shogi (Japanese chess) , Go (another Japanese board game), mancala (a game from Africa/Mideast possibly Egypt), Chinese Checkers and I even allowed them to play Runescape. Unfortunately, most teachers get completely agitated when they see kids playing games in the library. These are the teachers that don't want kids in the library during the prep time. When they happen to come to the library, THEY talk, but when it come it the kids, they expect them to be drop dead quiet!
Getting the boys into the library was just the beginning of my relationship with them. I really got to know these kids and often took the time to discuss books with them. I had often given these kids books I picked up at my favorite second-hand outlets. In addition, Runescape provided a terrific environment for these kids.
This blog is a work in process. However, I'd really like to get some "Supportive discussion" going on about these issues.
Trelease creates a very bleak timeline, he states, "we start with 100% enthusiasm but we lose most of our readers by the forth grade. I am have concluded that that readership is mostly boys!!!.
As far as I'm concerned, we are not losing readers because these boys were never readers in the first place. What we have lost is their enthusiasm. Once we've lost that, we nearly lose all hope. I strongly believe that we don't even develop our boys into readers to begin with.
Here's a resource I recently came across, Thomas Newkirk's Misreading Masculinity: boys, literacy and popular culture"
http://www.amazon.com/Misreading-Masculinity-Literacy-Popular-Culture/dp/0325004455/sr=8-1/qid=1171464093/ref=sr_1_1/104-9490765-3626305?ie=UTF8&s=books
Connecting Boys with Books:what librarias can do by Michael Sullivan
http://www.amazon.com/Connecting-Boys-Books-What-Libraries/dp/0838908497/sr=8-1/qid=1171464964/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-9490765-3626305?ie=UTF8&s=books
I was thrilled to find discuss using gaming in the library to attract the boys to the library.
GAMING IN THE LIBRARY
Getting the boys into the library was just the beginning of my relationship with them. I really got to know these kids and often took the time to discuss books with them. I had often given these kids books I picked up at my favorite second-hand outlets. In addition, Runescape provided a terrific environment for these kids.
This blog is a work in process. However, I'd really like to get some "Supportive discussion" going on about these issues.
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