Igloo 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...
View ArticleNESCBWI 2009 Conference
I just returned from speaking at the New England SCBWI (NESCBW) Conference in Nashua, NH. Wow, what a conference. It was well run and chock full of informative sessions. What impressed me was how many...
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A Nonfiction Author’s Dream
Expect more posts to come about my terrific visit to Battle Ground Elementary. In the meantime, you can go to INK (Interesting Nonfiction for Kids), a group blog for nonfiction authors and see my...
View ArticleRecent Press and Blogs
Wyoming Reads! Thanks to the Sue Jorgensen Library Foundation, approximately 7,000 Wyoming 1st Graders will receive a free hardback book. They can choose from six books and one of them is Vulture...
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Marvelous Marquette, Michigan!
Just when I thought the school year couldn’t get any better, it did. Jeff and I drove to the U.P. of Michigan so I could speak at the Marquette-Alger Young Authors Conference. Wow. This is the...
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May Animal: Warbler
Here’s to all the black-throated green warblers that have looked down on me as I looked up at them. We drove 6 hours roundtrip to a great warbler hotspot three times this spring. The days of warbler...
View ArticleTrout in the Classroom
Author Gwendolyn Hooks (http://www.gwendolynhooks.com/) who has some watery life cycle books coming out soon, gave me the heads up about some wonderful trout-related programs. See more here: Trout in...
View ArticleDuck and Geese Storytime?
See what new duck/goose books Anastasia Suen has paired with Honk, Honk, Goose! http://5greatbooks.wordpress.com/2009/06/03/5-great-books-about-ducks-and-geese/
View ArticleSee you at ALA: Nonfiction Book Blast
I’ll be at ALA in Chicago. 10:30 am. on Sunday morning is Nonfiction Book Blast: Booktalks for Reluctant Readers. Expand your nonfiction repertoire as 18 authors booktalk their latest work. You’ll...
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June is Scarlet
Chick, burr! When I hear that sound I know that the neighborhood Scarlet Tanager has stopped in for a visit. The red of this bird is so different from that of a cardinal. I always gasp when I see it....
View ArticleOnline Author Chats!
I am now offering online author chats via ichat on my mac! (more…)
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Free Photos for Whiteboards & Storytimes
Creating a whiteboard activity, powerpoint, storytime, or display to celebrate birds, families? Or celebrating my newest book, Honk, Honk, Goose: Canada Geese Start a Family (Illustrated by Huy Vuon...
View ArticleStorytime tips for working with toddlers
There’s nothing like watching an experienced librarian working with young kids during storytime. It’s a dance! It’s an art. Experience helps. But what if you are just starting out? Perhaps this...
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July Wood Duck
We rescued this wood duck chick that got separated from its mother. The mother duck and the rest of the chicks made it to the creek. But this one was trapped in an empty swimming pool. It was fluffy...
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