Craft Lesson for SIDEWALK CIRCUS
Background
Children in Elementary School years have a very creative imagination. This book allows them to see how someone could perceive something other than what is really going on. I think most children would understand this book.
Materials
Sidewalk Circus by Paul Fleischman and Kevin Hawkes
Blank paper
Crayons, Colored Pencils or Markers
Pencil
Activity
First I would go through the story with the children and ask them if they had ever been to a circus. Next I would ask the children if they had any examples imagining things that weren’t really there like in the story. This would just be a fun creative activity for the children. I would have them draw a story of their own with no words at first. Then after they are finished have all the children look at the pictures and each write what they think the story is about. After everyone is done then have the child who drew the picture come up and explain their story. It will be very amusing to see what some of the children come up with. They have such vivid imaginations at the elementary age.
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Mora: Yum!MmMm!Que Rico!
Mora, Pat. Yum! MmMm! Que' rico!. Illus. Rafael Lopez. New York, NY: Lee & Low Books Inc., 2007.
This book was very interesting. At first I found the reading a little confusing. It got easier as I went on. The facts about the differant sproutings were very informative and interesting. I found some new things out and I'm sure children can learn a lot from this book. The illustrations were beautiful and very well done. They matched the text very well the vibrant colors make it a "happy" book to read. I like how it is not just your basic book it is full of facts. Again I am very glad you introduced me to this book!
This book was very interesting. At first I found the reading a little confusing. It got easier as I went on. The facts about the differant sproutings were very informative and interesting. I found some new things out and I'm sure children can learn a lot from this book. The illustrations were beautiful and very well done. They matched the text very well the vibrant colors make it a "happy" book to read. I like how it is not just your basic book it is full of facts. Again I am very glad you introduced me to this book!
Chapter 10
Tunnell, Michael O. and James S. Jacobs. Children's Literature, Briefly. 4e. Upper Sadle River NJ: Pearson/Merrill Prentice Hall, 2008
I found Chapter 10 on Modern Fantasy to be very interesting. There are many different Categories about it. I feel it is very important for children to be able to use there imaginations and have creative thinking. At the same time I feel it is important for children to understand that what they are reading is not real and it is all made up. We need to be able to imagine magic and hero's. Being able to imagine and create things is necessary. In the 6th grade I remember Charlotte's Web by E.B. White being one of my absolute favorites.
I found Chapter 10 on Modern Fantasy to be very interesting. There are many different Categories about it. I feel it is very important for children to be able to use there imaginations and have creative thinking. At the same time I feel it is important for children to understand that what they are reading is not real and it is all made up. We need to be able to imagine magic and hero's. Being able to imagine and create things is necessary. In the 6th grade I remember Charlotte's Web by E.B. White being one of my absolute favorites.
Dr. Seuss: My Many Colored Days
Seuss, Dr. My Many Colored Days. Illus. Steve Johnson & Lou Fancher. New York, NY: Random House Inc., 1996.
I really enjoyed this book by Dr. Seuss. I have always enjoyed his books. My favorite one growing up was Green Eggs and Ham. I had not heard of this book before this class but I'm glad we read it. The book is very colorful and captivating. I loved how the text would change with emotion it kept the reading interesting. The book was really good at making you actually feel the color with the emotion the child was feeling.
I really enjoyed this book by Dr. Seuss. I have always enjoyed his books. My favorite one growing up was Green Eggs and Ham. I had not heard of this book before this class but I'm glad we read it. The book is very colorful and captivating. I loved how the text would change with emotion it kept the reading interesting. The book was really good at making you actually feel the color with the emotion the child was feeling.
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Children's Literature Briefly Chapter 18
Tunnell, Michael O. and James S. Jacobs. Children's Literature, Briefly. 4e. Upper Sadle River NJ: Pearson/Merrill Prentice Hall, 2008.
After reading chapter 18 I found it very true how textbooks are often unappealing to students. I remember hating to just read out of the text book then have a quiz or test. Being in the Post-Bach program is the first time my classes were not like this. This is why I enjoy it so much. I really do think that if you apply more “trade books” to lesson’s students may be more cooperative and want to learn. Being a teacher is about being creative and getting your students involved. I feel that if a teacher just makes students read then take a test then they are not applying themselves as a teacher at all.
After reading chapter 18 I found it very true how textbooks are often unappealing to students. I remember hating to just read out of the text book then have a quiz or test. Being in the Post-Bach program is the first time my classes were not like this. This is why I enjoy it so much. I really do think that if you apply more “trade books” to lesson’s students may be more cooperative and want to learn. Being a teacher is about being creative and getting your students involved. I feel that if a teacher just makes students read then take a test then they are not applying themselves as a teacher at all.
Children's Literature Briefly Chp6-8
Tunnell, Michael O. and James S. Jacobs. Children's Literature, Briefly. 4e. Upper Sadle River NJ: Pearson/Merrill Prentice Hall, 2008.
In chapter 7 I found wordless picture books to be very intriguing. Before now I have never noticed any wordless picture books, but I really like them. I like how one can make up there own stories to the pictures. These books work the mind. Children are able to create their own text and when they get to the right age they can write in whatever they are seeing from the pictures.
In chapter 8 I totally agree with Bernard Lonsdale and Helen Mackintosh on how they say “Experiences with poetry should be pleasurable and should never be associated with work.” As a child I remember poetry not being so bad it was as I got older I grew to dislike it more and more. There was no particular reason that I can recall it just did not interest me. So maybe if my high school teachers would have taught it differently then I would have a different opinion.
In chapter 7 I found wordless picture books to be very intriguing. Before now I have never noticed any wordless picture books, but I really like them. I like how one can make up there own stories to the pictures. These books work the mind. Children are able to create their own text and when they get to the right age they can write in whatever they are seeing from the pictures.
In chapter 8 I totally agree with Bernard Lonsdale and Helen Mackintosh on how they say “Experiences with poetry should be pleasurable and should never be associated with work.” As a child I remember poetry not being so bad it was as I got older I grew to dislike it more and more. There was no particular reason that I can recall it just did not interest me. So maybe if my high school teachers would have taught it differently then I would have a different opinion.
Children's Literature Briefly Chp1-5
Tunnell, Michael O. and James S. Jacobs. Children's Literature, Briefly. 4e. Upper Sadle River NJ: Pearson/Merrill Prentice Hall, 2008.
When I was little I always enjoyed reading, it was most likely because of the pictures but I never really knew the depth to which the pictures could take you. Chapter 4 made me realize just how important illustrations are to the text. They have to compliment the text, if they don’t then it makes the story less interesting I think. I really think that great pictures can tell the story them selves. I really found it interesting how lines in a picture can play such a huge role in how it communicates.
When I was little I always enjoyed reading, it was most likely because of the pictures but I never really knew the depth to which the pictures could take you. Chapter 4 made me realize just how important illustrations are to the text. They have to compliment the text, if they don’t then it makes the story less interesting I think. I really think that great pictures can tell the story them selves. I really found it interesting how lines in a picture can play such a huge role in how it communicates.
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