Thanks to Alkelda the Gleeful, I now have my own super-hero action figure, arched eyebrow and all. I'm honored and a little bit embarassed. I never would have had a great book talk with my daughter's first grade class, if not for your help. I think this is the start of the Legion of Super-hero Kidlitosphere Bloggers. What do you think?
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21 first graders miss five minutes of recess and don't mind a bit. I still can't believe this talk with my daughter's first grade classmates went this well. And I have you to thank for it. Thank you, thank you, thank you. When I first arrived in my daughter's classroom, I discovered Ms. Teacher reading a book to the class. Actually, she was holding up a book, while the children sat on the
Wow! Sounds like you did a fantastic job! Congrats!
Vivian, I hope that teacher hugged you. And every child, too. (If that's allowed.) Wow-ee. You changed a few lives this week.
Yay, you! Good job well done!
This is what teaching is all about! Congratulations. It's a lesson they will never forget! Mind if I share it with other teachers?
Sounds perfect! I'm so glad it went well :)
M. Thompson,Thank you.---Sara,I hope this made a lasting impression on a couple of the children. But wow. It was something else.---Chris,Thanks. And thank you for your advice.---Lisa,Sure, you're welcome to share this. If you would kindly credit everyone who helped me with this...the comment section link is provided in a few places in this post...that would be so appreciated. I have a high
Hey, Tricia!We both posted our comments at the same time. Thank you!
Yay! And wow. Sounds like you did a wonderful job. :)
Miss Erin,This is too funny. We posted at the same time, too. Thanks!
i am really impressed you had their attention for so long! it sounds like an amazing presentation- good for you!
So funny! What a great idea for a presentation. Your daughter must have been proud!
I'm so glad it went well! It is amazing to stand in front of those really little ones & see their eyes light up. I need to come up with a talk that might do a bit of that for the older ones, too!
This is great! I'm sorry I missed the initial call for ideas, but am so pleased you got enough material to make this work. What a lovely kidlitosphere we have.
I'm glad that it went so well, Vivian! I'm sure that you did an amazing job, and having such wonderful advice certainly helped, too, I'm sure. As Alkelda said, it's a lovely Kidlitosphere that we have. For sure.
Congratulations! That sounds like it was an amazing experience.
Wow--they didn't plow you down to get to recess! You know you had them in the palm of your hand. Excellent job!
Congratulations! You did it! And with confidence.
Awesome! What an impression you made on them. Great story, great post.
Um, hellloooo Vivian. Changin' the world, one small step at a time...Good on ya...
Fabulous! You rock! And you tell the story so well... I can just see you there in front of that righteous crowd of first graders.
Brava! Take a bow, Vivian. Wish I could have heard you!
When can you come visit my son's class? ;)
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I'm a little stumped stressed thrilled. I was just helping my first grader's classroom celebrate 100 days of school. During my visit, middle child's teacher asked if I'd like to come into the classroom in the near future and talk to the kids about books. "Of course," I said. Already, I was mentally preparing what kind of books would be great to share with the children. Then Ms. Teacher dropped
I'm sorry, but I'm laughing. Can she really mean it? Kids throw books in her classroom?? And you're supposed to stop them?Perhaps a treacly book called "A Ball is to Throw; A Book is Not, 'tho." I really, really hope you get a terrific book idea out of this presentation. In fact, I would demand it as payment. :)
Oh, Sara. I love your title. It just cracks me right up. I'm afraid she really means it. My daughter's teacher is sooooo nice...she used to be a preschool teacher. Problem is, what works for preschool does not work for first graders.
I'm sorry, I am thinking the same thing as Sara, Huh??But I do really think the best way to show that care for books is important is to have them create their own books to care for. OR!!! I just got this idea have them bring their favorite book from home. They could talk about what makes it their favorite and how they keep it nice. Maybe even show your favorite book and how you keep it nice so
Hmm. Maybe you could read Oliver Jeffers's The Incredible Book-Eating Boy? I know the kids are not *eating* the books, but there is that lovely illo near the end where a book says something like, maybe you shouldn't eat me so other people can read me, too. Alright, it's a stretch, but at least you'd get to read them a good book!
I would seriously consider throwing this back to the teacher, reminding her that lessons like this are best reinforced daily by parents and the teacher. I have a sad and sneaking suspicion that many of these kids are growing up in homes without books.I'd tell the teacher that you'd help make a plan for her to do this behind the scenes (suggesting more books for the classroom library, maybe
Lollipops!Make up some "dummy books" with big googly eyes and faces? Each kid gets one. Let them name their book? Let them sign each other's books a la yearbook style.And don't forget the lollipops.
I'd also recommend reading. I'd pair the Jeffers book with Sierra's Wild About Books. In it, the librarian must teach the animals to treat the books with care. You might considering creating a class book with them afterwards about books (why we read them, what we like about them, how to care for them).
A friend just had a teacher ask her to talk about something like "How grammar saved my life!" What are these people thinking?I think you might try your own bait & switch. Maybe spend a very few minutes talking about the VERY basics, then take 10 minutes or so to write a story with the kids on the easel. Then take the story page off the easel & ask them what you should do with it? Get a lot of
Toni Buzzeo has a great list of books with librarians in them. http://www.tonibuzzeo.com/booksourlibrarianpicturebooks.html(Taking care of library books is a common topic for this age group - in fact, you may want to ask the school librarian what she has in her collection.)
Hmmm. . . First graders are pretty gullible. Maybe they'll believe you if you tell them the characters in the books are really alive in there, and each time they throw a book or leave it lying open or drop it, the characters get hurt. Tell them the books are crying. Ha ha ha! Just kidding. I really don't know. Books were always sacred to me, even at that age. Good luck!
Megan,Thank you for visiting. I appreciate your ideas. I think the teacher is definitely at her wits end on this one. This will definitely be an interesting challenge.----Anamaria,Thanks for stopping by and your book suggestion. I'll go check it out.----Becky,I know, it is strange. I'm still wondering about this. We have a beautiful new town library that is always crowded, the school
Laini,I just missed you! And here you are. That is a fun idea. Hmmm...
They do a good job at my daughter's school in their library period about talking about how you should treat books. I'll ask her if she has any suggestions. I just know that after she went through 1st grade, she reminded me not to leave books open on their spines, and to be careful with them, because they belong to the library.Maybe a book about being careful with things that belong to others as
What if you just bring in a stack of your favorites --the stack that you and your child read over and over. And booktalk them, telling why you love each one and how you love to read them over and over and over. Then you can talk about where you keep them and how you keep them so that they last a long time because you know you'll want to continue reading them again and again. Then the focus will
When we do a library tour with preschoolers or kindergarteners we bring out our No, No, Never/Yes, Yes, Always! Box. It's a box divided in the middle with cardboard. The front of the box says No, No, Never! and the back says Yes, Yes, Always! The box is full of props of ways to treat books. In the No, No, Never side there's a baby doll, stuffed dog, lollipop, soda can, and a crayon. In the Yes,
Check out my blog and see if you can adapt anything to 1st grade, http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2008/02/11/100th-day-of-school/.SAS
Oh my lord. Are you serious? My vote is to give a 25-minute talk about the fabulous books you love, get kids all excited, and then go over the basic rules. "I'm sure y'all already know this now, because it's not like you're in kindergarten now. But here's how you treat a book." Wrap that part up in 3 minutes and hope that you've left them so enthralled with books they'll treat them better.What a
OK, first of all, that's CRAZY! WHA?!?!!? I should think that the teacher should ask the school librarian for a special session in the library where the librarian emphasizes the kindnesses we need to offer our books... Sigh.But in your session? I'd talk about the making of a book. The dream somebody wakes up with one day. The way a dream turns into an idea. The way an idea unfolds on a page. The
My first library job included repairing books and I sometimes did a short session (5 mins or so) for class visits. I had a few samples of damaged books and would say things like, "Who likes pictures of dinosaurs? I have a beautiful book about dinosaurs with lots of great pictures!" Then I would get to the page where a picture was cut out or scribbled on or torn.I also had a dusgusting, wet,
If they absolutely MUST "destroy" something, give them bubble wrap to pop. ("How many can you bubbles can pop in sixty seconds? GO!") Then confiscate the used wrap - DO NOT throw it away in the classroom's trashcan! Box it up and take it back with you!
What about Lauren Child's Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf. In this story Herb, a young boy who loves books, falls in to his own fairytale book. It turns out he had doodled in it and cut out pictures the year before (when he was much younger) and now he must deal with an irate queen who has a moustache and the ugly sisters, who are stuck to the ceiling, and Cinderella who is having a terrible
Perhaps I'd start by showing them two versions of the same book. One damaged (scribbled on, torn and if there are flaps, have a couple missing) and one in pristine condition. Ask which they'd rather read.I question why the kids are throwing them. Perhaps there's some over-enthusiastic DEAR time that trails on for too long, perhaps the books are just not age (or child) appropriate or too difficult
Yeah, we should all make action figures for each other! I was trying to think of something catchy to evoke the Justice League, but so far, no ideas have cropped up.
It's a great action figure. You look very powerful, as all protectors of books should!
It's Super!!!! Will you update your sidebar picture?