Questions

1. How many hours did you complete? 5 Hours

2. In a short paragraph or bulleted list, how did you spend your time?

• Attended a Reading Celebration "A Time to Read."
• Attended Site Base Meeting
• Attended Board Meeting

3. How did the experience help you to strengthen at least one Kentucky Teacher Standard? (be sure to name the standard)

One Kentucky Teacher Standard that was strengthen would have to be the standard II: Designs and plans instruction.  The field experience allowed me to learn new lesson ideas for all grade levels.
For example: "Caps for Sale" student use musical instruments while singing the book on tape.  "Tuck Every Lasting" students write letters to the character in the book explaining their decision on whether they want to live forever. 

4. Talk a little about one thing you learned because of this field experience.

During the field experience I learned how talented the students are in Powell County.  At the Reading Celebration and the Board Meeting students performed different books.  Seeing many different books performed allowed me to develop new ideas as well as taking notes on the activities preformed.   I can have my students read the books and do the same activity in the future based on the grade level I may be teaching.

A Child Called "It"

Pelzer, D. J. (1995). A child called "it": An abused child's journey from victim to victor. Deerfield Beach, Fla: Health Communications.

Summary: "A Child Called 'it'" is a true story of Dave Pelzer.  When you read the book you will learn about his childhood and how it was filled with cruel events from his alcoholic and crazy mother.  He went through unthinkably events such as beatings, starvation, and locked in the bathroom with Clorox and ammonia fumes.  This is just a small selection of how her was treated.

Reflection:

Autobiography: An autobiography is a piece of writing about someones life.  This book is about the childhood of Dave Pelzer.  When reading the book you will learn just how bad his mother treated him when growing up.  

Flashback: Chapter one "The Rescue"  tells us that "David Pelzer,' he says, 'you're free.'" In the following chapters he flashbacks to his life when his family was like the "Brady Bunch of the 1960s" to his childhood when the abuse started. 

Style:  The way the author tells the story is very touching for the intended audience.  It hooks the readers and creates an emotional bond.  Example: "My relationship with mom drastically changed from discipline to punishment that grew out of control. It became so bad at times, I had no strength to crawl away--even if it meant saving my life."

Questions:

How many types of child abuse did Dave suffer?
Why do you think Dave's mother abused only him and not his siblings?
Why do you think his father did not help him and just leave?
What would you have done if you were Dave?

Reading Log & Wiki

Reading Log for 30 books (to paste into your blog in at the end of the term)

• Instructions: List the titles and authors you read under each Genre, and use checklist below for Wiki posts. Then, highlight this material and paste it into a final blog post. I have already included (in the 30) the ones we read for discussion. Feel free to read more in each genre as you make time. Failure to read and list at least 30 books will results in grade being lowered one letter.

                                           

Genre / Titles you read (Hit enter after each one and a new number should pop up)

             I.      Non-fiction/Informational (1 chapter book or photo essay book reflection required on blog)

1)      A Child called “It” by Dave Pelzer

2)      Rosa by Nikki Giovanni

          II.      Poetry (1 chapter or picture book reflection required on blog)

1)      Mother Goose Numbers on the Loose by Leo & Diane Dillon

       III.      Modern Fantasy (1 chapter book reflection required on blog)          

1)      I, Jack  by Patricia Finney. (required for discussion – do NOT use on blog)

2)      Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse, by Leo Linonni

3)      Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White

       IV.      Historical Fiction (1 reflection required on blog –can be a picture book)     

1)      The Teacher’s Funeral by Richard Peck. (required for discussion – do NOT use on blog)

2)      Artic Memories by Normee Ekoomiak

3)      Virgie Goes to School with Us Boys by Elizabeth Fitzgerald

          V.      Multicultural/Traditional (2 reflections required on blog – one can be a picture book)         

1)      Hiroshima: A Novella by Laurence Yep (required for discussion – do NOT use on blog)

2)      American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang

3)      The Great Migration Journey to the North by Eloise Greenfield

       VI.      Realistic Fiction (1 chapter book reflection required on blog)

1)      Baby by Patricia MacLachlan. (required for discussion – do NOT use on blog)

2)      Building A House by Bryon Barton

3)      A Chair For My Mother by Vera B. Williams

4)      Frog and Toad Together by Arnold Lobel

5)      The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats

6)      On my Honor by Marion Dane Bauer

    VII.      Picture Books (5 reflections required on blog during the first two weeks of class. There should be a total here of at least six.)

1)      The Wednesday Surprise by Eve Bunting. (required for discussion – do NOT use on blog)

2)      –Click, Clack, Moo Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin

3)      –The True Story of The 3 Little Pigs by A. Wolf

4)      –Yo! Yes? By Chris Raschka

5)      Train to Somewhere by Eve Bunting

6)      Owen by Kevin Henkes

7)      –Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present by Charlotte Zolotow

8)      –Kitten’s First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes

9)      A Good Day by Kevin Henkes

10)  A Tree is Nice by Janice May Udry

Wiki Checklist

Instructions: Write the number of entries for each category you posted into on the Course Wiki (requirement is four total posts, in four different categories)

____ Social Studies

__☺__ Science

__☺__ Math

____ Music

____ Art

____ Reading/Language Arts

____ Physical Education

____ Other

Virgie Goes to School with Us Boys

Howard, E. F., & Lewis, E. B. (1999). Virgie goes to school with us boys. New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers.

On My Honor

Bauer, M. D., & Juvenile Collection (Library of Congress). (1986). On my honor. New York: Clarion Books.

Book Talk:

Imagine the future when you are a teenager.  Will you be a daredevil, risk taker, or a follower?  In the book On My Honor these examples are played out in a realistic fiction novel of the adventures of two friends.  Joel and Tony take a bike ride to Starved Rock.  The path to this park is “awfully narrow…hilly and winding, too.”  What adventures will they encounter on this dangerous trip?  Will Joel keep his honor and stay safe like he promises his father?  Read this book to find out what risk these teenagers take. 

Mother Goose Numbers On The Loose

Dillon, L., & Dillon, D. (2007). Mother Goose: Numbers on the loose. Orlando: Harcourt.

Summary: This book is about "numbers on the loose."  Every page involved mischievous numbers counting, and rhyming.  Familiar and lesser-known rhymes from the famous Mother Goose help tell the story and help students learn how to count. 

 

Reflection: In this poetry book about numbers children can easily recognize the rhyme on each page of this book.  I also noticed on some pages the words have the same vowel sound, which is called assonance.  I also noticed the page layout on each page had a certain typeface. The first word on each page was in all caps and bold.  Each number was also in bold and in a larger font.  I'm excited to read this book to my students.  They will enjoy the rhymes and find this book funny!  Some will be able to complete the famous Mother Goose poems.

Questions:

What are the rhyming words?

Can you finish these statements?  "1, 2, Buckle my...., 3, 4, ..... 5, 6, pick up...."

Typeface (WASH) and Rhyme:(dishes, wishes, kisses)

                                                                                                       

Assonance a-e: (dame, lane)

American Born Chinese

Yang, G. L., & Pien, L. (2006). American born Chinese. New York: First Second.

Summary: American Born Chinese consists of three interweaved stories that eventually combine into one narrative.  The first tale is based upon The Monkey King who is has lived for thousands of years and has mastered the arts of kung fu and the heavenly disciplines.  He tries to defeat how he is treated like a god by training day and night to get rid of his identity as a monkey.  He later learns to accept himself and disguises as Danny’s cousin “Chin-Kee.”  The second tale is the story is about Jin Wang, who moved from San Francisco's Chinatown to a town with white Americans. Jin Wang struggles to fit in at his new school, and the white American culture. The third tale is about an American boy named Danny.  His cousin Chin-Kee comes to visit and has many American racial stereotypes.  All of the characters have problems, and they have trouble solving their problems. By the end of the book the characters start to figure out solutions to their problems.

Questions:
What are stereotypes?
What are some stereotypes that people have towards Americans?

Reflection:
This multicultural book is about American and Chinese people who have stereotypes.  This book is written in cartoon artistic style using comics content.  Every page in this story was just like the picture below.  This was an interesting way to read a book.  This was the first graphic novel I had read with comics content.  I believe students would love this type of book.  With the great pictures this was an enjoyable book.



The Lion and The Mouse

Pinkney, J., & Aesop, . (2009). The lion & the mouse. New York: Little, Brown and Co. Books for  Young Readers.

Summary:

In this fable a mouse accidentally disturbs a lion and unexpectedly the lion decides to release his prey. When the lion is trapped in a rope from humans the mouse remembers how the lion saved his life and she frees the lion from the trap.  This story proves even a small creature is capable of great deeds. 

Questions:

While reading this story stop and ask students what they predict will happen when the mouse wakes the lion.

What was the deeper meaning from this story?

Reflection:

In this traditional fable sentences can't be found only words.  The words are onomatopoeia words because the words phonetically imitates or suggests the source of the sound that it describes.  This fits into the fables because it is a simple story the incorporates animals whose actions teach a moral lesson.  This a very cute and excellent picture book with amazing illustrations. The illustrations were done in pencil, watercolor, and colored pencil.  The pictures tell the story while the onomatopoeia words help explain the actions of the story.