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What's New Schools, Schools, Schools As of fall 2004, I am pleased to be
teaching language arts and reading Two Books of Stories about American Heroes and Heroines Fifth grade, we'll personally share
the stories with as many of you as we can. New is the companion volume United
No More! Stories of the Cyrenius H. Booth Library, Newtown,
Connecticut Families & Literacy Conference, sponsored by S.E.R.C. (Special Education Resource Center)'s Early Childhood Initiative Workshop presenter. "Myths & Storytelling
for Preschoolers" focuses on oral storytelling, voice and listening
as stepping stones to written language. Participants include childcare
providers and parents. Workshop in Multicultural Literature
for Children at Education Connection, Danbury, Connecticut "Hands on History" Author-in-residence, at Monroe Historical Society's "Hands on History." Children between the ages of six and twelve participated with me in sharing William Blake's poem "Infant Joy," from Songs of Innocence, about a baby who has lived two days without a name and asks for one. The children interpreted the poem with a quill pen and ink and watercolors. Some changed the words, some didn't. They experienced first-hand a favorite pastime of colonial American children. Did you know that William Blake, born in London in 1757, began his career as an illustrator of books? 51st Annual Connecticut Reading Conference, CONNecting with Global Literacy: Teach...Reach...Lead Featured author, "How to Balance Pedagogical Concerns & an Entertaining Story" covers my experiences with school administrators and teachers as the author of a story about a child with AIDS -- You Can Call Me Willy. Included are anecdotes about the reactions of young readers -- they have little to do with the details of AIDS transmission -- and about what motivated me to write this book. More to come!
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