It’s My City: a Singing Map
Uptown, downtown, it's my city! Near the Laundromat, I begin. Listen to the wash. Shake, slosh, shake slosh. Throw it in the dryer for a spin!
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A ball and its shadow fall and meet, rolling to my shadow's feet. We outline shadows with a piece of chalk. But later they've moved On the hot sidewalk.
View ArticleTrout, Trout, Trout: A Fish Chant
A wildly popular gift for fishermen young and old, this fish chant is a celebration of North American freshwater fish. Rhyme, rhythm, repetition, voice, and wacky illustrations bring this book to life....
View ArticleAnt, Ant, Ant: An Insect Chant
This follow-up to the wildly popular TROUT, TROUT, TROUT: THE FISH CHANT celebrates American insects and insect diversity in general through a wild chant of their common names. Backmatter includes fun...
View ArticleExploring Earth’s Biomes Activity Roundup
Here are some images from early school visits 2006 and earlier. Many schools did huge projects. Each classroom, for instance, might focus on a biome and educate the rest of the school through dioramas...
View ArticleBird, Bird, Bird: A Chirping Chant
Bird, Bird, Bird is follow-up to the wildly popular Trout, Trout, Trout: A Fish Chant celebrates American birds and bird diversity in general through a wild chant of their common names. This nonfiction...
View ArticleVulture View
Vulture View, a Theodor Geisel Honor Book, American Library Association. I am so excited about this book! It explores the life of vultures, surely some of the most underappreciated cleaners in the...
View ArticleKnox County, OH school visit activities. Wow!
Wow, Knox County, OH schools had fun with my books!. What extraordinary teachers and students. The countryside near there is beautiful, too.
View Article6+ Traits of Writing: Sayre’s Books as Models
Sayre’s Books As Models For Teaching The 6 + Traits of Writing Ideas (details, development, focus) Trout Are Made of Trees Stars Beneath Your Bed: the Surprising Story of Dust Secrets of...
View ArticleHamilton School Digs Into Literacy and Science
Turkey Chant Using Breeds of Turkeys! In Nov, 2008 I had a wonderful visit to Hamilton Traditional School in South Bend, IN. Curriculum leader Marcia LaBelle brought me in. The school was decked with...
View ArticleLanguage fun with Crocodile Listens and the chant books
This amazing teacher worked with her students to put together a Thanksgiving-appropriate story using the structure of Crocodile Listens. See what happens when turkey listens! They also created a turkey...
View ArticleThe Dynamic Nonfiction Classroom: a Visit to Indian Hill Elementary in Ohio
It is going to take me quite a while to process all the great teaching techniques I witnessed at Indian Hill Elementary and Indian Hill Primary, two schools in Cincinnati. Just look at what Mrs. Bauer...
View ArticleRah, Rah, Radishes: A Vegetable Chant
Oh boy, bok choy! Rah, Rah, Radishes: a Vegetable Chant is out in stores. (Go, Go, Grapes: a Fruit Chant will follow in May 2012.) My thanks to all of you who encouraged me to keep pursuing a home for...
View ArticleTHE CHANT BOOKS: Read, Taste, Teach!
My chant books are a celebration of words, rhythm, rhyme, and biodiversity. To celebrate my upcoming (June 16th, 2011) vegetable chant, I’ve assembled sound samples to help in teaching and...
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