Re: Gen: Sock it to me w/local books

[Josephine Dervan <rderva@injersey.infi.net>]

Kathy Clark wrote:
>
> I do the same thing with my jewelry.

Well I do the same thing with books. Wherever I go I try to find
books and/or local items that can lend themselves to a story about
that area. I have a bird bottle (we use it at home in Spring) from
Williamsburg and a book with 2 stories about baby birds using the
bottle. I have a book from Bermuda to go along with my toy steel
drum. I have Maybelle the Cable Car by Burton to go along with the
toy SF cable car. I have an elegant feather mask from New Orleans
to go along with the Talking Eggs by San Souci. While in Spain
recently I bought a small bullfight poster to read with The Story
of Ferdinand.

I also have a collection of American stories translated into
French by Lionni, Margaret Wise Brown, et al. These were purchased
at the Louvre bookstore. I read the stories in English and then in
French and the kids love to listen nd compare the language. While
in Spain, I purchased an easy Spanish picture dictionary as well
as a Maisey book in Spanish. I don't speak Spanish but our school
has a large ESL population and we always get Spanish speaking
students.

While in Barcelona I became fascinated by the architecture of
Antoni Gaudi. I purchased books of his life and works. I am
planning a cross curriculum project with the Art teacher. I'll
teach about his life and works using the Internet, a PowerPoint
presentation and of course books and photographs.
The Art teacher will do a project with the students. We plan to
use both at our annual Showcase in the Spring.

Last year when I got caught in the earthquake in Istanbul, Turkey,
I shared my experiences with the children. I made a PowerPoint
presentation in which I taught about the cause of earthquakes and
that earthquake in particular. I had books available for students
to circulate and they were popular.

One of the most popular items in the Media Center is the large
world map where we located the parts of the world that we're
reading about.
In this and other ways I feel that I am bringing the world to my
students.
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Josephine G. Dervan, Library Media Specialist
Winner of 1999 Peace Corps Global Educator Award
Strathmore Elementary School
Aberdeen, NJ 07747

Home- rderva@injersey.infi.net

He who has a garden and a library, wants for nothing- Cicero

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