Hello!
I"ve had 49 requests for my curriculum! Wow!! But Earl Moniz has come to my
rescue again and has graciously invited me to send him the text which he
will add to his web site.
If all of you can give me a week or so, it will be ready. I also have a
bunch of lesson plans that I will be posting there also.
You will be able to view it and print out what you want of it.
I need a week or so because I work in Appleworks at school and I sent it all
home to my Windows 98 computer last Friday. Before it is posted I have to go
thru it and get rid of the un-necessary parts. Its been a year or so since
I've looked at the curriculum! When I'm doing lesson plans I open up the
lesson I want to use and edit it and print it out. I haven't written any
"from scratch" for a few years.
Before you get too excited I want to want you that I teach first thru third
grades only, and I don't have the other school's curriculum or lessons.
Also, it's nothing award winning or anything!!! I hope no one is too
disappointed! I'm just a chubby 40ish elementary school librarian in
Southern New Jersey! (no MLS, even!)
And while I'm thinking about it, let me add this. I think a person can teach
just about anything if s/he is excited about it and makes it interesting. If
you are tentative or hesitant the kids will pick up on it and ruin it. If
someone had let me see the future when I was 17 and showed me getting
excited about Officer Buckle I would have laughed out loud. But I knew that
I love kids, especially the younger ones, and I love picture books and my
job is so much fun because I get to do what I love all day long. It's hard
to always have that attitude but the days go so much better with a good
attitude.
(I wrote that more for me that for any of you! Attitude!! Attitude!!
Attitude!!)
I'll post another message when the curriculum is accessible. Thanks for your
enthusiasm!
Karen DeFrank, LMS
Glassboro Public Schools
NJ
----- Original Message -----
From: Joanne Seale <books4me@earthlink.net>
To: Karen's Work <kdefrank@GLASSBORO.K12.NJ.US>
Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2003 4:48 PM
Subject: Re: ELEM: teaching reading skills
> Karen,
>
> Although I am not in a school with the problem that Valerie had regarding
the
> very low level of reading, I am interested in your curriculum for the
younger
> students! I seem to have no problem with lesson plans for the older
students (I
> am in a K-6 school) but struggle with what to do with the little ones. I
am a
> new media specialist with only 5 months under my belt. I would really
love to
> start the new year with some great ideas for the lower grades. At the end
of
> the year I bought an area rug to create a story area in the media center
in a
> corner where some of the picture books are shelved. We got new carpet in
the
> Media Center this summer so I saved the area rug and it will be a new
addition
> for the new year. I am excited about making some changes, and I would
love to
> get a copy of your curriculum!
>
> I will be glad to pay for mailing and copy costs, if you would be so
generous as
> to share it with me also! I can either mail you a check ahead of time, or
mail
> you one after you have some idea of the cost of mailing. Since I am on
summer
> vacation I would prefer mail to my house.
>
> Joanne Seale
> 4340 Hickory Hill Blvd.
> Titusville, FL 32780
>
> Let me know if you get too many requests!
> Joanne
> Media Specialist
> Apollo Elementary
> Titusville, FL
> books4me@earthlink.net
>
> Karen's Work wrote:
>
> > Dear Valerie,
> > I am posting this to the list because I think it is a great topic.
> >
> > I have an BA in elementary ed, along with my library degree. And I've
been a
> > school librarian for twenty years, one in a k-5 school, 7 in a 5th-8th
grade
> > school, and the rest in my present position 1st thru 3rd. I hope that
> > qualifies me to address your question.
> >
> > My job is not to TEACH reading. My job is to get the kids interested and
> > excited about all the wonderful stories that are in books. I do this by
> > showing them a Curious George doll, talking about the word Curious,
reading
> > Curious George, showing a claymation video of the same story, talking
about
> > other Curious George books, showing the kids how to find the book on the
> > library shelves by looking for the first letter of the author's last
name in
> > the picture book section and encouraging them to borrow the books. I am
the
> > Curious George Cheerleader!!
> > The next week I am the Arthur cheerleader. What wonderful stories! You
can
> > see them on tv! You can do fun games on the internet. You can hold my
Arthur
> > and DW dolls! We can watch a movie about Marc Brown!
> > Then I am the alphabetical order cheerleader! Order is the key to the
> > library and YOU can find anything you want in the picture books if you
just
> > know the alphabet!
> > And there is Franklin the Turtle! The Three Little Pigs! Officer Buckle
and
> > Gloria! Frog and Toad! Little Critter!
> >
> > If you are excited about your books and your program the kids will be
> > excited about reading, excited about coming to see you and borrowing
your
> > wonderful books. They will beg adults to read to them and eventually
they
> > will read.
> >
> > I will send you my curriculum if you want. Give me you address and I'll
mail
> > it to you snail mail.
> >
> > Karen DeFrank, LMS
> > Bullock School
> > Glassboro, NJ 08028
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Valerie Bassett <vbassett@YAHOO.COM>
> > To: <LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2003 10:16 PM
> > Subject: ELEM: teaching reading skills
> >
> > > Hello...
> > >
> > > All of you wonderful experts out there have given me some great advice
in
> > the past and I know you will be able to help me with my latest
problem....
> > >
> > > I have recently moved to a school that is virtually last in state test
> > scores from a school that was almost always at the top. So, my lesson
plans
> > have to change and my curriculum also must change. Here's my problem:
This
> > school does not have a recognized library media curriculum. Plus, they
have
> > been without an LMS for 6 years. In that time, student scores have
rapidly
> > declined. I have third graders who can't read on a kindergarten level
(yet
> > they are being advanced to 4th grade??? Go figure!!). I need some advice
> > from those who have been faced with this situation before.
> > > I would like to begin some reading assessment on these students to
> > determine reading skills, and then to begin teaching them. I think I
need to
> > put library skills on hold for a couple of months and address this need
> > first. These kids can't understand the books they are checking out, so
> > telling them how to find a book on the shelf and how to research isn't
> > helping when they can't understand the words on the page.
> > >
> > > Where do I begin? I feel really helpless at the moment. Do I start
with
> > the teachers? Do I propose reading conferences? Are there programs I can
use
> > that cost little or no money to assess reading (BTW, we do have AR, but
from
> > what I've heard it's collecting dust since the kids don't understand how
to
> > take tests)?
> > > We are a Title 1 school, but with a regular budget that has been
"frozen"
> > for three years. Therefore I cannot spend a great deal of money.
> > > I would love to have advice from other LMS' who've have had to teach
> > reading skills and hear how they've done it.
> > >
> > > Thank you SO much!
> > > Valerie :)
> > >
> > >
> > > Valerie Bassett
> > > media specialist
> > > Ridgeland Elementary School
> > > P.O. Box 850
> > > Ridgeland, SC 29936
> > > vbassett@yahoo.com
> > > 843-717-1350
> > >
> > >
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