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From: Stephanie Bange <SBange>
Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2007 13:05:02 -0500
Hi Kathy!
I shared this book with my 3 - 5 year old preschool storytimes last Wednesday (two days after the announcement). The groups of children were smaller in number than usual that day (cold, yucky weather), so we were huddled around the book -- but they loved it! The parents in the room also wanted to take a closer look at the illustrations after storytime -- something they are sometimes hesitant to do.
I do alot of interaction with the boys and girls when I am reading sometimes (applying dialogic reading often in storytime), so they were ready with responses when I shared it with them. I often questioned them about what they were seeing -- "Wow! That looks like a giant crab -- but what do you think that is behind it? Why do you think that eyeball so big looking?" --- eliciting their descriptions and augmenting their vocabularly with my own words. Their feedback and enthusiasm for the book and the story was on target! I'm sure that my love for the book carried right through and was one of the keys to their reaction...after all, it was my top choice to win the award.
I had a 1st grader in yesterday afternoon, asking for the book. He had heard about it from his teacher at school and wanted to share it with his mom. Unfortunately, all my circualting copies were checked out. Fortunately, I had my own personal copy handy so he could look at it with her! They sat here, looking at it together for about 20 minutes.
My thought is that this is best seen one-on-one, but can also be enjoyed in a small group, too!
Stephanie
Stephanie Bange Children's Librarian Wilmington-Stroop Branch Dayton Metro Library (OH)
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From: ccbc-net-bounces at ccbc.education.wisc.edu on behalf of Kbshepler at aol.com Sent: Thu 2/1/2007 12:59 AM To: ccbc-net at ccbc.education.wisc.edu Subject: Re: [CCBC-Net] 2007Caldecott Award
In a message dated 1/31/2007 7:11:22 PM Pacific Standard Time, smithr at ensworth.com writes:
I know there are many, many Wiesner fans of all ages out there and I wonder how the children you work with have enjoyed this book, especially next to other Wiesner titles.
How have you shared this wordless book with children--in a group or one-on-one? How have they reacted?
The children at my K-5 school LOVED Flotsam! I have a small Caldecott unit school-wide for 2 weeks. The week before ALA Midwinter, we sit at library tables in groups of 4 students on which are placed 4 previous year Caldecott winners. Then we do a 'book pass' (1-2 minutes with each book, then pass to your right) until all books are seen. Then each student "votes" on a paper ballot with the jacket art miniatures in b/w as the ballot entries. K-1 just circles their personal favorite; Gr2-3 writes 1-2 response words next to each title, then votes their favorite; Gr4-5 adds several sentences about their response to the work, plus what art medium was used in each book.
Then, the Tuesday after I get back from Midwinter we do the same with the new Caldecott winners. I book talk each title without telling them which one
"won" the gold and which got an "Honors." Then they vote on the same ballot type
as last week. The kids adore this unit. They shout and pump their fists in the air or moan and groan as the committee's preferences are announced. So much fun. And I get to share the titles many times during the week and come to a
deeper appreciation of my own on why the titles were chosen. I especially sigh in satisfaction as I noticed how many of the wordless books are gone from the shelf right after we reviewed Flotsam. (I thought I'd done a decent job of making sure the students knew there is "wordless" section in our school library. Evidently not :-) They all looked at me with blank stares as I asked where we would put Flotsam when it got shelved. Once it really sank in, they have flocked to that area. Thank you, David Wiesner!) It seemed all ages appreciated the imagination in Flotsam even more than Tuesday. I do believe that the artistry magic of The Three Pigs still stands out to the older grades, however. (One lingering reaction: I think we all are left wondering if the small islands off our coastline harbor hidden sea stars underneath the surface!)
Now we move on to the next unit: reading our state student-voted favorite competition. We talk about how now that we've spent time with the books that
"grown-ups" vote as the best, here is your chance to have your say. For the next
5 weeks we read in Library each of the California Young Reader Medal candidates in the picture book categories - Primary and Picture Books for Older Readers. Then they vote on the same ballot design as before and we send the votes to our state capitol and await the "winner".
I can't say enough how very popular this time is for all the grades. And the students savor so much. What fun!
Kathy
Kathy Shepler, Librarian Aurora School Oakland, CA _KBSHEPLER at aol.com_ (mailto:KBSHEPLER at aol.com)
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Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2007 13:05:02 -0500
Hi Kathy!
I shared this book with my 3 - 5 year old preschool storytimes last Wednesday (two days after the announcement). The groups of children were smaller in number than usual that day (cold, yucky weather), so we were huddled around the book -- but they loved it! The parents in the room also wanted to take a closer look at the illustrations after storytime -- something they are sometimes hesitant to do.
I do alot of interaction with the boys and girls when I am reading sometimes (applying dialogic reading often in storytime), so they were ready with responses when I shared it with them. I often questioned them about what they were seeing -- "Wow! That looks like a giant crab -- but what do you think that is behind it? Why do you think that eyeball so big looking?" --- eliciting their descriptions and augmenting their vocabularly with my own words. Their feedback and enthusiasm for the book and the story was on target! I'm sure that my love for the book carried right through and was one of the keys to their reaction...after all, it was my top choice to win the award.
I had a 1st grader in yesterday afternoon, asking for the book. He had heard about it from his teacher at school and wanted to share it with his mom. Unfortunately, all my circualting copies were checked out. Fortunately, I had my own personal copy handy so he could look at it with her! They sat here, looking at it together for about 20 minutes.
My thought is that this is best seen one-on-one, but can also be enjoyed in a small group, too!
Stephanie
Stephanie Bange Children's Librarian Wilmington-Stroop Branch Dayton Metro Library (OH)
________________________________
From: ccbc-net-bounces at ccbc.education.wisc.edu on behalf of Kbshepler at aol.com Sent: Thu 2/1/2007 12:59 AM To: ccbc-net at ccbc.education.wisc.edu Subject: Re: [CCBC-Net] 2007Caldecott Award
In a message dated 1/31/2007 7:11:22 PM Pacific Standard Time, smithr at ensworth.com writes:
I know there are many, many Wiesner fans of all ages out there and I wonder how the children you work with have enjoyed this book, especially next to other Wiesner titles.
How have you shared this wordless book with children--in a group or one-on-one? How have they reacted?
The children at my K-5 school LOVED Flotsam! I have a small Caldecott unit school-wide for 2 weeks. The week before ALA Midwinter, we sit at library tables in groups of 4 students on which are placed 4 previous year Caldecott winners. Then we do a 'book pass' (1-2 minutes with each book, then pass to your right) until all books are seen. Then each student "votes" on a paper ballot with the jacket art miniatures in b/w as the ballot entries. K-1 just circles their personal favorite; Gr2-3 writes 1-2 response words next to each title, then votes their favorite; Gr4-5 adds several sentences about their response to the work, plus what art medium was used in each book.
Then, the Tuesday after I get back from Midwinter we do the same with the new Caldecott winners. I book talk each title without telling them which one
"won" the gold and which got an "Honors." Then they vote on the same ballot type
as last week. The kids adore this unit. They shout and pump their fists in the air or moan and groan as the committee's preferences are announced. So much fun. And I get to share the titles many times during the week and come to a
deeper appreciation of my own on why the titles were chosen. I especially sigh in satisfaction as I noticed how many of the wordless books are gone from the shelf right after we reviewed Flotsam. (I thought I'd done a decent job of making sure the students knew there is "wordless" section in our school library. Evidently not :-) They all looked at me with blank stares as I asked where we would put Flotsam when it got shelved. Once it really sank in, they have flocked to that area. Thank you, David Wiesner!) It seemed all ages appreciated the imagination in Flotsam even more than Tuesday. I do believe that the artistry magic of The Three Pigs still stands out to the older grades, however. (One lingering reaction: I think we all are left wondering if the small islands off our coastline harbor hidden sea stars underneath the surface!)
Now we move on to the next unit: reading our state student-voted favorite competition. We talk about how now that we've spent time with the books that
"grown-ups" vote as the best, here is your chance to have your say. For the next
5 weeks we read in Library each of the California Young Reader Medal candidates in the picture book categories - Primary and Picture Books for Older Readers. Then they vote on the same ballot design as before and we send the votes to our state capitol and await the "winner".
I can't say enough how very popular this time is for all the grades. And the students savor so much. What fun!
Kathy
Kathy Shepler, Librarian Aurora School Oakland, CA _KBSHEPLER at aol.com_ (mailto:KBSHEPLER at aol.com)
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