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From: Gerber Daniel T <gerber.dani>
Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 09:39:11 -0600
Sorry the website link did not send correctly on my last email message. There should be an "l" at the end .html http://www.uwlax.edu/murphylibrary/departments/curriculum/stem/index.htm l
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[mailto:ccbc-net-bounces at ccbc.education.wisc.edu] On Behalf Of Gerber Daniel T Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 9:36 AM To: Giffard, Sue; Susanna Reich; ccbc-net at ccbc.ad.education.wisc.edu Subject: Re: [CCBC-Net] fiction vs. nonfiction on Mock Newbery lists
There are other annual prizes besides the Siebert for non-fiction. The journal Science Books & Films (SB&F) awards a Prize for Excellence in Science Books (see http://www.sbfonline.com/prizes ).
I am currently working with the Science Methods professor (Dept of Education Studies) on my campus to set up a Mock SB&F Prize Election. He is going to run the Mock SB&F with pre-service teachers in his university course this coming semester. We are then planning on setting up a Mock SB&F with a local middle school so that children can participate. It would run in similar fashion to the way the middle school already runs their Mock Newberry Election program. We will use the SB&F middle school finalist books and have students vote for their favorite. More details will be posted in the next week or so on our science, technology, engineering, & math (STEM) website at http://www.uwlax.edu/murphylibrary/departments/curriculum/stem/index.htm l We will add an "Outreach" section to the bottom of the home page of this website with more details of the Mock SB&F.
We plan on setting up pre-service teacher, middle school and elementary school level materials for running the Mock SB&F. Links for each will be on the website as they are developed. So far we have only developed the pre-service teacher level Mock SB&F. I plan on running the middle school version during the 2008-09 school year, since the next SB&F Prize finalist book list comes out in Oct 2008 and the winners will be awarded in early Jan 2009.
I think this will provide an excellent opportunity for elementary/middle students and pre-service teachers to get involved with non-fiction
(science specifically) book reading. It also provides a great opportunity for teachers who participate to integrate science and literacy in their classrooms or in a Mock SB&F group.
Tim Gerber/Biology University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
-----Original Message----- From: ccbc-net-bounces at ccbc.education.wisc.edu
[mailto:ccbc-net-bounces at ccbc.education.wisc.edu] On Behalf Of Giffard, Sue Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 5:29 PM To: Susanna Reich; ccbc-net at ccbc.ad.education.wisc.edu Subject: Re: [CCBC-Net] fiction vs. nonfiction on Mock Newbery lists
This is my fourth year of running a Mock Newbery with my students. I choose 5 or 6 books for students to read, and I have not ever chosen a work of non-fiction. Part of this reflects the fact that my students prefer reading fiction for their leisure reading, and possibly my own preferences as well. Actually, I try to provide a range of fiction genres each year, so that there is enough of a range to satisfy a range of readers. But part of it is simply practical: if I included all the great non-fiction in the reading that I have to do between January and the end of September, which has to be my cut-off for practical purposes, there is no way that I could do the project. I've wanted to do a "Best Non-Fiction of the Year" project with students, but so far it has not moved beyond the realm of thought.
Sue Giffard Ethical Culture School New York, NY 10023 sgiffard at ecfs.org
(212)712-6292
"If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?" - Albert Einstein.
-----Original Message----- From: ccbc-net-bounces at ccbc.ad.education.wisc.edu on behalf of Susanna Reich Sent: Thu 1/17/2008 6:11 PM To: ccbc-net at ccbc.ad.education.wisc.edu Subject: [CCBC-Net] fiction vs. nonfiction on Mock Newbery lists
In looking over the Mock Newbery lists that were posted recently, I was struck by how few nonfiction books were on the lists of books that kids were asked to read. How does this reflect the biases of those doing the
choosing? We know that nonfiction books hardly ever win the Newbery
(and that is one reason the Sibert was created). Is it because we think
fiction is harder to write? Or that novels are more significant literary
accomplishments? Having written both fiction and nonfiction, I can attest to the fact that both are difficult to do well, but they present different challenges to the writer. I'd love to hear people's thoughts
on this. Susanna
www.susannareich.com coming in July: Painting the Wild Frontier: The Art and Adventures of George Catlin (Clarion) Penelope Bailey Takes the Stage (Marshall Cavendish) Jose! Born to Dance (Simon & Schuster) Clara Schumann: Piano Virtuoso (Clarion)
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Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 09:39:11 -0600
Sorry the website link did not send correctly on my last email message. There should be an "l" at the end .html http://www.uwlax.edu/murphylibrary/departments/curriculum/stem/index.htm l
-----Original Message----- From: ccbc-net-bounces at ccbc.education.wisc.edu
[mailto:ccbc-net-bounces at ccbc.education.wisc.edu] On Behalf Of Gerber Daniel T Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 9:36 AM To: Giffard, Sue; Susanna Reich; ccbc-net at ccbc.ad.education.wisc.edu Subject: Re: [CCBC-Net] fiction vs. nonfiction on Mock Newbery lists
There are other annual prizes besides the Siebert for non-fiction. The journal Science Books & Films (SB&F) awards a Prize for Excellence in Science Books (see http://www.sbfonline.com/prizes ).
I am currently working with the Science Methods professor (Dept of Education Studies) on my campus to set up a Mock SB&F Prize Election. He is going to run the Mock SB&F with pre-service teachers in his university course this coming semester. We are then planning on setting up a Mock SB&F with a local middle school so that children can participate. It would run in similar fashion to the way the middle school already runs their Mock Newberry Election program. We will use the SB&F middle school finalist books and have students vote for their favorite. More details will be posted in the next week or so on our science, technology, engineering, & math (STEM) website at http://www.uwlax.edu/murphylibrary/departments/curriculum/stem/index.htm l We will add an "Outreach" section to the bottom of the home page of this website with more details of the Mock SB&F.
We plan on setting up pre-service teacher, middle school and elementary school level materials for running the Mock SB&F. Links for each will be on the website as they are developed. So far we have only developed the pre-service teacher level Mock SB&F. I plan on running the middle school version during the 2008-09 school year, since the next SB&F Prize finalist book list comes out in Oct 2008 and the winners will be awarded in early Jan 2009.
I think this will provide an excellent opportunity for elementary/middle students and pre-service teachers to get involved with non-fiction
(science specifically) book reading. It also provides a great opportunity for teachers who participate to integrate science and literacy in their classrooms or in a Mock SB&F group.
Tim Gerber/Biology University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
-----Original Message----- From: ccbc-net-bounces at ccbc.education.wisc.edu
[mailto:ccbc-net-bounces at ccbc.education.wisc.edu] On Behalf Of Giffard, Sue Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 5:29 PM To: Susanna Reich; ccbc-net at ccbc.ad.education.wisc.edu Subject: Re: [CCBC-Net] fiction vs. nonfiction on Mock Newbery lists
This is my fourth year of running a Mock Newbery with my students. I choose 5 or 6 books for students to read, and I have not ever chosen a work of non-fiction. Part of this reflects the fact that my students prefer reading fiction for their leisure reading, and possibly my own preferences as well. Actually, I try to provide a range of fiction genres each year, so that there is enough of a range to satisfy a range of readers. But part of it is simply practical: if I included all the great non-fiction in the reading that I have to do between January and the end of September, which has to be my cut-off for practical purposes, there is no way that I could do the project. I've wanted to do a "Best Non-Fiction of the Year" project with students, but so far it has not moved beyond the realm of thought.
Sue Giffard Ethical Culture School New York, NY 10023 sgiffard at ecfs.org
(212)712-6292
"If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?" - Albert Einstein.
-----Original Message----- From: ccbc-net-bounces at ccbc.ad.education.wisc.edu on behalf of Susanna Reich Sent: Thu 1/17/2008 6:11 PM To: ccbc-net at ccbc.ad.education.wisc.edu Subject: [CCBC-Net] fiction vs. nonfiction on Mock Newbery lists
In looking over the Mock Newbery lists that were posted recently, I was struck by how few nonfiction books were on the lists of books that kids were asked to read. How does this reflect the biases of those doing the
choosing? We know that nonfiction books hardly ever win the Newbery
(and that is one reason the Sibert was created). Is it because we think
fiction is harder to write? Or that novels are more significant literary
accomplishments? Having written both fiction and nonfiction, I can attest to the fact that both are difficult to do well, but they present different challenges to the writer. I'd love to hear people's thoughts
on this. Susanna
www.susannareich.com coming in July: Painting the Wild Frontier: The Art and Adventures of George Catlin (Clarion) Penelope Bailey Takes the Stage (Marshall Cavendish) Jose! Born to Dance (Simon & Schuster) Clara Schumann: Piano Virtuoso (Clarion)
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