Elementary Essentials for Teachers

2011 Caldecotts

2011-10-02T18:15:00.000-07:00

Winner:

A Sick Day for Amos McGee
illustrated by Erin E. Stead, written by Philip C. Stead, and is a Neal Porter Book, published by Roaring Brook Press, a division of Holtzbrinck Publishing

Honors:

2011 Honor(s)
Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet Slave
illustrated by Bryan Collier, written by Laban Carrick Hill and published by Little, Brown and Company, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc.

Interrupting Chicken
written and illustrated by David Ezra Stein, and published by Candlewick Press

I'm Baaaacccckkkkk!!!

2011-10-02T17:59:00.000-07:00

After a long recess I am back to posting useful sites for my students, colleagues, and other interested in learning for young children. I look forward to hearing from you!

Please realize that the Web changes constantly. If you try a web site I have listed and it does not work, please let me know and I will try to update it or remove it.

THANKS... Happy exploring!

deb

2011-09-16T09:49:00.000-07:00

David was in Maryland for a math presentation, and we got to visit and catch up. He gave me his newest book,Where ELSE in the Wild? It is so creative... concrete poetry and learning about animals. CHECK IT OUT!

2010 Book awards (a little late - transferred from my other blog)

2011-09-16T09:28:00.000-07:00

ALA 2010 AWARD WINNERS

CONGRATULATIONSAND THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTIONSTOCHILDREN'SLITERATURE!

Margaret Edwards Award for Lifetime Achievement – JIM MURPHY

Virginia Hamilton for Lifetime Achievement – WALTER DEAN MYERS

Arbuthnot Lecturer – LOIS LOWRY

Newbery

WHEN YOU REACH ME by Rebecca Stead (Wendy Lamb / Random House)

Honor Books:

Claudette Colvin by Phillip Hoose

The Evolution of Calpuria Tale by Kelly

Where the Moutain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin

The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figgby Rodman Philbrick

Caldecott

THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Jerry Pinkney (Little Brown)

Honor Books:

All the World illustrated by Marla Frazee, written by Liz Garton Scanlon

Red Sings from Treetops illustrated by Pamela Zagarenski, written by Joyce Sidman

Michael L. Printz (excellence in literature for young adults)

GOING BOVINE by Libba Bray

Honor Books:

Charles and Emma by Deborah Heiligman

Punkzilla by Adam Rapp

Tales From the Madman Underground by John Barnes

The Monstrologist

Wiliam C. Morris (outstanding first time author for young adults)

FLASH BURNOUT by L. K. Madigan (Houghton Mifflin

Honor Books:

Ash by Melina Lo

Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia

The Everafter by Amy Huntley

Hold Still by Nina LaCour

YALSA Award for Excellence in Non-Fiction (for YA)

CHARLES & EMMA by Heligman

Honor Books:

Almost Astronauts by Tanya Lee Stone

Written in Bone by Sally M. Walker

Claudette Colvin by Phillip Hoose

The Great and Only Barnum by Candice Fleming

Coretta Scott King Book Awards (African American author and illustrator of outstanding books for children and young adults)

BOOK:

BAD NEW FOR OUTLAWS by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson (Carolrhoda)

Honor Books:

Mare’s Ware by Tanila S. Davis

ILLUSTRATOR:

MY PEOPLE illustrated by Charles R. Smith, written by Langston Hughes

Honor: Illustrators:

THE NEGRO SPEAKS OF RIVERSillustrated by E.B. Lewis, written by Langston Hughes

NEW TALENT:

THE ROCK AND THE RIVER by Kekla Magoon

Schneider Family Book Award (books that embody the artistic expression of the disability experience for children and adolescents)

CHILDREN: DJANGO by Bonnie Christensen (Roaring Brook)

MIDDLE SCHOOL: ANYTHING BUT TYPICALby Nora Raleigh Baskin (Simon & Schuster)

TEEN: MARCELO AND THE REAL WORLDby Francisco X. Stork (Scholastic)

Theodor Seuss Geisel Award (distinguished book for beginning readers)

BENNY AND PENNY IN THE BIG NO NO! by Geoffrey Hayes (Raw Junior)

Honor Books:

I Spy Fly Guy by Ted Arnold

Little Mouse Gets Ready by Jeff Smith

Mouse and Mole, Fine Feathered Friends by Wong Herbert Yee

Pura Belpre Award (Latino authors and illlustrators whose work best portrays, affirms and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in children’s books)

BOOK:

RETURN TO SENDER by Julia Alvarez (Knopf)

Honor Books:

Diego: Bigger Than Life by Carmen Bernier-Grand

Frederico Garcia Lorca

ILLUSTRATOR:

BOOK FIESTA illustrated by Rafael Lopez, written by Pat Mora, (Rayo)

Honor Books:

Diego illustrated by David Diaz, written by Carmen T. Bernier-Grand

My Abuelita illustrated by Yuyi Morales, written by Tony Johnston

Gracia Thanks illustrated by John Parra, written by Pat Mora

ROBERT F. SIBERT AWARD (distinguished informational book for children)

ALMOST ASTROMAUTS by Tanya Lee Stone (Candlewick)

Honor Books:

The Day-Glo Brothers by Chri Barton

Moonshot by Brain Floca

Claudette Colvin by Phillips Hoose

Mildred L. Batchelder Award (outstanding children’s book translation)

A FARAWAY ISLAND by Annika Thor, translated by Linda Schenck (Delacorte)

Honor Books:

Eidi by Bodil Bredsdorff, tr. by Kathryn Mahaffy

Moritito II by Nahoko Uehashi, tr. By Cathy Hirano, ills. By Yuko Shimizu

Odyssey Award (excellence in Audiobooks)

LOUISE: THE ADVENTURES OF A CHICKEN(Live Oak Media)

Honor Audiobooks:

In the Belly of the Bloodhound

Peace Locomotion

We Are the Ship

Andrew Carnegie Medal (excellence in children video)

DON’T LET THE PIGEON DRIVE THE BUS(Weston Woods)

Alex Awards (10 best adult books with appeal to teens)

GOOD SOLDIERS

KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT

THE MAGICIANS

MY ABANDONMENT

SOULLESS

STITCHES

TUNNELING TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH

THE BOY WHO HARNESSED THE WIND

EVERYTHING MATTERS

BRIDE’S FAREWELL

Early childhood songs

2011-08-22T19:11:00.000-07:00

A list of categorized songs and activities is available at the Preschool Express... ALL ABOARD!!!

http://www.preschoolexpress.com/music_station.shtml

Foot tapping, thematic activities.

Early Childhood Finger plays and Songs

2011-08-22T19:07:00.000-07:00

From Reading is Fundamental (RIF) is a fabulous site called:

Leading to Reading.

Lots of songs, stories, finger plays and information grouped for ages (for babies/toddlers, preschoolers, and parents.

http://www.rif.org/kids/leadingtoreading/en/babies-toddlers.htm

Well organized and easy to use for young children.

Happy Singing!

Preschool Finger Plays

2011-08-22T19:03:00.000-07:00

A good resources of about a dozen popular finger plays.

Great for Early Childhood Educators

http://www.successful-homeschooling.com/preschool-finger-plays.html#one2

Welcome or welcome back!

2011-08-22T19:00:00.000-07:00

We've finally landed in a new place... happy as can be.

So some new and updates sites.

Quizinator - make your own quizzes quickly and easily. Registration is free... Looks good!

http://www.quizinator.com/default.aspx

No more fear of tests!

100 Helpful Sites for New Teachers

2009-09-22T18:50:00.000-07:00

Awesome resources, although I have to admit I did NOT look at all 100. I WILL soon. In the meanwhile, check them out and let me know which ones are awesome.

http://www.teachingdegree.org/2009/06/21/100-helpful-websites-for-new-teachers/

Don't forget to check BLOG BLOG: Book Lovers On-line Gallery: Books4Children.blogspot.com. Update are coming this week!

Happy Reading!

Smithsonian Kids

2009-03-30T12:42:00.000-07:00

Kids can manipulate through this visual museum for a piece of American and World History!

Space, cars, Kermit the Frog, stamp collecting... have a blast exploring!
http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/idealabs/smithsoniankids/flash_index.html

SMITHSONIAN FOR KIDS

2009-03-30T12:38:00.000-07:00

Limitless possibilities for your teaching, and student inquiry.

http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/educators/resource_library/sites_for_students.html

Awesome resources

Smithsonian Education Language ARTS

2009-03-30T12:33:00.000-07:00

FROM POETRY TO JOURNALS, TO MUSIC, OTHER CULTURES, AND LETTER WRITING... MANY RESOURCES TO SET YOUR CREATIVITY IN GEAR.

Gives grade levels and topics.

http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/educators/lesson_plans/language_arts.html

Africa for Kids

2009-03-30T12:31:00.000-07:00

PBS production. Teacher Resources, http://pbskids.org/africa/myworld/index.html

PBS KIDS

2009-03-30T12:29:00.000-07:00

LOTS OF RESOURCES TO CONNECT TO PBS SHOWS

http:www.pbskids.org

Facing History

2009-03-30T12:20:00.000-07:00

Video clips, kits, photos, ability to borrow books and videos from their lending library. ABSOLUTELY AWESOME site.

http://www.facinghistory.org

Teaching Tolerance

2009-03-30T12:15:00.000-07:00

Lots of great resources, ideas, and FREE materials for helping students understand others.

www.tolerance.org/index.jsp

Reader's Theater Scripts

2009-03-30T12:14:00.000-07:00

Aaron Shepard’s Readers Theatre

http://www.aaronshep.com/rt/index.html

BIRTHDAY MAGIC

2009-03-30T12:01:00.000-07:00

What a great way to celebrate your students' birthdays - find out about their special day! .

http://www.paulsadowski.com/BirthData.asp

Printable Geography Books

2009-03-13T18:37:00.000-07:00

Printable geography books from Enchanted Learning

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/geography/geographybooks.shtml

Awesome Library: K-12 MATH

2009-03-13T17:41:00.000-07:00

MATH RESOURCES AND LESSON PLANS
http://www.awesomelibrary.org/Classroom/Mathematics/Elementary_School_Math/Elementary_School_Math.html

Awesome Library

2009-03-13T17:38:00.000-07:00

Free books on line

http://www.awesomelibrary.org/Classroom/English/Literature/Elementary_Literature.html

MSDE

2009-03-13T17:20:00.001-07:00

Maryland State Department of Education home page
http://www.marylandpublicschools.org/msde

Discovery Education Clip Art

2009-03-13T17:13:00.000-07:00

free clip art
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/clipart/?pID=clipart

Discovery Education Puzzle Maker

2009-03-13T17:12:00.001-07:00

You can create online original word puzzles.
http://puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.com/

Washington College Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

2009-03-13T16:39:00.000-07:00

Inservice, information, programs, on GIS
http://gis.washcoll.edu/

MOODLE

2009-03-13T16:35:00.000-07:00

Open source course managment system
http://moodle.org/

SCORE (CA) Language Arts Resources

2009-03-13T15:12:00.000-07:00

Cyber guides to children's literature from SCORE
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/SCORE/cyberguide.html

SCORE (CA) Science Resources

2009-03-13T15:07:00.000-07:00

Lesson plans, info, kids' corner. Science resources galore!
http://scorescience.humboldt.k12.ca.us/

WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH

2009-03-13T14:54:00.000-07:00

Lots of resources

http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/twhp/mar99.htm

Carol Hurst's Children's Authors Site

2009-03-05T07:19:00.000-08:00

Author information from Carol Hurst's Children's Literature web pages

http://www.carolhurst.com/authors/authors.html

Welcome to the California Council for the Social Studies

2009-03-05T07:16:00.000-08:00

California Council for Social Studies
http://www.ccss.org/

Schools of California Online Resources for Education

2009-03-05T07:14:00.000-08:00

Background books/resources for the TEACHER (SCORE, professional organizations, Journal articles, ERIC
http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/

Teacher Tube

2009-03-04T12:29:00.000-08:00

You Tube for teachers
http://www.teachertube.com/index.php

Free Poverty Geography Game and Giving

2009-03-04T12:28:00.000-08:00

Travel the globe while actually donating water to those who need it.

http://www.freepoverty.com/

Adirondack Museum

2009-03-04T12:27:00.000-08:00

Adirondack Museum New York
http://www.adkmuseum.org/

Iroquois Village

2009-03-04T12:26:00.000-08:00

A great source of information and photos of a Mohawk Iroquois Museum in NY.
http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/IroquoisVillage/

Colonial Williamsburg

2009-03-04T12:24:00.000-08:00

http://www.history.org/

MAYA QUEST

2009-03-04T12:23:00.000-08:00

TEACHER VISION info on Mexico
http://www.teachervision.fen.com/tv/classroomconnect/maya/

Monticello

2009-03-04T12:20:00.000-08:00

Thomas Jefferson's home
http://www.monticello.org/

SCORE Virtual Field Trips

2009-03-04T12:19:00.000-08:00

California source for virtual field trips
http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/lessons/search/?k=virtual+field+trips

Virtual Ellis Island Tour

2009-03-04T12:16:00.000-08:00

Teaching with Historic Places

2009-03-04T12:14:00.000-08:00

-Possible Field Trips
http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/twhp/

MD council on Economic Education

2009-03-04T12:13:00.000-08:00

Children's literature titles and songs for K-6 economics education
http://www.econed.org/html/resources.php

Economics and Geography Lessons for 32 Children's Books

2009-03-04T12:11:00.000-08:00

Economics and Geography Lessons for 32 Children's Books - Montgomery County, MD.
http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/curriculum/socialstd/Econ_Geog.html

Federal Reserve

2009-03-04T12:05:00.000-08:00

Economics education resources, including lending library for videos
http://www.federalreserveeducation.org/FRED/?CFID=3772988&CFTOKEN=52222733

SCORE (CA) Lesson plans for Math

2009-03-04T12:04:00.000-08:00

Math & Children's literature

2009-03-04T11:59:00.000-08:00

Carol Hurst's page on Math and Children's Literature

http://www.carolhurst.com/subjects/math/math.html

Cobblestone & Cricket Magazines for Kids

2009-03-04T11:57:00.000-08:00

Cobblestone Publishing Company
http://www.cobblestonepub.com/index.html

Art Resources

2009-03-04T11:55:00.000-08:00

Art History Resources on the Web
The Eutruscan collection is incredible!
http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks.html

Social Studies School Service Catalog

2009-03-04T11:54:00.000-08:00

Social Studies materials for sale
http://www.socialstudies.com/

Interact Catalog

2009-03-04T11:53:00.000-08:00

Simulations across the curriculum for purchase
http://www.interact-simulations.com/

Learning from Lyrics

2009-03-04T11:52:00.000-08:00

http://www.learningfromlyrics.org/

The Oregon Trail

2009-03-04T11:50:00.001-08:00

Simulation across the Oregon Trail
http://www.oregon-trail.com/

National Geography Photos

2009-03-04T11:48:00.000-08:00

Also see bottom of this web page for photo of the day.

Caleb Johnson's Mayflower Webpages

2009-03-04T11:47:00.000-08:00

Excellent Mayflower resources, including passenger list.
http://www.mayflowerhistory.com/

Patchwork of African-American History

2009-03-04T11:46:00.000-08:00

Black History
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/BHM/index.html

Archiving Early America

2009-03-04T11:45:00.000-08:00

Archiving Early America resources, including primary sources.
http://www.earlyamerica.com/

Core Documents of the U.S. Democracy

2009-03-04T11:43:00.000-08:00

Government Publications Office -
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/coredocs.html

Smithsonian Institution National Museum of the American Indian

2009-03-04T11:39:00.000-08:00

Search, learn discover -all types of advanced level resources
http://www.nmai.si.edu/

Smithsonian Institution National Museum of American History

2009-03-04T11:38:00.000-08:00

Smithsonian Institution resources for kids, teachers,
http://www.si.edu/

The History Channel

2009-03-04T11:37:00.000-08:00

The History Channel resources for purchase and viewing.
http://www.history.com/

The Valley of the Shadow: Two Communities in the American Civil War

2009-03-04T11:34:00.001-08:00

The Valley of the Shadow: Two Communities in the American Civil War - make sure to click at the bottom of the page for the resources.
http://valley.vcdh.virginia.edu/

National Women's History Museum

2009-03-04T11:33:00.000-08:00

National Women's History Museum
http://www.nwhm.org/

National Parks Service

2009-03-04T11:31:00.000-08:00

National Archives and Records AdministratioNational Park Service -finding parks, history and information
http://www.nps.gov/

Library of Congress

2009-03-04T11:30:00.000-08:00

Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/index.html

Jackdaws Catalog

2009-03-04T11:29:00.000-08:00

Facsimiles of Historical Documents
http://www.jackdaws.com/

Catographic Images

2009-03-04T11:28:00.001-08:00

Historical maps sponsored by Henry Davis Consulting as an educational service
http://www.henry-davis.com/MAPS/

Library of Congress American Memory Historical Collection

2009-03-04T11:26:00.000-08:00

Map collections
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/gmdhome.html

ThinkQuest: Student Authored Resources

2009-03-04T11:24:00.000-08:00

Web design authoring for students. Enrollment required
http://www.thinkquest.org/en/

U.S. Department of the Treasury

2009-03-04T11:23:00.000-08:00

U.S. Treasury Department's Page for Kids
http://www.treas.gov/kids/index.html

U.S. Senate

2009-03-04T11:22:00.000-08:00

U.S. Senate
http://www.senate.gov/

White House for Kids

2009-03-04T11:20:00.000-08:00

White House for Kids
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/white_house_101/

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators

2009-03-04T11:19:00.000-08:00

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators -ALL kinds of resources for teachers

WebQuest Home Page

2009-03-04T11:16:00.000-08:00

WebQuests - where it started. Tutorial available, too
http://webquest.org/index.php

National Geographic for Kids

2009-03-04T11:14:00.000-08:00

Young editions of the favorite geography magazine

Google Earth

2009-03-04T11:12:00.001-08:00

Free download of interactive world map

Google SketchUp

2009-03-04T11:11:00.000-08:00

create, modify and share 3D models

http://sketchup.google.com/

Google Cities in 3-D program

2009-03-04T11:10:00.000-08:00

Google Cities in 3-D program

http://www.google.com/intl/en/sketchup/3dwh/citiesin3d/index.html

The Society of Primitive Technology

2009-03-04T11:08:00.000-08:00

-AV materials (videos, records, instructional TV, slides, CD ROM, computer software programs)
http://www.primitive.org/

2009-03-04T11:06:00.000-08:00

Social Studies for Kids
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/

iEARN (International Education and Resource Network)

2009-03-04T11:05:00.000-08:00

iEARN (International Education and Resource Network)
http://www.iearn.org/globe/index.html

http://www.iearn.org/

E-pals

2009-03-04T11:02:00.000-08:00

E-pals Classroom Exchange
http://www.epals.com/

National Atlas of the World

2009-03-04T11:01:00.000-08:00

National Atlas of the World v- free printable maps
http://www.nationalatlas.gov/

National Geographic Society

2009-03-04T10:59:00.000-08:00

National Geographic Society
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/

Colonial Hall: A Look at America's Founders

2009-03-04T10:58:00.000-08:00

Colonial Hall: A Look at America's Founders
http://colonialhall.com/

Exploring Ancient World Cultures

2009-03-04T10:54:00.000-08:00

Exploring Ancient World Cultures
http://eawc.evansville.edu/

2009-03-04T10:52:00.000-08:00

Kathy Schrok's Guide for Educators: World and Ancient History
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/

Awesome Library: K-12 Social Studies

2009-03-04T10:50:00.000-08:00

Awesome Library: K-12 Social Studies Lesson Plans
http://www.awesomelibrary.org/

2009-03-04T10:49:00.000-08:00

California Council for Social Studies
http://www.ccss.org/

Our Time Lines

2009-03-04T10:47:00.000-08:00

Our Tiimelines -create your own timeline!
http://www.ourtimelines.com/

George Washington

2009-03-04T10:45:00.000-08:00

George Washington National Treasure

http://www.georgewashington.si.edu/index.html

2009-03-04T10:44:00.000-08:00

National Geographic for Kids

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/

2009-03-04T10:41:00.000-08:00

Virtual Field Trips

http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech/tech071.shtml

2009-03-04T10:39:00.000-08:00

Maps to Print

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/geography/outlinemaps/indxT_Z.shtml

HyperHistory on Line

2009-03-04T10:36:00.000-08:00

HyperHistory is an expanding scientific project presenting 3,000 years of world history with an interactive combination of synchronoptic lifelines, timelines, and maps.

http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html