BOOKS.12 ABSOLUTE FAVORITE PROFESSIONAL BOOKS What's the best way to find books? You know it. Word of mouth. That's why we asked Mary Lee
Mary Lee (née Walsh) (February 14, 1821 – September 18, 1909) was an Irish-Australian suffragist and social reformer in South Australia. Mary Walsh was born in Ireland. Hahn and Frankie Sibberson, veteran teachers, authors, and bloggers, to share their top professional book picks. Visit their teaching blog at: http://readingyear.blogspot.com. What's one book that's changed the way you teach? MH: Peter Johnson's Choice Words very much changed the way that I talk to my students. It's a remarkable book. FS: Writing: Teaching And Children at Work, by Donald Graves Donald Graves is a writer and historian specializing in Canadian military history. Educated at University of Saskatchewan, he has worked as a historian for the National Historic Sites Service, the National Archives of Canada and the Canadian Forces. . It launched the workshop format in my classroom. Which teaching book do you read again and again? MH: Radical Reflections, by Mem Fox. She inspires me to know my own mind and follow my own heart. FS: What a Writer Needs, by Ralph Fletcher. One of my all-time favorite books about writing workshop and the connection to great books. One book that made you laugh? MH: Mary Cowhey's recent Black Ants Ants See also insects. formicary, formicarium the dwelling of a colony of ants, as an anthill or nest. formication a body sensation that feels as if ants are crawling over the skin. and Buddhists. She is a gifted storyteller. She brings her classroom to life with her stories of guiding young children towards critical thinking and social action. FS: Dear Mem Fox, I Have Read All Of Your Books Even the Pathetic pa·thet·ic also pa·thet·i·cal adj. 1. Arousing or capable of arousing sympathetic sadness and compassion: "The old, rather shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic" Ones, by Mem Fox. So many of Mem Fox's books make me laugh. This is one that I remember laughing all the way through. One book that made you cry? MH: One Size Fits Few: The Folly folly In architecture, an eccentric, generally nonfunctional (and often deliberately unfinished) structure erected to enhance a romantic landscape. Follies were particularly in vogue in England in the 18th and early 19th century. of Educational Standards, by Susan Ohanian. The title says it all. FS: The Game of School by Robert Fried. The whole premise is sad. What are you reading now? FS: I am reading two: Study Driven, by Katie Wood Ray, and Rethinking Rubrics, by Maja Wilson. What do you want to read next? MH: Going Public and Writing Through Childhood, by Shelley Harwayne. She has had an amazing a·maze v. a·mazed, a·maz·ing, a·maz·es v.tr. 1. To affect with great wonder; astonish. See Synonyms at surprise. 2. Obsolete To bewilder; perplex. v.intr. career as a public school teacher and administrator. Through it all, she has never lost her passionate belief in what children are capable of accomplishing. I admire her greatly. Lastly, what book would you want with you on a desert island? FS: My number one choice is Ruth Shagoury Hubbard's A Workshop of the Possible: Nurturing Children's Creative Development. It's a tribute to how amazing kids are! WANT TO TALK PROFESSIONAL BOOKS? E-MAIL e-mail: see electronic mail. in full electronic mail Messages and other data exchanged between individuals using computers in a network. YOUR FAVORITES AND WHY YOU LOVE THEM TO INSTRUCTOR@SCHOLASTIC.COM |
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