Moon Journals: Writing, Art, and Inquiry Through Focused Nature Study.Joni Chancer Chancer was a British television serial produced by Central Television for ITV. It told the story of a likeable conman and rogue (played by Clive Owen) at the end of the yuppie eighties. & Gina Rester-Zodrow. Portsmouth Portsmouth, city, England Portsmouth, city (1991 pop. 174,218) and district, Hampshire, S England, on Spithead Channel. The district includes Portsea (naval station), Southsea (residential district and resort), and the old town of Portsmouth proper. , NH: Heinemann Heinemann may refer to:
adj. 1. Of or occurring during the night; nocturnal: the cat's nightly prowl. 2. Happening or done every night: the physician's nightly rounds. journals of the moon for a month. During that period, the journal became the basis for the classes' language arts language arts pl.n. The subjects, including reading, spelling, and composition, aimed at developing reading and writing skills, usually taught in elementary and secondary school. and art curricula. One author teaches 5th-graders for all academics and art, the other author is a writer-in-residence working in a K-6 multigrade school. The reader follows along as the children and teachers conduct an in-depth study of one aspect of nature and relate it to their everyday lives through journals, multimedia art, creative poems and reflections about the moon. This book is an intriguing in·trigue n. 1. a. A secret or underhand scheme; a plot. b. The practice of or involvement in such schemes. 2. A clandestine love affair. v. combination of process and product, clearly delineating the beginning, development and extended applications of this nature study project. The reader learns how children's inquiry and questions evolved into a focused-inquiry project involving extensive reading, writing, art, research and creative language arts activities. The approach is clearly inviting for both children and adults. The authors include 28 writing mini-lessons, as well as 28 art minilessons for the non-artist teacher, using various media. Numerous examples of children's work are included, along with excerpts from the teachers' personal journals. This is an outstanding example of an evolving curriculum built around children's inquiry and research. The children's observations became the basis for written descriptions (some poetic), which led to artistic works, which in turn led to better observations, more detailed descriptions and more descriptive writing. Moon Journals is well organized and well written, designed to guide educators in applying the project approach around children's inquiry and focused nature studies. It is useful for both new and experienced teachers, as well as for families interested in studying nature with their children. It also can be used in early childhood, elementary or middle-level teacher education methods classes as a model of how to conduct inquiry-based focused nature studies with children as the basis for language arts and art curriculum. Reviewed by Barbara Foulks Boyd, Associate Professor of Education, Radford University Radford University is a medium-size public, state-funded university in the City of Radford, in Southwestern Virginia, founded in 1910 as a women's college and coeducational since 1972. It was granted university status by the Virginia legislature in 1979. , Radford, VA |
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