tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822661251312549323.post7713144064918042756..comments2023-10-07T09:31:35.746-04:00Comments on on the learn: Character Development, or, Atwell is My Homegirlteach people not bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02178351970916456582noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822661251312549323.post-1586136904317281212009-01-10T13:53:00.000-05:002009-01-10T13:53:00.000-05:00that's awesome! i'm so happy for you. that's right...that's awesome! i'm so happy for you. that's right, it never hurts to ask. i'm so glad you'll be getting the materials through school. if it's for the district and not just you, be sure to make binder copies of the complete set!teach people not bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02178351970916456582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822661251312549323.post-28522793849926996252009-01-09T20:59:00.000-05:002009-01-09T20:59:00.000-05:00I asked my director if there was any funding for t...I asked my director if there was any funding for the Atwell bundle (I figured it was worth a try before spending my own money on it), and I was in luck. She is going to order it for me. I am excited about using some components this year, but even more excited to use it from the start of the year next year. <BR/><BR/>I am like you, I don't like to read scripts, but it is nice to have suggestions. I would assume that is Atwell's intent too. She doesn't strike me as an advocate of scripted instruction:)Amanda Villagómezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02119297811490732509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822661251312549323.post-47740351182776980982009-01-06T20:32:00.000-05:002009-01-06T20:32:00.000-05:00hi, ss--good to see you!i'm actually going to do t...hi, ss--good to see you!<BR/><BR/>i'm actually going to do that lesson with olivia for an observation. i'm pretty excited about it. we have a reading corner :]<BR/><BR/>no carpet yet, though. have to spend my own $ on it, so it's been postponed. . .teach people not bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02178351970916456582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822661251312549323.post-89260399254665625782009-01-05T20:25:00.000-05:002009-01-05T20:25:00.000-05:00I love that you're using young children's literatu...I love that you're using young children's literature. I know lots of people think that "picture" books are for kids, but a lot of them aren't. A lot of them are to be read aloud. And everyone loves to be read to. Do you have them sit on the carpet?SSCaldwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14195147778763439999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822661251312549323.post-68086051709024200602009-01-04T16:00:00.000-05:002009-01-04T16:00:00.000-05:00yeah it's such a no-nonsense resource. very direct...yeah it's such a no-nonsense resource. very direct. i don't use her language exactly because it feels unnatural to script what i say--and i don't mean to imply that she even suggests that the teacher use her language. but i do adapt her words to my style and it's so helpful to have them there as a starting point, which i think is her intent.<BR/><BR/>we will be starting the boy in the striped pajamas probably the 3rd week of january. it was a good book. i appreciated the way the narrator told things through the eyes of a young boy. i'm going to review it soon; i'm sorta just letting it sink in right now, mulling it over.teach people not bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02178351970916456582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822661251312549323.post-30851084951783509652009-01-04T00:15:00.000-05:002009-01-04T00:15:00.000-05:00I am so glad that you mentioned this Atwell resour...I am so glad that you mentioned this Atwell resource. I had been looking at her poetry resource that you had mentioned before just this week. I was torn between getting just the poetry or the bundle with the poetry and the writing workshop resource you mention on this post. Now I know that they are both worthwhile. I will go for the bundle!<BR/><BR/>When will you start The Boy in the Striped Pajamas? I have not read it before, but I heard it was great. Hmm...one more book to add to my to-read list!Amanda Villagómezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02119297811490732509noreply@blogger.com