author+down syndrome

I would like to share these wonderful books on children with down syndrome. These books will easily include your students with down syndrome in the classroom. They are wonderful books introducing children to diversity.

The ABC book displays each letter of the alaphabet that is represented by a child with Down syndrome. The book is designed for preschool to first grade, each page also has the corresponding letter and name of the object, to encourage letter and word recognition. There is also a companion book "1 2 3 for You and Me".

Russ and the Firehouse is about a five-year-old boy with Down syndrome. the story is about Russ and his uncle at the firehouse. Author Janet Elizabeth Rickert's focuses on the child and not his special needs.
Chimp is about a girl with Down syndrome, no mention is made of her special needs. The author Berniece Rabe tells the story of Misty and her dad searching for her stuffed animal. Most young children enjoy stories of animals.

ch 5 poetry+book I AM OF TWO PLACES

Poetry was never one of my favorite subjects. It was probably the way it was taught to me. I sat in class, listened to the teacher, but all I heard was blah blah blah, determined what she wanted to see and produced a paper for an A. I would like to think that I can come up with creative ways to introduce children to poetry. I realize it is important as a teacher to try to be positive about the subject. I hope I will be able to come up with fun activities on poetry. I think an important issua to remember is to let the children pick topics that they are interested in. I did find a wonderful childrens book that teaches children about poetry. the poems are actual poems that young children have written. They are poems telling the children's experiences of having ties to both America and Latin America. one of the peoms is a little girl account of being a translater from spanish to english for her parents. the child was 10 years old when she wrote the poem. Once reading these peoms I will never forget the children.

BOOK NAME: I AM OF TWO PLACES

author +wheelchair

I would like to include children's books that illistrate children,friends, or family members in wheelchairs. I think it is appropriate to have these books in your classroom library. As a teacher we will have students in our class that are in wheelchairs and you want something that will represent them in the classroom.

4th author Marianne Richmond

Marianne Richmond

http://thereadingtub.com/displayAuthor.asp?id=51

This is a book about adoption written by Marianne Richmond. I feel this is a diverse book to introduce to students. Teachers will have students in their class that are adopted and know about their adoption. It would be nice for a child to see a book that represents something they can relate to. I believe just by having a book like this in a classroom it helps the adoptive student be included in the class. This book also teaches the non adopted children in the class about adoption.

Marianne Richmond Studios opened in 1991. The company was originally a greeting card company and now has evolved into a publishing company. Marianne takes her personal experiences in life and turns them into books. Marianne lives in Minneapolis, MN with her husband, 4 kids, and dog.

3rd author Patricia Polacco

http://www.patriciapolacco.com/

Now I am really excited. I just learned how to get the picture of the books on my blog! What do you know you can teach an old dog new tricks! lol I would like to thank my group for teaching me! You guys know who you are! Patricia Polacco has written several books for young children. This book teaches children about differences and similarities in each other. It is a good book on acceptence in the classroom.

ch 4

Times have changed dramatically since I have been in school. We use to have to read a book then do a book report. It was always boring. I never enjoyed the activity. I usually tried to pick out a simply book that was approved buy the teacher just so I could get the work over with. I never could understand why the teacher always had to "approve" the book. The books were never anything I liked to read. The report was the worse. You couldn't write what you really thought about the stupid book or the activity. You automatically knew to write what the teacher wanted to hear! If you didn't your paper was an automatic F. We were never allowed to "discuss" things. Nope our generation got to sit in our desk all day without talking because lord forbid if you were caught talking the teacher would beat the hell out of you with a ruler. haha It sounds like something straight out of the 1940 decade but it wasn't. It sounds like something that "doesn't go on around here" but it did. I went to Gillette elementary and I am 38. The chapter is important because it informs teachers from older generations that there are more positive effective methods to teaching! I love the ideal of discussion groups! I love the ideal of letting children be creative and make rap songs, retelling, acting, puppet shows, ect about what they have read.

ch 14

Chapter 14 had some interesting point. It is very important to engage students in writing. The better the reader the better the writer and vice verse. The book says that having students publish their own personal books for their classmates to read encourages and promotes positive outcomes. The students enjoy doing the work and get excited to read their peers work. The students enjoy taking ownership of their published books. Teachers can sit up a certain area in the classroom to display the students work. I think that is very important. I was once in a first grade class and every week the students published a book. One week they published books about frogs. I noticed the children sharing ideals with each other about what they were going to put in their books. The children really loved working on the projects.