Traditional Literature
"When we read a story, we inhabit it. The covers of the book are like a roof and four walls. What is to happen next will take place within the four walls of the story. And this is possible because the story's voice makes everything its own."- John Berger.
It is also known as traditional fantasy, and it is constituted by the body of ancient stories and poems that from the oral tradition of storytelling before written down; they: Are from different parts of the world that have no identifiable author. Come from Oral origins. Were handed down from generation to generation by word of mouth. Story tellers tell what they have recieved from previous tellers of tales. Some traditional stories have been told as truths, or with elements of truth. Today they are mostly considered fantasy. Some books are as follows:
Cinderella
The Three Little Pigs
Snow White and the seven drawfs
Little Red Riding Hood
Traditional literature demonstrates timeless popularity and is a very important part of children's literature for three other reasons. Traditional stories and poems had to have clear structures, plots, rhymes or rhythms to be remembered. The literature invites participation: Listeners had to learn the stories and poems or they would have died out and in many cultures oral traditions are still stronger than written ones.
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Three Children Literature Books(4)
The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses by Paul Goble: The Native American girl who lived in a village that loved horses. People saw that she understood horses and would talk softly to them. One day the girl decided to take a nap on a hot sunny day. When awaken by lightening thuderstorms she stormed away with the horses and after that she was gone for about a year to two years until she was seen again. When arriving home where she belonged with her parents she had gotten sick and told her parents that she would feel better if she was running with her horses. Her parents agreed to let her go, so about a year later the girl was never seen and the people have always said that she had become one of them. This book can be teachable to a Kindergarten level if you're talking about Multicultural. You can use this book to show the students the different ways of how Native Americans live or how they think.
You can show them the front of the book, back of the book, the spine and what the spine is for. You can also build vocabulary words with them and put a picture of the word and put it on the letter wall, so that they can be aware of what that word is. Always asking open-ended questions to the children so they are exposed to language development.
Hansel and Gretel by Rika Lesser: The book is about a boy and a girl named Hansel and Gretel. They both lived with their dad and stepmother. They were a poor family and had nothing to eat. The stepmom tells the father to dump the children in the woods so they wouldn't find their way back. They found their way back and the stepmom has dad send them back. At that second time they had been lost to find their way home, so they find a house that is made of candy and all sorts of sugary foods. In the house is a witch and she invites them inside to eat and then tries to lock them up. She wants to eat them but wanted them to be hefty. After that they end up escaping and end up putting the witch in the stove. The children got to get jewels and other things and ran home to give to their parents. Not knowing when they got home the stepmom had died and they lived happily ever after.
I would do an activity in the manipulative area and have pictures of what happened in the book and have the children put them in order on how the story went. What happened first all the way to what happened last.
Duffy and the Devil by Harve & Margot Zemach: The book is about a devil who wants to make stocking for a man named Squire Lovel for free. The devil would knitted and spinned the stockings. Although to the devil it was a game. The Devil said he would do it for free for the next three years. The only thing Squire had to do was guess the devil's name or the devil's dad's name. Squire had Duffy who was his servant. Duffy ended up finding out that the devil's name was Tarraway and the devil was upset because she had been told his name. So what end up happening was that everything the devil knitted turned to ashes.
I would do an activity in the art area and have the students draw pictures of a stocking and have them decorate the stocking or have them use Rhine stones, pebbles or buttons and have them decorate them using a hot glue with me supervising them.
You can show them the front of the book, back of the book, the spine and what the spine is for. You can also build vocabulary words with them and put a picture of the word and put it on the letter wall, so that they can be aware of what that word is. Always asking open-ended questions to the children so they are exposed to language development.
Hansel and Gretel by Rika Lesser: The book is about a boy and a girl named Hansel and Gretel. They both lived with their dad and stepmother. They were a poor family and had nothing to eat. The stepmom tells the father to dump the children in the woods so they wouldn't find their way back. They found their way back and the stepmom has dad send them back. At that second time they had been lost to find their way home, so they find a house that is made of candy and all sorts of sugary foods. In the house is a witch and she invites them inside to eat and then tries to lock them up. She wants to eat them but wanted them to be hefty. After that they end up escaping and end up putting the witch in the stove. The children got to get jewels and other things and ran home to give to their parents. Not knowing when they got home the stepmom had died and they lived happily ever after.
I would do an activity in the manipulative area and have pictures of what happened in the book and have the children put them in order on how the story went. What happened first all the way to what happened last.
Duffy and the Devil by Harve & Margot Zemach: The book is about a devil who wants to make stocking for a man named Squire Lovel for free. The devil would knitted and spinned the stockings. Although to the devil it was a game. The Devil said he would do it for free for the next three years. The only thing Squire had to do was guess the devil's name or the devil's dad's name. Squire had Duffy who was his servant. Duffy ended up finding out that the devil's name was Tarraway and the devil was upset because she had been told his name. So what end up happening was that everything the devil knitted turned to ashes.
I would do an activity in the art area and have the students draw pictures of a stocking and have them decorate the stocking or have them use Rhine stones, pebbles or buttons and have them decorate them using a hot glue with me supervising them.
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Three Children Literature Books(3)
Elmer by David McKee: This is a book about an elephant named Elmer. He wasn't a normal colored gray elephant. He was a very different elephant from all the others. He was a very colorful elephant. Elmer liked to play jokes and it was always about him. He wanted to be the same like all the others and he was able to get a hold of some berries and got into the color gray. When he showed up all the same as all the elephants know one noticed him but when it rained the color came off and he was back to normal. His elephant friends made a tradition every year where they all colored themselves a different color, made a parade and the only gray one was of course Elmer. Behind the story, I believe that you don't change for know one, you are you and that's how everyone knows you.
I think that this could be taught in the art area. I would have the children draw and elephant of their own and I would have them color their own elephant with any color they would like and post them up in the walls as their decoration of art work.
Oliver Button Is a Sissy by Tomie de Paola: This is a book about a young boy named Oliver Button. The kids at school and his father would call him sissy. They called Oliver that because he was a type of boy, who liked to do other things like dance, walk through the woods, read, and draw pictures. Oliver entered a talent show where Oliver calls it exercise and at school the boys wrote on the bathroom walls "Oliver Button Is a Sissy." He didn't win the contest but at the end he saw that someone erased sissy and put a star.
I would do an activity during circle time and put it under literacy, make a chart and have the children think about what there favorite thing to do and make a list to see how everyone is different on their likes and dislikes.
The Case Of the Hungry Stranger by Crosby Bonsall: The book is about four boys that were named Wizard, Tubby, Skinny, and Snitch. Wizard was the main character where he knew a lot. The lady next door comes to the boys and ask them who ate a blueberry pie because she baked two of them and one was eaten up. The boys had no clue so they started investigating who could have eaten the pie. In the end they find out that the dog had eaten up the pie and they told Mrs. Meech about it. Since the boys found out who had eaten the pie she gave the boys the other pie and problem was solved.
I would do an activity during circle time and put it under literacy, make a KWL chart where children can write down what they know, what they want to know and what they have learned.
I think that this could be taught in the art area. I would have the children draw and elephant of their own and I would have them color their own elephant with any color they would like and post them up in the walls as their decoration of art work.
Oliver Button Is a Sissy by Tomie de Paola: This is a book about a young boy named Oliver Button. The kids at school and his father would call him sissy. They called Oliver that because he was a type of boy, who liked to do other things like dance, walk through the woods, read, and draw pictures. Oliver entered a talent show where Oliver calls it exercise and at school the boys wrote on the bathroom walls "Oliver Button Is a Sissy." He didn't win the contest but at the end he saw that someone erased sissy and put a star.
I would do an activity during circle time and put it under literacy, make a chart and have the children think about what there favorite thing to do and make a list to see how everyone is different on their likes and dislikes.
The Case Of the Hungry Stranger by Crosby Bonsall: The book is about four boys that were named Wizard, Tubby, Skinny, and Snitch. Wizard was the main character where he knew a lot. The lady next door comes to the boys and ask them who ate a blueberry pie because she baked two of them and one was eaten up. The boys had no clue so they started investigating who could have eaten the pie. In the end they find out that the dog had eaten up the pie and they told Mrs. Meech about it. Since the boys found out who had eaten the pie she gave the boys the other pie and problem was solved.
I would do an activity during circle time and put it under literacy, make a KWL chart where children can write down what they know, what they want to know and what they have learned.
Friday, September 25, 2009
Chapter 4
Responding to Literature.
In response to literature, the students share their thoughts about a work of literature. They may focus on the characters, plot, or the theme of the story. They can also include details from the book to support their opinion. Write the words reflect, respond, and reaction on the board. Discuss each term and create a poster to display the words in the room. Explain to the class that when they respond to literature they reflect on what they have read, they react to it in that they either like it or dislike it, and they respond by voicing or writing their opinion.
1. Select a book or story to read to the class or you may elect to have them read it themselves. If you have a book that you feel is more appropriate for your group feel free to use it.
2. Read the story to the class. Remind the students to pay attention to the setting, plot, characters, theme, or problem in the story. The following sample questions can guide the discussion:
a. What was your favorite part of the story?
b. Has anything like this ever happened to you?
c. Does this story remind you of any other story you know?
d. What questions do you have about this story?
e. Did anything in this story surprise or puzzle you?
f. If you could be one of the characters in this story, which one would you be?
g. Is there anything in this story you would change if you were the author?
Record some of the students answers on the board. Review the points and leave them on the board as the students respond to the literature.
3. Share the sample letter with the class at this time. Point out the parts of the letter as well as information included in the response.
4. Students will write a "response" letter to the teacher. Review the parts of a letter. If you have a poster this will be a great tool for students who need help remembering the correct formation of a letter. Give each student a copy of the rubic and discuss how their letter should include all the part of the rubic.
This is just some ways on how to respond to literature and improve comprehension.
In response to literature, the students share their thoughts about a work of literature. They may focus on the characters, plot, or the theme of the story. They can also include details from the book to support their opinion. Write the words reflect, respond, and reaction on the board. Discuss each term and create a poster to display the words in the room. Explain to the class that when they respond to literature they reflect on what they have read, they react to it in that they either like it or dislike it, and they respond by voicing or writing their opinion.
1. Select a book or story to read to the class or you may elect to have them read it themselves. If you have a book that you feel is more appropriate for your group feel free to use it.
2. Read the story to the class. Remind the students to pay attention to the setting, plot, characters, theme, or problem in the story. The following sample questions can guide the discussion:
a. What was your favorite part of the story?
b. Has anything like this ever happened to you?
c. Does this story remind you of any other story you know?
d. What questions do you have about this story?
e. Did anything in this story surprise or puzzle you?
f. If you could be one of the characters in this story, which one would you be?
g. Is there anything in this story you would change if you were the author?
Record some of the students answers on the board. Review the points and leave them on the board as the students respond to the literature.
3. Share the sample letter with the class at this time. Point out the parts of the letter as well as information included in the response.
4. Students will write a "response" letter to the teacher. Review the parts of a letter. If you have a poster this will be a great tool for students who need help remembering the correct formation of a letter. Give each student a copy of the rubic and discuss how their letter should include all the part of the rubic.
This is just some ways on how to respond to literature and improve comprehension.
Three Children Literature Books(2)
The Three Little Javelinas by Susan Lowell.
The book was about three little javelinas, which were two brothers and one sister. The first javelina was in a desert storm that he made a house into tumbleweeds. The coyote came along and wanted to come into his house so he can eat him up but the pig wouldn't let him come in so he blew the tumbleweed house down. The second javelina came across a lady who was gathering sticks, which she called them saguaros. The pig asked if he could have some so he can build himself a house and she said yes. Then he goes and makes a house and the first javelina shows up and they both napping. When the coyote comes and wants to eat them he tells the two javelinas to let him in and they say no. So, the coyote then blows the saguaro house down. The third javelina runs into a man who is making adobe bricks and asks if she could have some so she can build herself a house and he says yes. So, she builds herself a house and the two other javelinas found her they went into her house. The coyote shows up trying to play a trick on the pigs so they could let him in but it didn't work. So again the don't want him in so he tries to blow their house down and has no luck. The coyote tries to go down the chimney but the pig's light the stove and the coyote gets burned so he runs into the desert and the javelinas lived happily ever after.
I believe that this book would be a great idea to have in a dramatic area in an early head start setting where they are allowed to act it out. You can have sticks, straws, and bricks to take part in play where they can act it out. You have children be the javelinas and a coyote and just take part on the step by step basis. By acting out on this picture book it allows the children to be part of the play on how the javelinas and coyote felt. This also allows them to use their understanding of the book, communication, knowledge and fine/gross motor skills.
Alphabet City by Stephen T. Johnson.
The book was about Alphabets that are city-based structures of the alphabets A to Z. The book has some of the letters for example the B, where it looks loke an outside apartment stairway where you can see the letter B. Another one would be the letter O, where it shows it off as a bench outside a snowy day. These were just some of the examples letters that they have inside the book.
I believe that this book would be a great idea to have in the writing area. Chidren can see this book and look at the different pictures of how letters are made and they can write out the letter that they see and they can make up their own picture of what a letter can look like in a different setting.
The Wednesday Surprise.
This is a book about a girl named Anna and her Grandma. Anna's dad is getting a surprise birthday and dad has opened all his presents. Toward the end Grandma gives dad who I believe is his mom a surprise where she reads a story or book to him. Every Wednesday Anna and Grandma read book after books, where Anna is teaching Grandma how to read. So when Grandma reads the book, the son (Dad) is surprise that she (Grandma) is reading and he is very surprised.
I think that this could be a reading skill, where a student can take a book home to their Grandma and have the student read to them and for them to jot down what they have experienced on a report and answer questions as far as if the grandma enjoyed the book, or where they were able to read or not.
The book was about three little javelinas, which were two brothers and one sister. The first javelina was in a desert storm that he made a house into tumbleweeds. The coyote came along and wanted to come into his house so he can eat him up but the pig wouldn't let him come in so he blew the tumbleweed house down. The second javelina came across a lady who was gathering sticks, which she called them saguaros. The pig asked if he could have some so he can build himself a house and she said yes. Then he goes and makes a house and the first javelina shows up and they both napping. When the coyote comes and wants to eat them he tells the two javelinas to let him in and they say no. So, the coyote then blows the saguaro house down. The third javelina runs into a man who is making adobe bricks and asks if she could have some so she can build herself a house and he says yes. So, she builds herself a house and the two other javelinas found her they went into her house. The coyote shows up trying to play a trick on the pigs so they could let him in but it didn't work. So again the don't want him in so he tries to blow their house down and has no luck. The coyote tries to go down the chimney but the pig's light the stove and the coyote gets burned so he runs into the desert and the javelinas lived happily ever after.
I believe that this book would be a great idea to have in a dramatic area in an early head start setting where they are allowed to act it out. You can have sticks, straws, and bricks to take part in play where they can act it out. You have children be the javelinas and a coyote and just take part on the step by step basis. By acting out on this picture book it allows the children to be part of the play on how the javelinas and coyote felt. This also allows them to use their understanding of the book, communication, knowledge and fine/gross motor skills.
Alphabet City by Stephen T. Johnson.
The book was about Alphabets that are city-based structures of the alphabets A to Z. The book has some of the letters for example the B, where it looks loke an outside apartment stairway where you can see the letter B. Another one would be the letter O, where it shows it off as a bench outside a snowy day. These were just some of the examples letters that they have inside the book.
I believe that this book would be a great idea to have in the writing area. Chidren can see this book and look at the different pictures of how letters are made and they can write out the letter that they see and they can make up their own picture of what a letter can look like in a different setting.
The Wednesday Surprise.
This is a book about a girl named Anna and her Grandma. Anna's dad is getting a surprise birthday and dad has opened all his presents. Toward the end Grandma gives dad who I believe is his mom a surprise where she reads a story or book to him. Every Wednesday Anna and Grandma read book after books, where Anna is teaching Grandma how to read. So when Grandma reads the book, the son (Dad) is surprise that she (Grandma) is reading and he is very surprised.
I think that this could be a reading skill, where a student can take a book home to their Grandma and have the student read to them and for them to jot down what they have experienced on a report and answer questions as far as if the grandma enjoyed the book, or where they were able to read or not.
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Chapter One
A role of a teacher? All teachers have the key to provide a good evironment for the students. The benefits of having a pleasant environment are for the teacher and students. But before that happens a teacher needs to be well prepared in order that the students receive the best treat. It is essential and crucial for teachers to be prepared because the first years of school are very important for the students. The future education success of the students depends on their first years. It's never late to star a bound of a relationship between teacher and students. The contact of the students with the teacher is and everyday act. Even though, there will be some days in which students will have impropriate but other days where there will not be a problem at all.
In conclusion, I strongly believe that teachers need to show respect, caring, become role models, make a pleasant environment, treat students right, instructs them but not be totalitarian, and guides them through the road of success. The only who gets the benefits are the students and sometimes it could be a negative or positive. Throughout my life I have learned valuable lessons from great teachers but I also had negative impact in my life as well.
In conclusion, I strongly believe that teachers need to show respect, caring, become role models, make a pleasant environment, treat students right, instructs them but not be totalitarian, and guides them through the road of success. The only who gets the benefits are the students and sometimes it could be a negative or positive. Throughout my life I have learned valuable lessons from great teachers but I also had negative impact in my life as well.
Thursday, September 17, 2009
My First Post
Melissa C. Alcala
3 Children Literature Books
3 Children Literature Books
Old Yeller (1908-1973) by Fred Gipson. This story is about a fourteen year old boy who is left in charge of the household while his father is away. He manages to have control until, Old Yeller; a stray dog is adopted by the boy, helps in the formidable task of protecting the family on the Texas Ranch. In today's society, we as parents have high expectations that encourage our children to have efforts to achieve. Parents send their children to get educated in the public schools and find a new job so they can succeed in life. Time has change and we expect more for our children so that they won't suffer the times that their [arents did back then when they were, their age growing-up.
Curious George by Hans Augusto Rey and Margret Rey. This book is about a curious monkey named George, who is brougth from his home in Africa by "The Man with The Yellow Hat" to live with him in a big city. I inspire this book because whenever there is a curious mind to feed and imagination to inspire you'll be seeing children's minds wonder what that curious monkey is up too. I have a student who reminds me of this character and no matter what he says or does he is always finding a solution to the problem. This is where a kid could be a kid.
The Berestain Bears by Stan and Jan Berestain. These books have a big reason behind their inspiration. Some of the difficulties parents face, as well as their own childhood years while growing up. The Berestain mention some issues which appeared in every generation. Such as kids trowing tantrums in public places, which made an important subject matter for their stories to become part of our children lives. They want tp make a clear statement on any heavy issues that would affect a child's life.
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