While it is always exciting to offer ideas and to see my books used as springboards for literacy activities, my travels to schools, libraries, bookstores, and conferences have left me equally impressed by your creative ideas. I can only imagine how gratifying and stimulating it would be to share our successes, strategies, projects and literary celebrations. On that note, I invite you to help launch my first ever “blog.” What works in your home, classroom, or library to excite and stimulate your readers? Is there a particular area you need some extra help with? Post your thoughts, questions, musings, dog bone recipes, and more as we join together as a community of teachers, learners, and story lovers to support and celebrate literacy. Let the dialogue begin……
Alyssa Capucilli
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Happy Valentine’s and President’s Day!
We hope your family is doing well!
Love,
Marcia, Tom and Natalie Mckee
you just got yourself a place in my bookmarks
I love your books and am so glad that you’ve begun a blog! I don’t know if you’ve seen this yet but this new report shows the books kids read A LOT last school year, and 6 out of the top 20 books for 1st graders are yours: http://www.renlearn.com/whatkidsarereading/
Hello Alyssa:
Just checking in and how you and your family are doing! What’s new for the fall? Are you traveling more. How are Katy Duck and Biscuit doing? My students are great this year and I hope to be ordering more books 18-20!! Let me know how things are going?
Mrs. McKee
Marcia McKee
Hello everyone! I must admit I’m not such a terrific blogger…yet! I’ve been busy working on many new projects, answering lots of letters, and reading the many great stories your young writers send. They are delightful. And yes, lots of travel too….
One thing that I always like to tell our young readers and writers is that the more I think about it, I am certain that I am a writer because I have always been a reader. Reading stories we love, inspires us to write our own. Please stay tuned to the site for new updates…I promise to be more diligent about “blogging!” Many thanks to all of you for your continued support.
Best wishes and woofs,
Alyssa
Hello Alyssa:
It’s been a month since I wrote. That went fast! I hope you and your family are well. My first teacher’s meeting of the year is August 11th. Too soon, but I can’t wait to get back with the kids. Let me know how things are going.
Marcia
http://mrsmbookclubs.blogspot.com/
Alyssa:
Have a great 4th! I hope you and your family are doing well! How is your summer going? I am doing a book club on Tom Sawyer (Natalie and 8 of her friends), this is the third year! We just painted, (whitewashed) a fence today! All the girls in the book club volunteered and we got the job done. It was a good feeling. On to the cemetery next week…
Talk to you soon!
Marcia
Dear Alyssa:
I just saw some of my preschool parents and they are thoroughly enjoying “Biscuit Visits the Petting Zoo” for their children. Thank you for your books,
Marcia
Dear Alyssa,
Did you get a chance to read our “Biscuit’s Surprising News”? We hope you liked our stories. We hope you liked the great adventures that Biscuit went on. We like the pictures, too!
We like your books. We like reading your books.We liked writing our stories. It was fun.
How many Biscuit books are there altogether? Are you going to write any more Biscuit books?
Sincerely,
Mrs Shear’s class
P.S. We love your stories and we hope you write more.
Hello Alyssa,
Thanks for taking the time to read these posts. If you get a chance I’d love to share your response with our first graders….Thanks and keep up the great work! Nancy
Hello Alyssa,
It is so exciting to be able to write to you. I teaching reading to first graders in Saratoga Springs, NY. Mrs. Chris Shear and my first graders have fallen head over heels for Biscuit! We have been enjoying Biscuit stories all year! They have been writing their own “versions” of Biscuit stories too. We have put their stories into a a class newspaper titled, “Biscuit’s Surprising News!”. You wouldn’t believe all the adventures Biscuit has been on! We would love to share our stories with you. I have your mailing address and we’ll send them out shortly. Thank you for writing such wonderful books and inspiring our young readers and writers.
Hello Alyssa:
I am glad you are back from traveling. Well, the school year is almost at an end. My students will be on their way for another year! Maybe we can launch a project for the young readers to do and have them submit it to your blog with pictures. Surrounding Biscuit and/or Katy Duck. Sometimes an idea or initial assistance helps children get their creative “juices” flowing. Talk to you soon and I will add you to my blogs to follow. Talk to you soon!
Marcia McKee
http://mrsmbookclubs.blogspot.com/