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TWICE partners with various educational organizations around
Michigan to bring ASK Author videoconferences to students. ASK (“Authors Specialist
and Knowledge”) is an organized process that provides students with the
opportunity to interview an author or a subject specialist in the topic
they are reading about in a novel. The program uses excellent
literature, journal writing and interviewing to promote reading for
understanding.
ASK Information
Cost: $40 for TWICE Members; $80 for non-members.
Cancellation
Procedures:
For a full
refund, cancellations must be submitted 5
weeks (25 business days)
ahead of time. Programs cancelled less
than 5 weeks before the date of the program will still be billed for
the full cost.
Technology: These programs
are available via IP and ISDN.
Multipoint: Each
session is shared with up to three
classes participating.
Time Zone:
Michigan is in the Eastern time zone and follows Daylight
Savings Time.
Waiting
List. If a
program you want is full, please register & note waiting list.
Sometimes schools cancel and we'd like to have the sessions full if
possible.
Questions? Contact this
year's ASK coordinator, Janine Lim at janine.lim@berrienresa.org
or (269) 471-7725x1101.
Test
Calls:
Please
note who is doing the bridging for your session - see the Partners
section for that program below.
Last updated
July 23, 2010
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We're still confirming with authors. We are adding a program for Stone Fox; Sue Stauffacher will be back with several of her books; we will schedule with Alexander Jefferson again. Keep checking to get the latest version fo the schedule.
Registration for 2010-2011 opens September 7 and is
within CAPspace.
You'll need verified
equipment to register.
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Sammy’s
feelings are hurt when he is called raccoon eyes. Sammy knows
that name-calling is not nice, but his friends have a valuable lesson
to learn. The name-caller soon becomes the one being
teased. Adventures at Walnut Grove is a
story about friends that learn to treat others as they would like to be
treated.
The second book in this series, titled I DOUBLE Dare You! is about taking responsibility for your own actions. Silly
and
Sassy come to Walnut Grove to visit their cousin Sammy. Silly
and
Sassy are always getting into trouble.
The play hide ‘n
seek, have frog races, and play dare or double dare. How does
this lead to jumping off a bridge? Read I DOUBLE
Dare You! to find out how everyone discovers that it’s not
always wise to follow your friends.
Partners: Hosting:***.
Bridging: ***. Facilitator: Debbie
Glasgow.
Required Book: Adventures at Walnut Grove
and I DOUBLE Dare You!
Recommended Grade Level: 2-3
Times
(EDT):
9:30-10:30 3 openings
10:45-11:45 3 openings
12:45-1:45 3 openings
2:00-3:00 3 openings
tober 27
Before
Belinda was Belinda the Ballerina, before she was Belinda in Paris, and
way before she was Belinda and the Glass Slipper, she was a little girl
who wanted to dance. But there were two things standing in the way— her
left foot and her right foot. Belinda’s teacher, Mrs. Rhino, chooses
Belinda to play the clown in a skit for the school talent show. Her
feet are perfect for floppy clown shoes. But after seeing an older girl
soar big across the stage as a ballerina, Belinda has other plans....
Partners: Hosting:
Allendale. Bridging: Saginaw
ISD (989.249.8723).
Facilitator: Allendale &
Amy Young.
Required Book: Belinda
Begins Ballet
Recommended Grade Level: 1
Times
(EDT):
9:30-10:00 3 openings
10:15-10:45 3 openings
11:00-11:30 3 openings
tober 28The Mud Fairy
The Mud Fairy is Amy Young's latest picture book. All of the flowers that appear in the book may be found in Michigan (and other states) in the spring and summer. Use the list of flowers and the flower match workshett to print for your students (available in both color and black and white): Flowers Color, Flowers Black and White, Flower Match Color, Flower Match Black and White.
Partners: Hosting: Allendale. Bridging: Saginaw
ISD (989.249.8723).
Facilitator: Allendale &
Amy Young.
Required Book: The Mud Fairy
Recommended Grade Level: 1-2
Times
(EDT):
9:30-10:00 3 openings
10:15-10:45 3 openings
11:00-11:30 3 openings
A retold French Canadian
folktale set in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. A feisty north woods girl
bets her strength against the strength of a giant and wins every time.
Illustarted by Heather Soloman.
Partners: Hosting: Allendale Public Schools. Bridging &
Facilitation: Janine
Lim, Berrien RESA (269-471-7725x1101).
Required Book: Clever
Beatrice
Recommended Grade Level: 2-3
Times
(EDT):
Nov 15 9:30 3 openings
Nov 15 10:45 3 openings
Nov 16 9:30 3 openings
Nov 16 10:45 3 openings
Nov 17 9:30 3 openings
Nov 1710:45 3 openings
Nov 18 9:30 3 openings
Nov 18 10:45 3 openings
Nov 19 9:30 3 openings
Nov 19 10:45 3 openings
Night of the Twisters is based
on the night that nine tornadoes struck Grand Island, Nebraska in 1990.
This fictionalized account follows three children as they struggle to
survive the tornadoes. It is a fast moving story that your students
will enjoy.
Students will interview a NOAA meteorologist.
Partners: Hosting: Macomb ISD. Bridging &
Facilitation: TBD.
Required Book: Night
of the Twisters
Recommended Grade Level: 4-7
Times
(EDT):
9:30-10:30 3 openings
10:45-11:45 3 openings
12:45-1:45 3 openings
2:00-3:00 3 openings
This story begins on the streets of New York City in 1854 where
thousands of homeless children, immigrants, and natives are fighting to
survive "just one more day". Charles Loring Brace, founder of the
Children's Aid Society, made a plan to rescue the children by getting
them out of the city to loving rural homes in America's growing
Midwest. The first location to accept these homeless children is
Dowagiac, Michigan, a railroad whistle-stop on the track-line to
Chicago.
Partners: Hosting: Janie at home. Bridging: Janine Lim, Berrien RESA (269-471-7725x1101). Facilitation: Janie Panagopoulos.
Required Book: A
Far Away Home: Orphan Train (All books may be purchased through Karis
Distributing: klkaris@comcast.net)
Recommended Grade Level: 4-5
Times
(EDT):
9:30-10:30 3 openings
10:45-11:45 3 openings
12:45-1:45 3 openings
2:00-3:00 3 openings
Students love this tale of a canoe race on Lake Michigan, while
teachers like the historical detail found in this story. Students will
learn about fur trade and Native Americans in Michigan. This book is
part of the dream quest series on Michigan History.
Partners: Hosting:
Janie at home. Bridging: Janine
Lim, Berrien RESA (269-471-7725x1101). Facilitation: Janie
Panagopoulos.
Required Book: Traders
in Time (All books may be purchased through Karis Distributing: klkaris@comcast.net)
Recommended Grade Level: 3-4
Times (EDT):
Dec 1 9:30-10:30 3 openings
Dec 1 10:45-11:45 3 openings
Dec 1 12:45-1:45 3 openings
Dec 1 2:00-3:00 3 openings
Dec 2 9:30-10:30 3 openings
Dec 2 10:45-11:45 3 openings
Dec 2 12:45-1:45 3 openings
Dec 2 2:00-3:00 3 openings
Dec 3 9:30-10:30 3 openings
Dec 3 10:45-11:45 3 openings
Dec 3 12:45-1:45 3 openings
Dec 3 2:00-3:00 3 openings
During the American Revolution, the Campbell family watched friends and
neighbors move across the Straits of Mackinac to a new island home on
Mackinac Island, while they stayed behind to await word of the need for
a lumber mill. "There's a land not far from here, once cleared by the
hands of soldiers for firewood, where maple sugar runs and a fine,
swift creek flows," states patriarch Robert Campbell. When permission
comes from the British government to begin building the mill,
preparations begin in earnest."
Partners: Hosting:
Janie at home. Bridging: Janine
Lim, Berrien RESA (269-471-7725x1101). Facilitation: Janie
Panagopoulos.
Required Book: A Place Called
Home (All books may be purchased through Karis Distributing: klkaris@comcast.net)
Recommended Grade Level: 3-4
Times (EDT):
9:30-10:30 3 openings
10:45-11:45 3 openings
12:45-1:45 3 openings
2:00-3:00 3 openings
December 8-9 ASK A
Do
Unto Otters is a book of manners written and illustrated by Laurie
Keller. Mr. Rabbit has new neighbors – the otters. This book
delightfully explains how to be a good friend and neighbor.
Students will interview the author/illustrator.
Partners: Hosting: Sue Porter. Bridging: Saginaw ISD (989.249.8723). Facilitator:
Sue Porter & Laurie Keller.
Required Book: Do
Unto Otters
Recommended Grade Level: 1-2
Times
(EDT):
Dec 8 9:30-10:15 3 openings
Dec 8 10:30-11:15 3 openings
Dec 8 12:30-1:15 3 openings
Dec 8 1:30-2:15 3 openings
Dec 9 9:30-10:15 3 openings
Dec 9 10:30-11:15 3 openings
Dec 9 12:30-1:15 3 openings
Dec 9 1:30-2:15 3 openings
A
beautifully illustrated story that is sure to capture the imagination
of young readers and the young-at-heart. Follow along, with the
author's unique style of rhythm and rhyme, as the first snowflake of
the season comes to life through the illustrator's magical blend of soft pastels. Share in the anticipation as the North Wind carries this
little snowflake on a whimsical and playful journey. This delightful
tale is sure to become a keepsake for all ages and a seasonal treasure.
Note: In 2009 when we offered this in December, a snow day required rescheduling for January. Please note when you register that there is a potential of rescheduling due to snow. Appropriate, don't you think?
Partners: Hosting, Bridging and Facilitation: Janine Lim, Berrien RESA (269-471-7725x1101).
Required
Book: Winter's
First Snowflake
Recommended Grade Level: 1-2
Times
(EDT):
Dec 9 9:30-10:00 3 openings
Dec 9 10:15-10:45 3 openings
Dec 9 11:00-11:30 3 openings
Dec 9 12:30-1:00 3 openings
Dec 9 1:15-1:45 3 openings
Dec 10 9:30-10:00 3 openings
Dec 10 10:15-10:45 3 openings
Dec 10 11:00-11:30 3 openings
Dec 10 12:30-1:00 3 openings
Dec 10 1:15-1:45 3 openings
January 26
Night of the Twisters is based
on the night that nine tornadoes struck Grand Island, Nebraska in 1990.
This fictionalized account follows three children as they struggle to
survive the tornadoes. It is a fast moving story that your students
will enjoy.
Students will interview a NOAA meteorologist.
Partners: Hosting: Macomb ISD. Bridging &
Facilitation: TBD.
Required Book: Night
of the Twisters
Recommended Grade Level: 4-7
Times
(EDT):
9:30-10:30 3 openings
10:45-11:45 3 openings
12:45-1:45 3 openings
2:00-3:00 3 openings
February 8 ASK Author: TBD with Debbie Taylor
Description here...
Students will interview Debbie Taylor, the author.
Partners: Hosting: TBD. Bridging &
Facilitation: TBD.
Required Book: TBD
Recommended Grade Level: TBD
Times
(EDT):
9:30-10:30 3 openings
10:45-11:45 3 openings
12:45-1:45 3 openings
2:00-3:00 3 openings
"One
day, Kansas wakes up grumpy. The other 49 states are stretching,
yawning, and pouring maple syrup onto each other's pancakes, but
irritable Kansas announces to his kindly neighbor Nebraska that life is
dull and changes must be made. Books that claim to "make geography fun"
usually have to be taken with a dose of skepticism: so often, the
teaching is there and the entertainment isn't. This delightfully quirky
and original book shows how it should be done." --Richard
Farr
Students will interview the author/illustrator.
Partners: Hosting: Allendale Public Schools. Bridging: Saginaw ISD (989.249.8723). Facilitation: Allendale.
Required Book: Scrambled States
Recommended Grade Level: 3-4
Times
(EDT):
March 14 9:30-10:30 3 openings
March 14 10:45-11:45 3 openings
March 14 12:45-1:45 3 openings
March 14 2:00-3:00 3 openings
March 14 9:30-10:30 3 openings
March 14 10:45-11:45 3 openings
March 14 12:45-1:45 3 openings
March 14 2:00-3:00 3 openings
Award-winning author Margaret Willey has written a novel that begins with a high school lepidopterist named Paul McMichaels who keeps a journal about moth discovery, collection and display. Nearly twenty years later, Nora McMichaels—a runaway who never met her father, comes to a Michigan nature center called Riverside, where Paul’s memory still lives. Recently, A SUMMER OF SILK MOTHS was chosen for an Honor Award by the Green Earth Book Awards, an award that is given annually to books which inspire children and young adults to “grow a deeper appreciation, respect, and responsibility for their natural environment.” Willey discusses the necessary preparation and research she undertook to create characters that are connected by their shared interest in the sciences. She will also touch on her use of a real Michigan nature center, Fernwood Botanical Gardens in Buchanan, Michigan, as a prototype for the setting of her novel. It is not necessary for students to have read A SUMMER OF SILK MOTHS. Willey will provide a synopsis, as well as relevant visual material. Students will be invited to ask questions about the writing life, as well as the author’s own interest in Lepidoptera and the natural sciences.
Partners: Hosting and Facilitation: Allendale Public Schools. Bridging: Janine
Lim, Berrien RESA (269-471-7725x1101).
Required Book: A Summer of Silk Moths
Recommended Grade Level: High
School!
Times
(EDT):
March 14, 9:30-10:30: 3 openings
March 14, 10:45-11:45: 3 openings
March 15, 9:30-10:30: 3 openings
March 15, 10:45-11:45: 3 openings
A retold French Canadian
folktale set in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. A feisty north woods girl
bets her strength against the strength of a giant and wins every time.
Illustarted by Heather Soloman.
Partners: Hosting: Allendale Public Schools. Bridging &
Facilitation: Janine
Lim, Berrien RESA (269-471-7725x1101).
Required Book: Clever
Beatrice
Recommended Grade Level: 2-3
Times
(EDT):
March 22 9:30 3 openings
March 2210:45 3 openings
March 23 9:30 3 openings
March 23 10:45 3 openings
We
all know that Goldilocks has a lot to say about the Three Bears.
Everything they have is either too hot or too cold or too big or too
lumpy or too hard or too soft or too completely, absolutely wrong. Only
one of them can get anything right! Just right, that is. But
have you ever wondered, even for the littlest mini-second, what the
Three Bears think about her? Well, it turns out those bears have a
thing or two, or three, to say... Margaret Willey turns this favorite
classic upside down...because there's always another side to the
story....
Partners: Hosting: Allendale Public Schools. Bridging &
Facilitation: Janine
Lim, Berrien RESA (269-471-7725x1101).
Required Book: The
3 Bears and Goldilocks
Recommended Grade Level: 1st grade
Times
(EDT):
March 24 9:30-10:00 3 openings
March 24 10:15-10:45 3 openings
March 24 11:00-11:30 3 openings
March 25 9:30-10:00 3 openings
March 25 10:15-10:45 3 openings
March 25 11:00-11:30 3 openings
Julie
of the Wolves is a children's novel about a young Inuit girl
experiencing the changes forced upon her culture from outside. Students
will interview a specialist at the Buffalo Zoo.
Partners: Hosting: n/a. Coordination: Bridging: Wayne RESA. Facilitator: Debbie
Glasgow.
Required Book: Julie
of the Wolves
Recommended Grade Level: 5-8
Times (EDT):
9:30-10:30 3 openings
10:45-11:45 3 openings
12:45-1:45 3 openings
2:00-3:00 3 openings
April 19 ASK Author: Old Cricket with Lisa Wheeler
Old Cricket didn't get to be a ripe old age "by being a dumb bug." No, sir. When his wife asks him to ready their roof for the winter, he fakes a knee injury to weasel out of it. When she sends him off to Doc Hopper, he hobbles out of the house "with a creak-creak-creak in case his missus was watching." On his way, he meets up with his cousin Katydid, who needs help with some berry-picking. He fakes yet another ailment--a crick in his neck--and wobbles off "with a creak-creak-creak, and a crick-crick-crick, in case Katydid was watching." All (meaning Old Cricket's nap) would have gone according to plan, surely, if the bug didn't encounter Old Crow, a bird who didn't get to be a ripe old age "by being a birdbrain." Old Crow wants to eat Old Cricket, and by the time our leggy anti-hero escapes the crow's clutches, the conniving cricket has developed some very real ailments. The team behind the wonderful Sailor Moo: Cow at Sea succeeds again in creating a delightfully clever read-aloud with plenty of rhythm, repetition, and winning wordplay. Ponder Goembel's skillful, larger-than-life illustrations (my, what hairy legs the crickets have!) suit the good-natured fable to a T. (Ages 4 to 8) --Karin Snelson, Amazon Review
Students will interview Lisa Wheeler, the author.
Partners: Hosting: TBD. Bridging &
Facilitation: TBD.
Required Book: Old Cricket
Recommended Grade Level: 1-2
Times
(EDT):
9:30-10:30 3 openings
10:45-11:45 3 openings
12:45-1:45 3 openings
2:00-3:00 3 openings
This dream-quest follows Gus McCarty from middle school back to the
lumbering days of Michigan. This is a humorous tale of a young mans
adventures with rough lumberjacks named Moonshine and Rat-hole Andy and
life in a lumberjack camp. Students enjoy learning about life in the
camps and the lumberjack vocabulary.
Partners: Hosting:
Janie at home. Bridging: Janine
Lim, Berrien RESA (269-471-7725x1101). Facilitation: Janie
Panagopoulos.
Required Book: Journey Back to Lumberjack Camp (All books may be purchased through
Karis Distributing: klkaris@comcast.net)
Recommended Grade Level: 3-4
Times
(EDT):
April 26 9:30-10:30 3 openings
April 26 10:45-11:45 3 openings
April 26 12:45-1:45 3 openings
April 26 2:00-3:00 3 openings
April 27 9:30-10:30 3 openings
April 27 10:45-11:45 3 openings
April 27 12:45-1:45 3 openings
April 27 2:00-3:00 3 openings
Students will learn about life along the Underground Railroad by
reading about the adventures of Malaika and her brother Sammy. The
story follows these two brave youngsters as they escape slavery with
the help of a Quaker couple and Daniel. The book leads them through
Detroit to the Second Baptist church on Monroe.
Partners: Hosting:
Janie at home. Bridging: Janine
Lim, Berrien RESA (269-471-7725x1101).
Facilitation: Janie Panagopoulos.
Required Book: Train to Midnight (All books may be purchased through Karis
Distributing: klkaris@comcast.net)
Recommended Grade Level: 3-5
Times (EDT):
9:30-10:30 3 openings
10:45-11:45 3 openings
12:45-1:45 3 openings
2:00-3:00 3 openings
This story begins on the streets of New York City in 1854 where
thousands of homeless children, immigrants, and natives are fighting to
survive "just one more day". Charles Loring Brace, founder of the
Children's Aid Society, made a plan to rescue the children by getting
them out of the city to loving rural homes in America's growing
Midwest. The first location to accept these homeless children is
Dowagiac, Michigan, a railroad whistle-stop on the track-line to
Chicago.
Partners: Hosting: Janie at home. Bridging: Janine Lim, Berrien
RESA (269-471-7725x1101). Facilitation: Janie Panagopoulos.
Required Book: A
Far Away Home: Orphan Train (All books may be purchased through Karis
Distributing: klkaris@comcast.net)
Recommended Grade Level: 4-5
Times
(EDT):
9:30-10:30 3 openings
10:45-11:45 3 openings
12:45-1:45 3 openings
2:00-3:00 3 openings
May 4
Before
Belinda was Belinda the Ballerina, before she was Belinda in Paris, and
way before she was Belinda and the Glass Slipper, she was a little girl
who wanted to dance. But there were two things standing in the way— her
left foot and her right foot. Belinda’s teacher, Mrs. Rhino, chooses
Belinda to play the clown in a skit for the school talent show. Her
feet are perfect for floppy clown shoes. But after seeing an older girl
soar big across the stage as a ballerina, Belinda has other plans....
Partners: Hosting: Allendale. Bridging: Saginaw
ISD (989.249.8723).
Facilitator: Allendale &
Amy Young.
Required Book: Belinda
Begins Ballet
Recommended Grade Level: 1
Times
(EDT):
9:30-10:00 3 openings
10:15-10:45 3 openings
11:00-11:30 3 openings
May 5The Mud Fairy
The Mud Fairy is Amy Young's latest picture book. All of the flowers that appear in the book may be found in Michigan (and other states) in the spring and summer.
Partners: Hosting: Allendale. Bridging: Saginaw
ISD (989.249.8723).
Facilitator: Allendale &
Amy Young.
Required Book: The Mud Fairy
Recommended Grade Level: 1-2
Times
(EDT):
9:30-10:00 3 openings
10:15-10:45 3 openings
11:00-11:30 3 openings
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