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SUSD Young Authors' Faire 2015

3/17/2015

The Third Annual Selma Unified School District Young Authors' Faire was a great success. Many students from SUSD elementary schools and junior high school participated in this great literacy event. At the event young authors were interviewed about their writing by SUSD staff. The students participated in many fun literacy activities including: a book walk, making a literacy bumper sticker, building a story, watching a puppet show, and meeting the student authors. Many books were given away as prizes.

Thank you to the organizers of this terrific event, Mrs. Petropulos, District Library Media Coordinator and Mrs. Padron-Duarte, BTSA Coordinator. We appreciate all of the volunteers who helped make this event a great success. Thank you for all the help from SUSD Superintendent, Mrs. Wood; Board Member, Mrs. Winter; SUSD Library Technicians; Literacy and Math Coaches; and SUSD Auxiliary Teaching Staff. A special thank you to our own SUSD author of Out of the Shadows, Mrs. Nina Perez-Reed for spending time with students and signing her book.

All students who were awarded 1st and 2nd place will move on to the Fresno County Office of Education Young Authors' Faire. The SUSD Young Authors' Faire Winners are:

K-3
Individual Entries:
2nd Place
Student Name: Jaden Mora
Title of Book: My First Race
School: Indianola
Teacher: Mrs. Nicacio

2nd Place
Student Name: Kiana Garcia
Title of Book: Becoming a Big Sister
School: Indianola
Teacher:

1st Place
Student Name: Mariah Flores
Title of Book: My Dog
School: Indianola
Teacher: Mrs. Pecina-Castro

K-3
Small Group Entries:
3rd Place
Student Name(s): Anastasia Drolette & Sarah Sifuentes
Title of Book: Can you Change the World?
School: Indianola
Teacher: Mrs. Campose

2nd Place
Student Name(s): Evanie Adame & Joanne Garza
Title of Book: An Adventure of a Lifetime
School: Indianola
Teacher: Mrs. Campos

1st Place
Student Name(s): Alexis Viveros, Maria Almeida, Nina Valdez
Title of Book: Flying As A Family
School: Indianola
Teacher: Mrs. Nicacio

K-3
Class Entries:
3rd Place
Class Name: Mrs. Sultenfuss
Title of Book: The Runaway Reptiles
School: Roosevelt

2nd Place
Class Name: Mrs. Ayeni
Title of Book: Panda Bears
School: Terry

1st Place
Class Name: Mrs. McDougal
Title of Book: Frog
School: Terry

Grades 4-6
Individual Entries:
3rd Place
Student Name: Areli Perez
Title of Book: The Art Competition
School: Garfield
Teacher: Ms. Alves

2nd Place
Student Name: Cesar Luna
Title of Book: The Hidden World
School: Garfield
Teacher: Ms. Alves

1st Place
Student Name: Rachel Overacker
Title of Book: City Meets Country
School: Ms. Alves

Grades 4-6
Small Group Entries
3rd Place
Student Name(s): Angelo Dominquez & Kincaid Diaz
Title of Book: The Adventure of the Lost Baby Pig
School: Garfield
Teacher: Ms. Alves

2nd Place
Student Name(s): Oswaldo Landin & Estevan Vera
Title of Book: Battle of Legends: Messi vs. Ronalda
School: Garfield
Teacher: Ms. Alves

1st Place
Student Name(s): Aaron Blancas & Audrey Gonzalez
Title of Book: Size Doesn’t Matter, Spud Webb
School: Garfield
Teacher: Ms. Alves

Grades 4-6
Class Entries
1st Place
Class Name: Ms. Obert
Title of Book: Cayucos
School: Indianola

Grades 7 & 8
Individual Entries:
1st Place :
Student Name: Jai den Purewal
Title of Book: The Element Sisters
School: ALMS
Teacher: Mrs. Foss

Pictures of YAF event.

Picture of Mrs. Alves 6th grade students.

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Author Visit - Patricia Newman

3/9/2015

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Author Patricia Newman visited Terry Elementary and Garfield Elementary Schools. At both schools she presented lessons based on her books. Her dynamic lessons engaged students with kinesthetic and other hands on activities.

Mrs. Newman presented her book Jingle the Brass to our youngest. Students learned about railroading lingo and how steam engines and railroads worked in the past. Students lined up to become different parts of a train on the tracks to show how on coming trains pass on the tracks. The two trains of students acted out how to avoid having a "cornfield meet."

Our third and fourth grade students learned about aircraft carriers through Mrs. Newman's book Nugget on the Flight Deck. Students learned about life on a flight deck. They had the opportunity to act out the different jobs on deck: purple shirts, blue shirts, green shirts, yellow shirts, red shirts, brown shirts, and white shirts, everyone has a job. This book "catapulted" students into the life and lingo on a carrier.

Fifth and sixth students were taught about our environmental impact on the ocean. Through her newest book Plastic Ahoy! Investigating the Great Pacific Garbage Patch Mrs. Newman taught the students about the effects plastic has on ocean environments. She took the students through an experiment that showed the impact humans have on oceans. Students had the opportunity to participate in the experiment by taking away from the ocean habitat or adding hazards to a simulated ocean environment.

The days Mrs. Newman spent in Selma were filled with learning opportunities for students, parents, and teachers. What a terrific literacy event!

Before Mrs. Newman presented we had the WOW or the Without Walls Library sign students and parents up for Fresno County Public Library cards. They were able to sign up and hand out 45 new library cards at this event. We want to give a big thank you to Mark Berner and Joanna Chase for coming to Terry school. Please visit the WOW! Mobil Library blog to see their write-up about the event.

Mrs. Newman spent the evening with parents, students, and teachers at Terry Elementary School. We had dinner with the author and she signed books for students. After dinner Patricia presented on what it is like being an author, the writing process, and answered parent questions. This was a terrific family literacy night where everyone learned something about reading and writing.

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Lego Response to Reading

3/3/2015

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These first grade student from Mrs. Ayeni's class had a great time responding to the reading of Dr. Seuss' story Oh the Thinks You Can Think! Through the use of Legos they answered the question, "If Dr. Seuss used Legos to create his illustrations what would they look like?" Below you will see what they came up with through the video Mrs. Ayeni created. Please see the accompanying lesson plan.

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SUSD Young Authors' Faire 2015

Author Visit - Patricia Newman

Lego Response to Reading

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