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Southwestern Elementary - Right to Read Week
March 12, 2008
3rd grade
Mrs. Woodyard's and Mrs. Prose's classes
You were so fun, attentive, and helpful. Each of you added to our paragraph and discussion. Wow! Did you figure out the quilt picture before I showed you? Did you tell your teachers the secret? They will probably be surprised to hear it!
4th grade
Mr. Burnett's and Mrs. Steven's classes
Whoa! Did you have fun creating our fictional narrative? Alligators, natives, a fisherman, and an anaconda - I didn't think that my dog, Beau (Bo), and I would ever get out of that creek! Thanks for a great time and your enthusiastic participation.
Ohio Valley Christian School Fourth Grade - Tall Tales Unit
February 4-12, 2008
What a great week! Your books are amazing! I'm so proud of each of you!
Southwest Licking Schools - November 2007
Thank you Southwest Licking Schools for allowing me a chance to visit and
share with your wonderful and talented teachers and students. I've come to
expect a great experience whenever I meet with you, and this trip was no
exception. You are all awesome!
Many students were interested in writing for the upcoming Chicken Soup Cat
Lover's Soul and/or the Chicken Soup Dog Lover's Soul. Other titles you might be
interested in are: Football Lover's Soul, Extraordinary Teen Soul, and
Celebrating Life's Most Embarassing Moments. All of these deadlines are December
31, 2008. Submit them on-line at
http://www.chickensoup.com/. So, get writing, editing, and submitting. Keep
me posted!
Watkins Middle School
To Mrs. Legg's sixth grade and Mrs. Ball's sixth and eighth grade classes: You
were an awesome audience, full of creativity and imagination. Many of you are
very gifted writers. Learn to perfect that gift and share it with others. I
can't wait to see where you'll go and what you'll do in this world!
Kirkersville Elementary
Mrs. Lupidi's and Mrs. Frey's 4th grade - Your enthusiasm is contagious! The
'Reread, edit, write some more' cheer is still one of my favorites. Thanks for
doing it for me. I really enjoy visiting classes with lots of questions because
then I know we cover what's important to you. You all had a bunch of them! If
your question didn't get answered, please drop me an email. Your love of reading
and writing is apparent. Keep it up!
Mrs. Genter's 3rd grade - We had an extended time together - first you listened
to me, and then I got the privilege of listening to your stories. How creative
you are! Even with a surprise lock-down drill in the middle, you were all so
courteous. Keep learning and improving your reading and writing skills because
you have been blessed with knowledge and imagination. Thank you for a great
afternoon!
May 17, 2007
Even with construction everywhere in and around this building, I found the teachers, staff, and students to be friendly, helpful, organized, and flexible. Thanks for a GREAT day!
Kindergarten - Wow! You guys were right! That quilt was not a dinosaur. Thanks for helping me figure it out with all of those great sentences.
1st grade - You were awesome listeners! You caught on to the Spanish game quickly. Wasn't that fun? Your teachers were able to do it really well too. Do you still remember some of the words?
2nd grade - Great questions and participation! Wow! Congratulations to all of my friends who guessed the quilt picture correctly. I think the whole school might have heard your cheers! Did you finally get your bookmarks?
3rd grade - You are the first class I've ever met that loves to edit . . . Are you sure?! Our autograph session at the end was fun too. I've got some new names to add to my idea file. Yay!
4th grade - You had amazing questions. I'm glad we had extra time together. If you have any questions that did not get answered, just e-mail me. I'll gladly respond.
Writing From the Heart for the Heart
May 10, 2007
Thanks friends for welcoming me back to your group. Hopefully a few of the writing tips will help you along your writing path. Happy writing!
April 15, 2007
Didn't the librarians do a great job decorating and feeding us? Wasn't that violin music by Katie Dovyak beautiful? Thanks to all who made this such a special day! Thanks to the brave friends who faced the weather to come visit with me. It was wonderful getting to know you!
Hope to see you again soon!
Southwestern ElementaryMarch 28, 2007 SEVENTH & EIGHTH GRADES It was a blast to meet with all of you again! You sure have grown since the last time I was there. Your attention and interaction were terrific! Your writing and editing skills are awesome too! Thanks for helping me re-write that paper cut story. Our five year old friends will definitely understand what we are trying to say now. Woo hoo! AND. . . HERE IT IS! THE QUESTION: What was your favorite part of our time together? Be the first to email me with your answer to win the signed book of your choice. GOOD LUCK! |
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Book signing100th Anniversary of Main Street Baptist Church Point Pleasant, WV It was great to meet so many people (a lot of whom grew up with my mother-in-law)!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~O.A.S.I.S.Etna, Ohio - October 25, 2006 The Voice of Truth
Great-Grandpa Jim is holding Flat Caitlyn. Aren't these seniors awesome? This group of seniors is amazing! Thank you for allowing me to join you for the afternoon! I had an incredible time sharing lunch and a message with you. FEAR and WORRY get at us all the time. Let's remember to listen to THE VOICE OF TRUTH instead. Go. Take the step, and do NOT be afraid. I'm rooting for you! Psalm 56:11 – In God I have put my trust; I will NOT be afraid. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Pataskala United Methodist Day Camp - July 18, 2006Picture coming soon! Wow! What a good time we had with the quilt and Spanish. Did you write about the fuzzy bear in your journals? Thanks for sharing your morning with me! ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~ ~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~~~ ~Kirkersville Elementary - April 26, 2006Ms. Landsittel's fourth grade class We had such an awesome time! Some of you already had visited with me before, and the things you remembered from our previous time was incredible! All of you had great questions. Thanks for the letter, lunch together, and lesson on portals. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Etna Elementary - April 26, 2006Fourth grade It was great to see all of you again! As usual, you kept me hopping with your questions and excitement. Thank you! Remember the deal we made . . . you finish your stories and papers using your editing skills, and I'll finish my bear. We sure don't want your papers looking like my bear! You are doing well with your Spanish too. I hope you continue with that. It was cool to see that your class is reading the same book series as my kids and I are. How fun! Keep reading and writing! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Watkins Middle School - 6th and 7th gradeBoy, starting at school as early as you do: 7:30 am - Whew! All of the classes throughout the day were unique and thoughtful. Thanks for sharing your time with me. I hope that we were able to cover the things that interested you. I met a lot of you who already have the desire to read and write - Keep it up! For those of you who don't, just keep at it, and learn to do it well. You never know what you'll be doing after graduating. Keep me posted on your progress. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~River Valley High School Career Day - March 24, 2006I enjoyed meeting each of you. Many of you have a love of writing that I hope you will continue to use, share, and allow to grow. As you work your way through the writing, publishing, and freelance world, be sure to keep me up-to-date on your progress. I'm rooting for you! ~ ~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ ~~~~~ ~ Newark Public Library - March 22, 2006 It was great to meet with you! Weren't those treats the library provided yummy? Thank you for taking time to visit with me. If I can answer any more questions, please let me know. ~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~ ~~ ~~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~ ~~~ ~~~ Kirkersville Elementary Fourth Grade - March 22, 2006 You are amazing! I truly enjoyed my time with you. Your love of reading and writing were apparent through the many thoughtful questions you asked. Too bad we had to stop for lunch. Thank you for sharing your writing rap with me. I love it! I will always remember how Mrs. Lupidi danced to it too! Keep writing! ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~ ~~~ ~~~~ ~~ ~~~ OVCS Fourth Grade - December 21, 2005With your thoughtful questions, we sure did cover a lot! I had a great time with you before the concert. I hope it was fun and helpful to you too. Thank you all for participating in the coloring contest. The judges had a really tough time deciding because they were all so beautiful. Congratulations to winner, Bethany Beaver! She won a copy of This I Know, Book III. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Meet the Writers - November 6, 2005Wannabe Writers' Public Group ReadingRed Parrot Restaurant Lowe Hotel Pt. Pleasant, WV ~~~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~ ~~~ ~~ ~~ ~~Book Shower - September 25, 2005Book III, This I KnowPictures coming soon!
Paula met with 65-70 people for a time of fellowship and fun!The Kids Corner was a big hit too. Almost 20 kids visited for face painting,bookmark making, a trivia quiz, and prizes.See the Contest page for door prize listings, sponsors, and contest winners. Gallia County Convention and Visitor's Bureau63 Court StreetGallipolis, OH~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Summit Station United Methodist Women - May 19, 2005 The Voice of TruthOf all the voices calling out to you, be sure to listen and believe the VOICE OF TRUTH. Thank you for spending your evening with me. I truly enjoyed our time together. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Southwest Licking Schools - May 19, 2005Watkins Middle SchoolThanks for your help in figuring out what an author does with each piece of equipment I brought. Have faith in yourselves - you can do whatever you set your mind to. Thank you for letting me be a small part of your journey.Kirkersville Elementary - Mrs. Betts' 1st GradeYou guys were great listeners! I really enjoyed meeting you and sharing time together. :)Etna Elementary3rd grade - Your excitement and ideas were amazing! You really came up with a lot of possibilities for our unsolved mystery. I'll never forget how stunned I was at hearing the words, 'copyright infringement,' out of your fellow classmate. Keep writing - you are all very creative! 5th grade - Did you enjoy hearing the first chapter of the new book? Not many people have heard or read it yet. I enjoyed spending my day with you and hearing your many ideas about what would happen next. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ohio Valley Christian School - Fifth Grade - May 18, 2005We shared an awesome meal at El Toril, and then we spent the rest of the afternoon together. That was a first for me - an hour and a half school talk. Wasn't it great? You certainly gave me a lot of ideas for future story plots. What a creative class! I love you all, Sra. Blevins ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Southwestern Elementary - March 31, 2005
Hey, third, fourth, and fifth graders! Did you enjoy our time together as much as I did? We worked through the writing process pretty quickly with that quilt. Don't you wish that all of your writing projects could go that fast? Follow the same procedure though. Remember to write and rewrite, and rewrite, and rewrite. Let's be 'Wild about Reading' together! ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Ohio Valley Christian School - Fourth Grade - December 21, 2004
Thank you Mrs. Tillis and the fourth grade for an awesome time! Your excitement and terrific questions started my Christmas break off well. Can you believe it? We did it all in English! I love you all. Sra. Blevins ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Book signing - Family Christian Bookstore - July 17, 2004 - Thank you!Huntington Mall - Barboursville, WV~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Right to Read Week at Southwestern Elementary - May 4, 20043rd grade, 4th grade, and 5th grade You all are such great listeners! Thank you so much for your attention and wonderful questions. We didn't have enough time together to get them all answered, did we? But, we did a lot of Spanish in two minutes, huh? Remember that in whatever job you choose, you've got to 'READ TO SUCCEED!' Let's Read to Succeed! ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Etna Elementary and Watkins Middle School - April 29, 2004What an amazing day! Thank you teachers and students! 6th grade - Thank you for your attention and participation. You did a great job on the writing quilts. Remember the dog with 5 floppy ears? Or, the colorful skateboard and paintballs? 4th grade - Thanks for the great questions! Warn me if you ever really meet that scary guy named, Bob, you created. Surprise mail arrived for me . . . Thank you for the thoughtful letters! :) 2nd grade - This class was at the very end of their long, school day, but you couldn't tell. The kids were wonderful! Thank you for the excitement and the great job you did listening and talking with your visitor. 1st grade - What great listeners you are! Your excitement and smiling faces are so awesome! Thanks for waving to me throughout the day. Remember how much fun we had creating four sentences about our quilt. Do the same thing each time you write! Pataskala, Ohio ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Career Day - Washington Elementary - March 26, 2004What a great day! The students had wonderful, thoughtful questions, and were a delight. We even had fun with Spanish at the end of each session. Thank you fifth grade for an awesome day! ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Maryland Book signing - February 29, 2004Guinness Book of World Records set here with 153 authors at one book signing! - Thank you! Frederick Towne Mall Frederick, Maryland
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Flat Caitlyn with Aunt Paula's books.
