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Presentations for Children or Parents and Other Educators
Presentation # 1 Fun with Reading and Writing
Mrs. Lee reads stories from
Albert, the Apple-eating Appaloosa These books are based on personal experiences.
She will do a lesson from Selection #1: The Buggy That Boogied Away
Selection # 1
Excerpts from The Buggy That Boogied Away are in the catalog's section for fiction. There are three lesson plans for the book. The Buggy That Boogied Away has three lesson plans. Two of them are for general group presentations. Improve Memory and Listening Skills and Develop Reading Comprehension and Writing Skills (Vocabulary, Sequence, and Sentence Construction). See details about both lesson plans for this book. Selection # 2  Cuckoo
She presents this novelty book. Children focus on sentence structure and sequence as Mrs. Lee shows the layout for a split page book on an overhead projector. She explains that the layout shows the whole book on pages which are laid out side by side. This helps publishers decide where to put the writing and pictures. Then children share ideas which can be combined for a funny book. She writes suggestions on a blank layout for each group. Directions for making these novelty books can be copied from this website.
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Presentation # 2 Memory Strategies for K-3 Improve vocabulary and spelling. Teachers need to request the book and lesson which they want to have presented.
The Buggy That Boogied Away Little Lemon: Activities for Developing Motivation and Memory Skills
Whoa Wiggle-worm: a Little Lemon Book about an Overly Active Child
A Purple Cow: How to Learn Colors |
Patterns of failure, poor study skills, and failure identity can be well established by fourth grade. Most materials for study skills begin on the fourth grade level. The strategies in this presentation work for children in K-3 and upper grades.
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Presentation # 3 Dolch Sight Words
Regular and Special Education
One big advantage for older readers is that there are few pictures in
Albert, the Apple-eating Appaloosa
and no pictures in
A Funny Dolch Word Book #1, Mrs. Lee reads the stories, fables, and poems to encourage independent reading. Teachers may select Dolch activities which they want to have presented or ask Mrs. Lee to make a flip book with the students as in Presentation #1. | 
These sight word books were critiqued by teachers and reading specialists before publication. A Funny Dolch Sight Word Book #1 is now available in Spanish and English. |
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Presentations for Parents and Other Educators
At PTA meetings or home school association meetings, an overview is given of Mrs. Lee's books for memory strategies, sight words, and fiction. Information is shared about the activities and lessons which are on this site. Parents appreciate the opportunity to invest in these books. The page titled Literacy and Making Children's Books has resources for creating a variety of homemade books. Free directions for making split page books help children make layouts and books using photographs of pets, toys, household objects, or places they like to visit; numbers and letters; and sketches. These help children with sentence construction, descriptive vocabulary, parts of speech, etc. while having fun. The Cuckoo book is used as an example. |
Many parents and other educators have excellent ideas for creating children's books. They have been helped by A Basic Guide to Writing, Selling, and Promoting Children's Books: Plus Information about Self-publishing. Mrs. Lee wrote this text for a college course which she taught.
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| State Curriculum Standards
For Presentation # 1 and #3
For Presentation # 2
See State Standards for all states. |
Mrs. Lee's lesson plans and books have been used in many schools. Her lessons and books are catalogued at GEM (Gateway to Educational Materials) by ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center). She has published several children's books and magazine stories. She is a member of The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, an international organization. Horses haved been a life-long interest and they are in many of her stories. In addition to writing, jobs have included being a school psychologist, school counselor, writing teacher, rehabilitation counselor, family service coordinator, psychometrist, and liason teacher. She has worked in school systems in NC and GA and in mental health and rehabilitation facilities in NC. She has the following degrees.
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