January 2010
by Dianne de Las Casas on January 30, 2010
Friends: I spent half of my Saturday at a professional development seminar hosted by the University of New Orleans (UNO) and Metairie Park Country Day School. Pat Austin, Professor of Children’s Literature at UNO, headed the program. The program began with Pat discussing this year’s ALA winners: the Newbery, the Caldecott, the Prinz, the Sibert, [...]
January 2010
by Dianne de Las Casas on January 28, 2010
Friends: Today was my fourth day in residency at Strehle Elementary in Avondale, Louisiana, doing my Story Fest story theater activities. It was Pajama Day and teacher and students were dressed in the cutest jammies! My first class was a special ed Pre-K class. I told the story of “Mr. Wiggle and Mr. Waggle” and [...]
January 2010
by Dianne de Las Casas on January 27, 2010
Friends: It was my third Story Fest residency day at Strehle Elementary in Avondale, Louisiana. My day began in 5th grade with Ms. Walter’s students. I really enjoyed working with this group. They totally energized my day. They cooperated, communicated and collaborated to create a wonderful story theater. Their story was “The Ant and the [...]
January 2010
by Dianne de Las Casas on January 26, 2010
Friends: Tonight I was the featured author at Bissonet Plaza Elementary’s Saint-sational Family Literacy Night. I performed stories, sang, promoted reading, and signed books. My first story was Madame Poulet and Monsieur Roach. The students loved the story and really participated. It was so much fun to tell it to the Bissonet students because I [...]
January 2010
by Dianne de Las Casas on January 26, 2010
Friends: Today was my second day at Strehle Elementary in Avondale, Louisiana. My day began in first grade with Ms. Short’s class. Many of the students remembered me from last year and were very excited to see me. They loved hearing the story of Madame Poulet and Monsieur Roach and then doing scarf activities. They [...]
January 2010
by Dianne de Las Casas on January 25, 2010
Friends: Today I began a 2 week residency at Strehle Elementary in Avondale, Louisiana. This is my third year at the school. I am doing my Story Fest residency, in which I work with the student doing drama exercises and culminating in story theater performances. The classes are each assigned a story, with parts for [...]
January 2010
by Dianne de Las Casas on January 25, 2010
Friends: Tonight, I witnessed history in the making! In a tight game against the Minnesota Vikings led by Brett Favre, the New Orleans Saints clinched an NFC championship in overtime. A superb 40 foot field goal kicked by Hartley gave the Saints a 31-28 victory. The Saints are Super Bowl bound! As Will Smith sings, [...]
January 2010
by Dianne de Las Casas on January 22, 2010
Friends: I had the great pleasure and honor of being a presenter at the Mississippi Commission for the Arts Artist Seminar, “Creating Your Future.” I presented a workshop called “Taming Technology: Using the Internet for Biz Success.” In a great irony of events, we had major technology issues!! My laptop was not compatible with the [...]
January 2010
by Dianne de Las Casas on January 21, 2010
Friends: I am performing a workshop for the Mississippi Arts Commission (MAC) on Thursday, January 21, 2010. The workshop is called “Taming Technology: Using the Internet for Biz Success.” My contact at MAC is Diane Williams, a dear friend for many years and a gifted storyteller and award-winning author. Diane invited me to stay at [...]
January 2010
by Dianne de Las Casas on January 21, 2010
Friends: Today, I visited Quitman Upper Elementary. It was such a fun day! I did three Story Fest story theater workshops and a professional development workshop for the teachers at the end of the day. My first and second assemblies consisted of 4th and 5th graders. I spoke to them about my method of story [...]
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