December 2011
by Dianne de Las Casas on December 16, 2011
Friends: Today was Day 9 of my residency at Bissonet Plaza Elementary in Metairie, Louisiana. Today, I was in P.E. with Ms. Lombardino, Ms. Tammie, Ms. Kelly, Coach Eric, and Coach Mark. It was such a fun day. I saw all the grades in groups and told draw and tell stories that they had not [...]
December 2011
by Dianne de Las Casas on December 14, 2011
Friends: Today was Day 8 of my A is for Alligator: Draw and Tell Stories from A-Z residency at Bissonet Plaza Elementary in Metairie, Louisiana. It was my last day to work with the students in the classroom and finalize their books for publication. Because there are so many activities going on in the school [...]
December 2011
by Dianne de Las Casas on December 14, 2011
Friends: Today was the 7th day of my A is for Alligator: Draw and Tell Stories from A-Z residency at Bissonet Plaza Elementary School in Metairie, Louisiana. My first class was with Ms. Anchissi’s Kindergarten class. The class worked on the final pages for their book, creating final words and pictures. Ms. Anchissi’s class had [...]
December 2011
by Dianne de Las Casas on December 12, 2011
Friends: Today was my 6th day of my two-week A is for Alligator: Draw and Tell Tales from A-Z residency at Bissonet Plaza Elementary in Metairie, Louisiana. My first class was in Ms. Naugle’s 4th grade class. She is such an amazing teacher! Congratulations on graduating with your masters this past weekend, Ms. Naugle! Woo [...]
December 2011
by Dianne de Las Casas on December 11, 2011
Friends: My 11 year old daughter, Kid Chef Eliana, did a cooking demonstration and book signing at Barnes & Noble in Metairie, Louisiana. She demonstrated her 2X2 Chicken Fajita Soup from her cookbook, Eliana Cooks: Recipes for Creative Kids. People were lining up for samples and bought lots of books. She even inspired some teen [...]
December 2011
by Dianne de Las Casas on December 11, 2011
Friends: On Saturday morning, I did my A is for Alligator: Draw and Tell Tales from A-Z program from my book of the same name (illustrated by Marita Gentry and published by ABC-Clio Libraries Unlimited) at the St. Bernard Parish Library. My 11 year old daughter, Eliana, came with me and did all the photography. [...]
December 2011
by Dianne de Las Casas on December 11, 2011
Friends: Friday was Day 5 of my Bissonet Plaza Elementary A is for Alligator Draw and Tell Residency. Since most of the school was on a field trip to see The Wizard of Oz play, I spent the morning with fourth grade. My first class was with Ms. Vega, who was a teacher at Strehle [...]
December 2011
by Dianne de Las Casas on December 8, 2011
Friends: Today was Day 4 of my Bissonet Plaza Elementary A is for Alligator Draw and Tell Tales residency. My day began in Ms. Duhe’s class, working on the final of their “C is for Cat” book. This is the beautiful title page created by Melvin, one of Ms. Duhe’s students. He is in gifted [...]
December 2011
by Dianne de Las Casas on December 7, 2011
Friends: Today was Day 3 of my Bissonet Plaza Elementary A is for Alligator draw and tell residency in which the kids are going to be published authors through a program called Student Treasures. My first class was Ms. Presser’s second grade class. It was my second visit with them and they had to work [...]
December 2011
by Dianne de Las Casas on December 6, 2011
Friends: Today was my second day at Bissonet Plaza Elementary School in Metairie, Louisiana. My first class was my first “repeat.” I went to Ms. Whiteman’s Kindergarten class and they worked on their “P is for Penguin” for their book. I can’t wait to see how these books turns out!! My second class was Ms. [...]
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