Tales of a third Grade Classroom: Miss Melanie visits The Pro's!

Hey Kids!

Not sure if you've heard, but Miss Melanie went to visit Mr. H and The Pro's at school last week! They had a GREAT time and even got to eat cupcakes! Miss Melanie wrote all about it on her blog, and she put up real photos! She sent me one to share with you here:

Mr. H, Miss Melanie, and The Pro's!

I wish I had been there to see it, but I was busy flowing down the Delaware River! Better luck next time, I guess!

By the way, I found some interesting and icky things floating in the river beside me. I wish people would toss their garbage where it belongs- getting stuck in a smelly sock isn't very fun!

Be a Little Water Hero and recycle everything you can!
-LR

Mr. H's Class to the Rescue!

Hello, Readers!


A part of my job as illustrator is to not just draw the pictures, but to also draw them again and again! An illustrator does multiple sketches for each illustration to test out layouts and different ideas. Sometimes it is very hard to decide which idea to follow through with, and the artist will get feedback from friends, family, and other art professionals.


Lucky for me, I have Mr. H's class to help me when I need some feedback!


This happened recently, when I could not decide between three different layout designs. I sent my designs to Mr. H and he took a vote from the class:

    

The group decided which layout they liked best... and they even wrote to tell me why!

Thanks for all your help, kids!


To learn more about how a book is made, check out "How A Book is Made" by Aliki! It looks like this:

 Have a great week!
~Miss Melanie

New Activity Page: Predator Pairs and Crabby Cumulonimbus!

Hi Kids!


I've just about finished sketching up all of Chapter One in Little Raindrop's chapter book. And the cool thing about that is... at the end of each chapter is a fun Activity Page! Woo hoo!

Here is a sample of what it will look like:

Mr. H and I wanted to test out the activity pages on his class of third-graders. They are EXPERTS on activity pages! Here is some of what they did:

Mr. H also drew up an activity page to help the kids understand the water cycle a bit more. This is what it looks like:

And this is what some of the kids did with their pages:

GREAT JOB, Everybody!!! 


It looks like we're on the right track with these activities! I plan to make them less sketchy looking and more official looking, and you'll be able to view and print them from the main Activities page when they are complete! Although, I won't be able to share ALL of the activities from Little Raindrop's book... you'll have to wait and see once the book is finished!


Thanks for reading!
~Miss Melanie