Disney's Cinderella

Now that we are reading about Cinderella it made me want to watch the classic disney animated version. I used to love watching it as a child and dressing up and pretending I was a princess just like her. After we have been talking about it in class and read multiple versions it has made me see Cinderella in a variety of different perspectives. As I watched the movie tonight it brought me back to when I was younger when I looked at her as this young innocent girl living in this unfortunate life, which is very similar to the Grimm's version of the story. Than I thought about the Catskin versions where they portray Cinderella as a stonger character who holds her own fate. It was really neat going back and watching this movie, after all we have discussed in class.

"Oh, the Places You Will Go"

Dr. Seuss was one of my favorite authors as a child. The Foot Book, was one of the first books I learned to read on and I read it so much I could pretty much just recite it without even looking at the pages. One of my most favorites still to this day is Oh, the Places You’ll Go. It is a book, that I believe could be inspiring to people of all ages and you could get something out every time you read it. In a teacher’s perspective it is a great book to encourage children to have dreams of their own and that they can do anything they put their minds to.

Story contd.

As I jumped in the shower, I instantly felt this sharp sting…yep imagine that… no hot water at all! I took the quickest shower known to man and hurried along my getting ready process. As I was blow drying my hair, I looked at the clock and it was already 10:30 and that is when I needed to be leaving. I could not even finish drying my hair because I had to hurry and throw my clothes on and be on my way. So it continued… my terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day!

I arrived on campus and had to park probably the furthest spot away from my class as possible. I started walking faster and faster hoping that I would not be late. Luckily I made it, but as soon as I arrived there was a note on the bored stating “turn in papers at the front.” I began to break out in a sweat, my stomach churning, and blood rushing to my head. I had completely forgot my paper! My terrible, horrible, no good very bad day just got a whole lot worse.

My own "Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day!"

In one of my reading classes today, my professor read to us Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good Very Bad Day, by Judith Viorst. It is one of those type’s of children’s books that every single person can relate to at least once in their life. After class it got me thinking of my own “terrible, horrible, no good very bad day!” I thought I would being to write my own little short story describing it.

When I went to sleep that Sunday evening, I never could have imagined what kind of day I would be waking up to. “Beep! Beep! Beep” my alarm was going off and to my surprise it had been going off for at least 15 minutes by this point. I jumped out of bed and quickly ran to turn on the shower. Considering that I never give myself extra time in the morning, I could already tell it was going to be one of those days… a terrible, horrible, no good very bad day!... to be continued…

"Just Plain Fancy"

My favorite year of elementary school by far was second grade. I had an amazing teacher named Mrs. Rose, and she instilled in me my dream to become a teacher and also my love for reading. She introduced a variety of different books, but one children’s author that always stuck with me was Patricia Polacco. I loved all of her books and had quite a collection of them. One of my favorites of hers was Just Plain Fancy. I think that book will always have a lot of meaning to me, because the setting is in an Amish city in Pennsylvania. During elementary school, my family and I lived in a small town in Pennsylvania right outside of Lancaster. When reading this book it brings back a lot of memories of when I was a child. This book, when I read this as a child, gave me an insight to a new type of culture that I knew nothing about. Even though on the map we were basically neighbors with these people, I knew very little about what they were all about besides the fact that they dressed funny to me and rode in horse and buggies.

** Outside Reading **

Picture Books:

Tickly Octopus by Ruth Galloway

Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown

Curious George Goes to School by Margret Rey

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault

Just Plain Fancy by Patricia Pollacco

Other Books:

Sarah, Plain and Tall by Particia MacLachlan

Charlotte's Web by E.B. White

The Best School Year Ever by Barbra Robinson

The Mouse and the Motorcyle by Beverly Cleary

Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery