Letters October 2005

Inspiration for new teachers
I am sitting here with your August/September issue in front of me, reading about your Hawaii visit. Wonderful copy!

I was interested to hear about your museum classroom visit (see "A Museum You Can Touch," this issue). I am consulting with an Arizona school system to help integrate the huge numbers of new teachers they are employing. I'd like to get a copy of your October issue for each of the 65 new teachers I'll be working with so they will be inspired to create a museum or similar learning environment in their classrooms.
Carl Smith
The Family Learning Association Bloomington, IN

Lifetime learner
I just want to say that I love Teaching K-8. I use the ideas all the time…and I have been teaching for 30 years!
Raimie Manch
via e-mail

No gift wrap necessary
I have volunteered at an elementary school three days a week for 24 years. Two of my previous pupils are now in their third year of college. They plan to be teachers and Teaching K-8 will be a great graduation gift.
Nancy Dieter
Silver Spring, MD

Mahalo from a cover model
Boy, I was in shock last week when I saw the issue ("Aloha from Hawaii," August/September 2005). How cool is it to see yourself on the cover of a magazine?! I'd love to have copies to share with my students from last year's class. Thank you again for honoring me with such an incredible article.
BJ Namba
Honolulu, HI

Year of the dog giveaway
Chinese New Year 2006 is January 29 and Chronicle Books is celebrating by giving away five Chinese Culture Classroom Kits. Each is comprised of a Chinese character stamp kit, the books Beyond the Great Mountains by Ed Young, Ruby's Wish by Shirin Yim Bridges and Round Is a Mooncake, Red Is a Dragon and One Is a Drummer by Roseanne Thong. A teacher's guide and classroom ac- tivities for Ruby's Wish and a copy of an interview with author Ed Young are also included.

To enter to win a kit, send a self-addressed mailing label to Chinese Culture Classroom Kit, Teaching K-8 Offer, Chronicle Books, 85 Second St., 6th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105. Winners will be drawn October 31, 2005. All entrants will receive, while supplies last, information on how to use these books in the classroom as an introduction to Chinese culture.

October, 2005, Vol.36, No.2