Thank you so much for the awesome presentation. The children really enjoyed having you here. The students from Ms. George's class that came from Mexico really had a connection to you, your book, and the smells that you passed around. One student in Mr. Decker's room mentioned that you talked a long time with her. She is a published author and is very excited about that and also about talking to you. Thank you again for coming to our school and doing such a wonderful job engaging our students in writing.
-- Karen McCoy, Putnam Elementary, Fort Collins
The students truly enjoyed your visit... Thanks so much for a great learning experience.
-- Marilyn Tiberio, Lincoln Junior High, Fort Collins
I enjoyed reading [the students'] journal entries [from the workshop]. The imagery was inspired, by you, I suspect!... I really appreciate your tangible approach using sensory stimuli to engage the students. Thank you again for a wonderful visit.
-- Diane Odbert, 6th grade Language Arts teacher, Bacon Elementary
I really like how you brought all kinds of neat stuff. I also like how you showed us the slideshow. Thank you and thank you again.
-- Cody
...I want to say thank you because of coming to our school. This made me feel so joyful because those things that I heard from the book I already know that they happened in real [life]... this book reminds me of how I used to live in Mexico or how things were in Mexico.
-- Luis
I also really liked when you came to show us the slide show how you gave us those containers with different smells. Then we wrote descriptions about them... thank you for coming to Irish and giving us that awesome presentation.
-- Quique
All of our class wants to hail you with how you came and did amazing things with us.
-- Miguel
I thank you for coming to Irish and talking about your tremendous book What the Moon Saw. You're a very nice person.
-- Desmond
I really enjoyed listening to you talk about your visit to Oaxaca. It was very interesting. I also enjoyed the creative writing project. My favorite smell was the cinnamon!
-- Minuri
I also enjoyed the fun creative writing assignment. I wrote a short narrative and poem about the mint leaves. Maybe someday I'll be an author or poet.
-- Ellie
It was very interesting how you came up with your ideas; now I want to go to Oaxaca!
-- Caitlin
It was really cool when you gave us all of the spices to smell and even sometimes to touch.
-- Nick
I loved having you come.
-- Brittany
The presentation you gave us was phenomenal and you helped me write my poem about the scent of garlic!
-- Maddy
Thanks for the great advice!!
-- Kayla, sixth-grader
Thanks for the mini-lesson. It really inspired me a lot!
-- Deanna, sixth-grader
Thank you so much for coming to our class and giving us a reading lesson. We all enjoyed it a lot and thought it was super-fun. You wrote a wonderful book and we really like reading it. It was cool when we got to smell all of those different things. Some brought back good memories.
-- 6th grade class
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* Putnam Elementary, Fort Collins
* Lincoln Junior High, Fort Collins
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* Poudre High, Fort Collins
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