May 20th, 2011 | 
Author: Our class completed an author study on Doreen Cronin. Ms. Cronin wrote the Farmer Brown books Click Clack Moo, Giggle Giggle Quack and Dooby Dooby Moo. She also wrote The Diary of a Spider, The Diary of a Worm and The Diary of a Fly.
Our class discussed character point of view and personification. After reading many of Ms. Cronin’s books, we wrote letters to Farmer Brown and wrote diaries of our favorite animals. To culminate our study, we participated in a Skype video conference session with Doreen Cronin. She read us Click Clack Moo. We were able to ask her many questions. It was a fabulous experience for our class to speak directly with one of their favorite authors. Ms. Cronin provided us with valuable insight into the writing process that she follows. We were all very inspired!! We plan on mailing her a copy of our book Letters to Farmer Brown. She told us that she will respond once she receives them.
Below are Part 1 and Part 2 of our Video Conference. Enjoy!
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Hi Mrs. Carline’s class, This was such a wonderful oppotunity for you! You did a great job asking questions! I am going to show this to my 4th grade students this week to inspire them as they write. From, Mrs. Hecht (Joey’s mom)
Hi Mrs. Carline’s class,
What a great Skype with Mrs. Cronin. I loved hearing you read the Click, Clack, Moo with Mrs. Cronin. Great job! Keep up the good work. Mr. Plotts