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themindfullibrarian 's review for:
The Year of Miss Agnes
by Kirkpatrick Hill
Summary: A young child in a small town in Alaska attends school in a one room school house with a few friends. Every teacher that comes through complains about the smell of fish that the students bring for lunch and leave after one year, or sometimes even less. One day, a new teacher walked in with a different style and different clothes and a different way of thinking. She took these kids lives and turned it upside down by introducing them to sign language, maps, timelines, and learning at their own levels. The students learned to adore Miss Agnes and before they knew it, she was leaving. But, to the surprise of the students, Miss Agnes returns for yet another school year.
Evaluation: I absolutely loved this book! Not only was it so sweet, it was also a wonderful example of what an amazing teacher is like. It inspired me to be a strong teacher that works for the students and not for the tests or the grades or the administration. The students are why we're here, and they need to be our main focus. I think young students would like this book, even though they probably wouldn't get the same things I did out of it.
Teaching: This book could be used to teach about locations and how people live in Alaska at this time period. We could compare and contrast how we live and what our seasons look like in comparison to how Miss Agnes' students live. They could determine which type of school they'd like to attend and what the differences were.
Evaluation: I absolutely loved this book! Not only was it so sweet, it was also a wonderful example of what an amazing teacher is like. It inspired me to be a strong teacher that works for the students and not for the tests or the grades or the administration. The students are why we're here, and they need to be our main focus. I think young students would like this book, even though they probably wouldn't get the same things I did out of it.
Teaching: This book could be used to teach about locations and how people live in Alaska at this time period. We could compare and contrast how we live and what our seasons look like in comparison to how Miss Agnes' students live. They could determine which type of school they'd like to attend and what the differences were.