Meet Joyce P. Uglow #MightyKidLit Creator!
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Unwaveringly committed! That’s me! I write intriguing and engaging picture books that spark children to be and stay curious, take action, look into fascinating careers, enjoy nature, and protect our planet. Let’s connect!
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Testimonials
“Joyce is an amazing author whose passion for writing is contagious. My students’ faces lit up as she shared how she became a writer, the grit needed to persevere, and how to capture a creative imagination. Every sentence became a seed for a whole new world as she taught the craft of writing.” Dr. Christine Anderson
“I really loved the part when you talked about going to the lab with all the cool fossils. I wish you would have talked more about that, it was very interesting. It’s magnificent how tar pits are formed! I also loved the experiment we did. I thought that the rock would absorb the color but, when I took it out at home, it didn’t! It stayed the same exact color! I loved that you were so generous while doing your presentation. Normally we are kind of loud in the classroom, but when you were talking no one talked so I could hear every word you were saying. I might want to go back in time and listen to the rest of your presentation. It was awesome!” [student] Baylor
“The students loved the hands-on, real-life experiences that Joyce brought to our school. Her presentation was engaging and sparked science interest in our students.” Beth and Paula, 4th grade teachers
Selected Standards
SCIENCE and English Language Arts
- When the environment changes in ways that affect a place’s physical characteristics, temperature, or availability of resources, some organisms survive and reproduce, others move to new locations, yet others move into the transformed environment, and some die.
- Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats. Scientists look for patterns and order when making observations about the world.
- Analyze and interpret data from fossils to provide evidence of the organisms and the environments in which they lived long ago. Fossils provide evidence about the types of organisms that lived long ago and also about the nature of their environments.
- Make a claim about the merit of a solution to a problem caused when the environment changes and the types of plants and animals that live there may change.
- Cause and effect relationships are routinely identified, tested, and used to explain change. Evidence of Common Ancestry and Diversity Some kinds of plants and animals that once lived on Earth are no longer found anywhere.
- Recognize common types of texts (e.g., storybooks, poems
- Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson.
- Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details.
- Identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.
- Describe how words and phrases (e.g., regular beats, alliteration, rhymes, repeated lines) supply rhythm and meaning in a story, poem, or song.
WRITING
- Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach.
- Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of tasks, purposes, and audiences.
LANGUAGE
- Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases by using context clues, analyzing meaningful word parts, and consulting general and specialized reference materials, as appropriate
- Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
- Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
- Identify real-life connections between words and their use
