{"id":7571,"date":"2015-06-29T09:05:39","date_gmt":"2015-06-29T14:05:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/anastasiasuen.com\/?p=7571"},"modified":"2015-11-11T10:24:40","modified_gmt":"2015-11-11T16:24:40","slug":"the-long-long-journey-the-godwits-amazing-migration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/2015\/06\/29\/the-long-long-journey-the-godwits-amazing-migration\/","title":{"rendered":"The Long, Long Journey: The Godwit&#8217;s Amazing Migration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/anastasiasuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/TheLongLongJourney.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/anastasiasuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/TheLongLongJourney.jpg\" alt=\"The Long, Long Journey\" width=\"250\" height=\"210\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7572\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0761356231\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=0761356231&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=kidswrite-20&#038;linkId=ZRV3YV25XYS7A5FI\">The Long, Long Journey: The Godwit&#8217;s Amazing Migration<\/a><br \/>\nby Sandra Markle (Author) and Mia Posada (Illustrator)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Booktalk:<\/strong> Crackle! Crackle! Crunch! What&#8217;s hatching from that egg? It&#8217;s a young bar-tailed godwit. She will spend the summer in Alaska learning to fly, find her own food, and escape from scary predators. Her long, long journey begins in October when she flies to New Zealand. This 7,000-mile flight is the longest nonstop bird migration ever recorded. Follow along on her amazing voyage!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Snippet:<\/strong> The little female bar-tailed godwit at last breaks free of her egg. She steps into the world on long, wobbly legs. It&#8217;s nearly midnight, but it&#8217;s June in Alaska and still light. A cool wind blows the chick&#8217;s downy coat. She shivers, lifts her beak and squeaks, &#8220;Peep! Peep!&#8221;  <\/p>\n<h3><strong>STEM + the Arts = STEAM<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>10 Myths About Teaching STEM Books and How You Can Teach STEM in Your Classroom Now<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/anastasiasuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/stem_friday_-_lee__low_books_1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/anastasiasuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/stem_friday_-_lee__low_books_1-300x300.png\" alt=\"stem_friday_+_lee_&amp;_low_books_(1)\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7363\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mark your calendars! <a href=\"http:\/\/stemfriday.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">STEM Friday<\/a> is participating in the 2015\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sharemylesson.com\/article.aspx?storyCode=50038354#.VWRtC1xVhBd\" target=\"_blank\">Summer of Learning<\/a>\u00a0professional development series brought to you by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sharemylesson.com\/article.aspx?storyCode=50027315&amp;utm_source=part&amp;utm_medium=promo&amp;utm_campaign=sumlearn#.VXGlA1I1M3j\" target=\"_blank\">Share My Lesson<\/a>. This free <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aft.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">AFT<\/a> webinar offers one hour of professional development credit.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Title:<\/strong> Teach STEM Now<\/p>\n<p><strong>Date:<\/strong> Thursday, July 09, 2015<\/p>\n<p><strong>Time:<\/strong> 01:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time<\/p>\n<p><strong>Duration:<\/strong> 1 hour<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/anastasiasuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/nonfiction.monday.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6943\" src=\"http:\/\/anastasiasuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/nonfiction.monday.jpg\" alt=\"Nonfiction Monday\" width=\"158\" height=\"111\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">It&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/nonfictionmonday.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nonfiction Monday!<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><!-- Copyright (c)2006 Site Meter -->Copyright \u00a9 2015 <a href=\"http:\/\/asuen.com\" target=\"_blank\">Anastasia Suen<\/a> All Rights Reserved.<br \/>\n<!-- Site Meter --><a href=\"http:\/\/s31.sitemeter.com\/stats.asp?site=s31asuen\" target=\"_top\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s31.sitemeter.com\/meter.asp?site=s31asuen\" alt=\"Site Meter\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Long, Long Journey: The Godwit&#8217;s Amazing Migration by Sandra Markle (Author) and Mia Posada (Illustrator) Booktalk: Crackle! Crackle! Crunch! What&#8217;s hatching from that egg? It&#8217;s a young bar-tailed godwit. She will spend the summer in Alaska learning to fly, find her own food, and escape from scary predators. Her long, long journey begins in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/2015\/06\/29\/the-long-long-journey-the-godwits-amazing-migration\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Long, Long Journey: The Godwit&#8217;s Amazing Migration<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,14,19,20,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-booktalks","category-education","category-news","category-nonfiction-monday","category-picture-book-of-the-day"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7571"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7571\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8097,"href":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7571\/revisions\/8097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}