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In the News (Fri 29 Aug 08)

  
  The Mitten by Jan Brett
A mole is the first to discover the mitten lying on the snow and crawls inside, followed by a snowshoe rabbit, a hedgehog, an owl, a badger, a fox, a bear and, finally a mouse.
Her mitten frames within a frame continue to remind us that the mitten is the important item here.
His fur-lined mitten appears to be made of skins rather than yarn and his illustrations are very different in style and palette.
www.carolhurst.com /titles/mitten.html   (992 words)

  
 Mitten - LoveToKnow 1911
MITTEN, a covering for the hand, with a division for the thumb only, and reaching to the lower joint of the fingers; it is made of silk, lace, wool or other material.
Irish miotag, mutan, a thick glove, mitten, such as is worn by hedgers and ditchers.
A fine mitten made of lace or open network and extending well up the forearm was much worn by ladies in the early part of the 19th century, and has been fashionable at various times since that date.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Mitten   (163 words)

  
 Ruth Emma Mitten
Miss Mitten is a democrat and was chosen on that ticket, though politics was not so much an element in her election as her generally recognized qualifications for the position.
Miss Mitten's offices are in the court house at Newton, and since beginning her term as county superintendent she has made her home in Newton, and at the present time has rooms at 127 West Ninth Street, although she considers her real residence at the farm of her father near Newton.
Mitten has a creditable record as a soldier of the Union, having enlisted in an Illinois regiment of infantry in 1861 and followed the flag on many a hard fought battlefield until he was honorably discharged.
skyways.lib.ks.us /kansas/genweb/archives/1918ks/biom/mittenre.html   (847 words)

  
 CLR Chinese Mitten Crab Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
In Oregon, a Japanese mitten crab was caught in the Lower Columbia River in 1997 and an unconfirmed sighting occurred near the Portland area (Sauvie Island) in 1999.
Preventing the spread and establishment of Chinese mitten crabs into waters of the Pacific Northwest is a primary component of the education/outreach effort at the Center for Lakes and Reservoirs.
Mitten crabs (Eriocheir spp.) are invasive species that pose a risk to the aquatic environments of the Pacific Northwest and the economic and social activities that depend upon intact aquatic systems.
www.clr.pdx.edu /projects/ans_research/mittencrab   (1844 words)

  
 Chinese Mitten Crab-Exotic Aquatics on The Move
Mitten crabs are omnivores, eating both plants and animals, although the juveniles eat primarily vegetation such as alga and aquatic plants.
Mitten crabs were introduced into German waters during the early 1900's, most likely via ballast water carried on large ships coming from China.
In California it is illegal to posess/transport a live mitten crab and it is illegal to import mitten crabs without a permit.
www.iisgcp.org /EXOTICSP/Chinese_Mitten_Crab.htm   (1670 words)

  
 In Focus - Chinese Mitten Crab
A mature male Chinese Mitten Crab Eriocheir sinensis was collected June 9, 2006 at the mouth of the Patapsco River, Maryland by a commercial waterman fishing crab pots.
The Chinese Mitten Crab is listed under the Federal Lacey Act which makes it illegal in the United States to import, export, or conduct interstate commerce of this species without a permit.
Small mitten crabs may be confused with the Harris mud crab, because of their similar size and appearance.
www.dnr.state.md.us /dnrnews/infocus/mitten_crab.asp   (536 words)

  
 Chinese Mitten Crab   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
The Chinese mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis)is a burrowing crab whose native distribution is the coastal rivers and estuaries of the Yellow Sea in Korea and China.
Mitten crabs are adept walkers on land, and if blocked by dams, weirs or other obstructions during their migration, move readily across banks or levees to bypass them.
Mitten crab populations decreased in Europe in the late 1940s, coinciding with an increase in water pollution.
www.wsg.washington.edu /outreach/mas/nis/mittencrab.html   (1132 words)

  
 MSI Chinese Mitten Crab Monitoring Program
Mitten crabs are native to mainland China and coastal areas along the Yellow Sea.
Mitten crabs were introduced into German waters during the early 1900's, most likely via ballast water carried on large ships coming from China.
Mitten crabs were a big nuisance in Germany and elsewhere during the peak of their invasion.
rd.business.com /index.asp?epm=s.1&bdcq=mitten&bdcr=2&bdcu=http://www.sfbaymsi.org/mcrab.htm&bdcp=&partner=2662601&bdcs=nwuuid-2662601-33C531EA-6A10-E980-C2C4-A146147A836C-ym   (628 words)

  
 Chinese mitten crab - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Chinese mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis), also known as big binding crab (大閘蟹) and Shanghai hairy crab (上海毛蟹), is a medium-sized burrowing crab found in the coastal estuaries of eastern Asia from Korea in the north to the Fujian province of China in the south.
Mitten crabs spend most of their life in fresh water, but they must return to the sea to breed.
Concerns have been raised that the population and origin of the crab may be affected because of over fishing of the species in the Yangtze River.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chinese_mitten_crab   (511 words)

  
 : .::. .M I T T E N . .:: .Michigan Teachers' Technology Education Network
MITTEN creates a networked learning community dedicated to preparing a cadre of future teachers with improved knowledge, skills, and confidence integrating information technology into the teaching and learning process in meaningful ways.
MITTEN establishes networked learning circles NLC-comprised of student teachers, P-12 teachers, supervisors, technology specialists, and faculty-that focused on: a) early childhood, b) language arts, c) mathematics, d) science, and e) social studies.
Through this initiative, MITTEN project will receive $919,453 from U.S. Department of Education, which is 49% of the total cost of the project.
www.umd.umich.edu /mitten   (226 words)

  
 MSI Chinese Mitten Crab Monitoring Program
Mitten crabs are native to mainland China and coastal areas along the Yellow Sea.
Mitten crabs were a big nuisance in Germany and elsewhere during the peak of their invasion.
Because Mitten crabs were so abundant, they were frequently captured in fishing nets, damaging the nets and the fish within.
www.sfbaymsi.org /mcrab.htm   (628 words)

  
 The Mitten : Classroom Ideas and More
Have the students color the mitten with their favorite color and then cut-out the mitten.
Graph how many mittens tall every student in your class is. Guess and see how many mittens away the office, bathroom, etc.are from your room.
The white mittens Baba made for Nicki are hard to spot if lost in the snow - thus my activity using white mittens cut from wallpaper.
www.teachingheart.net /mitten.html   (1692 words)

  
 Kids Domain Crafts - Mitten Bookmark Clip
Take the second and third mittens and cut off the top band of the mitten, where the wrist cuff would be.
This step is done so the second and third mitten pieces will fit inside the hair clip and let the mitten pieces on the top and bottom line up.
Take the third mitten piece, taking care to note which side of the mitten you need to put glue on, and spread glue on the mitten.
www.kidsdomain.com /craft/bookmark2.html   (717 words)

  
 mittens
The white mittens Baba made for Nicki are hard to spot if lost in the snow.
Have the child look at the mittens hanging on the clothesline and find the mitten that matches the one that he/she is holding.
Using a real mitten and plastic animals, the children choose which animal they would like to put in the mitten, Sing this each time an animal is added:.
comsewogue.k12.ny.us /~rstewart/k2001/Themes/mittens/mittens.htm   (1444 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Mitten: Books: Jan Brett   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Baba, Nicki's grandmother, knits pure white mittens for him, even though she is afraid that he will lose them in the snow.
The stories cross as a sneeze blasts the animals out of the mitten and we see Nikki retrieve it in the main illustrations while the borders show the animals returning to their homes.
Baba sees Nikki reach up and catch the mitten as it drops from the sky, but she is puzzled when she sees that one mitten is now much larger than the other.
www.amazon.ca /Mitten-Jan-Brett/dp/0399231099   (1334 words)

  
 Knitting Traditions :: Little Sock Pattern
After fulling to the desired size, the mitten is brushed, inside and out, for warmth and coziness, with optional embroidery and braid on the cuff for a traditional look.
Conversely, if your mitten is too wide, but OK in length, rub the mitten back and forth across the width and it will shrink more in width than in length.
Throw your mittens in with a load of wash--the more full the load, the better the felting because there will be more agitation from bumping up against other clothes.
www.knittingtraditions.com /free_mitten.htm   (1676 words)

  
 Brewer, E. Cobham. Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. Mitten.
Whoever put this mitten on would be sure to thrive in all things.
“There is a young lady I have set my heart on, though whether she is going to give me’hern, or give me the mitten, I ain’t quite satisfied.”—Sam Slick: Human Nature, p.
“I don’t believe but what that Hammond girl’s given him the mitten, else he wouldn’t a come.
www.bartleby.com /81/11511.html   (161 words)

  
 The Mitten   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
When Nicki drops his white mitten in the snow, he goes on without realizing that it is missing.
One by one, woodland animals find the mitten and crawl in; first a curious mole, then a rabbit, a badger and others, each one larger than the last.
As the story of the animals in the mitten unfolds, the reader can see Nicki in the borders of each page, walking through the woods unaware of what is going on.
www.janbrett.com /mitten_book.htm   (185 words)

  
 Amazon.fr : One Mitten: Livres en anglais: Kristine O'Connell George,Maggie Smith   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
They capture the activities of a busy family on a winter day and provide a backdrop filled with objects that will be familiar to young listeners.
The sunny yellow mitten fits either hand, and the little girl who wears it makes shadow puppets.
The mitten can be a hat for a wooden rooster or a bed for a tiny stuffed animal.
www.amazon.fr /One-Mitten-Kristine-OConnell-George/dp/0618117563   (409 words)

  
 Wrights® Classroom - Holiday/Event Projects - Gift Mitten   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Using the mitten pattern, cut two pieces of red felt.
Glue each end of this piece into the inside, top of the mitten, creating the hanger.
Outline the shape of the mitten with medium rick rack, gluing in place.
www.wrights.com /class/12_xmas/giftmitten/giftmitten.htm   (212 words)

  
 The Mitten - EnchantedLearning.com
The forest animals are boy, mitten, forest, snow, cold, warm, animals, grandmother, knit.
The words are boy, mitten, warm, snow, cold, mouse, forest, knit, animals, grandma.
Find the words in The Mitten wordsearch puzzle, then use the extra letters to find the secret message: "The Mitten is a folk tale." Or go to the answers.
www.enchantedlearning.com /stories/folktale/mitten   (903 words)

  
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www.acoach4u.com   (1634 words)

  
 The Mitten
Prior Knowledge: Make a graph of the type of coverings students wear on their hands in the winter (gloves, mittens, or neither) Discuss why we wear hand coverings and the difference between gloves and mittens.
Story: Using cut outs of a mitten and the animal characters, have students assist in an oral retelling of the story.
As each animal enters the mitten (a large white sheet), sing 'The Mitten' phoneme substitution song to the tune of 'The Farmer in the Dell'.
www.hubbardscupboard.org /the_mitten.html   (846 words)

  
 Amazon.com: The Mitten: Books: Jan Brett   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
The mitten was a good book.It was a good wen thefunnest part when mitten blew.It was a good book at the end it was the funnyest part.
My favorite part was when the mitten shot off of all the animals and Nicki found it.
I thought it was funny to see his mitten all stretched out at the end.If you like animals read this book.
www.amazon.com /Mitten-Jan-Brett/dp/039921920X   (1601 words)

  
 Our Mitten   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
I started our 10 day (kinder is 1/2 day) project by voting on the order of which we will read the books.
Since the students had heard Jan Brett's version of The Mitten, during our December Jan Brett Bash, they chose the Mystery of the Missing Red Mitten first.
As we read each book we completed a chart entry on the four main elements of the stories, so we could compare/contrast them when we were done.
www.marcias-lesson-links.com /OurMitten.html   (457 words)

  
 Toko Mitten
The Toko Cross Country Ski Mitten makes sure your digits stay toasty while you finish your workout.
The grippy palm keeps you in touch with your poles, and a super-soft nose-wipe thumb prevents chafing.
These mittens are completely machine washable, so they won't cultivate their own noxious odor when the workout's over.
www.backcountry.com /store/TOK0036/Toko-Mitten.html?CP=Affiliate   (103 words)

  
 mitten
The Mitten Award is an annual award presented through the Michigan Library Association's Children's Services Division.
The mission of the Mitten Award is "To recognize one children's book published in the United States within the calendar year that has captured the attention of the children's librarians throughout the State of Michigan for its ability to communicate through literature to an intended audience."
Because of Winn-Dixie, the preacher tells Opal ten things about her absent mother, one for each year Opal has been alive.
www.dearreader.com /resources/mitten.html   (368 words)

  
 Ukrainian Software: 'The Mitten', Ukrainian CD-ROM.
The product is interactive in that it allows the child to play through the story and related games at his or her own pace, providing the ability to choose which path they wish to pursue, in either English or Ukrainian.
Zoriana and Niki guide the child through the story, songs, and games.
"The Mitten" is an old Ukrainian folk tale that has been passed on from generation to generation, in which seven animals are brought together by the bitterness of a cold winter day, eventually sharing a lost mitten as their warm and comforting home.
www.allvirtualware.com /ukrsoft/mitten.htm   (365 words)

  
 Mitten Looms
The mitten knitting looms are available in three different gauges, regular gauge,small gauge and fine gauge.
To find product pricing, please click on the underlined links.
Mitten Looms FG Thumb Looms 2 Sizes RG Thumb Looms Fine Gauge
decoraccentsinc.com /mitten_looms1.html   (38 words)

  
 Welcome to the new L-Bow Mittens Web Site
Of course there are a lot of good things about Minnesota winters (like being able to lock your car with a bucket of water), plus, the kids here get to wear their L-Bow Mittens for months and months!
Take a look at what we have to ARM your kids against the frigid elements.
If you have problems, comments, questions, complaints or lavish praise concerning our WWW service, please send us e-mail at: lbow@lbow.com or call us toll free at 1-888-MITTENS (648-8367).
rd.business.com /index.asp?epm=s.1&bdcq=mitten&bdcr=1&bdcu=http://www.lbow.com/&bdcp=&partner=2662601&bdcs=nwuuid-2662601-33C531EA-6A10-E980-C2C4-A146147A836C-ym   (109 words)

  
 Mitten and Boot Dryer Stands
Will hold 8 pairs of mittens or boots.
Wrought Iron Oxford Top Boot and Mitten Dryer Stands.
Wrought iron mitten, hat and boot stand holds 4 pair of boots or mittens and
www.finehomedesigns.com /mitten-boot-dryer-stands.asp   (76 words)

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