“Unpacking the Power of Picturebooks!”

FREE!
2-Day Workshop for Teachers Who Love Books!

Do you love books?
Are the demands of packaged curricula squeezing quality literature out of your classroom?

You’ll Discover:

• Practical techniques
• Useful resources
• Motivating activities to bring the best books back into your classroom!

High quality picturebooks, used effectively, are powerful tools for:

• Recognizing the illustrators’ craft and elements of art
• Read-aloud techniques to support comprehension
• Working with big ideas in little books
• Mentor text for writing workshop and six-traits
• Improving oral fluency and expression
• Using poetry to release the power of words and images
• Launching author/illustrator study
• Launching content/topic study
• Launching chapter books and much more…

Instructed by: Sandy Brehl
Coordinator, Author/Artist-in-Residence
Presenter, WSRA Convention
Elementary Educator
Experienced: K-6th grades, Special needs students, G-T students, Literature-based instruction, Basal-driven instruction, Lucy Calkins writing programs, 6-Traits instruction

Dates: Monday, August 3, and Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Times: 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

New Berlin Public Library
Community Room
15105 Library Lane
New Berlin, WI 53151

This workshop has reached its enrollment capacity.  Please continue to check our website for future workshop opportunities!