One of my favorite things about going to NCTE is the opportunity to meet new authors and make new friends. This year I met Ranu Bhattacharyya who was there from Bangladesh where she teaches at an international school. She has taught all over the world and has such interesting stories to tell! Her new book, [...]
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New author/new friend at NCTE
Posted in Great stuff, My travels, tagged NCTE on December 14, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Book signing at NCTE
Posted in My travels, tagged NCTE on December 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I love getting to meet teachers at conferences like NCTE. Here are a few photos of people I met as we talked about teaching literacy and I signed books. Thanks to all of you who stopped by to say hello! Upcoming conferences I’ll be speaking at (and signing books) include: Nashville, TN Winter Institute with Debbie [...]
NCTE presentation
Posted in My travels, tagged NCTE on December 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
At NCTE in Orlando I presented to several hundred teachers with my friends, Carol Varsalona and JoAnn Scott from West Babylon Schools (Long Island), NY. Several years ago I worked with their school system to help teachers set up literacy work stations and best utilize their teaching space. In our presentation, Carol shared her perspective [...]
Award-winning NCTE at Walt Disney World
Posted in My travels, tagged NCTE on December 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Believe it or not, I have never been to a Disney theme park before the NCTE (National Council of Teachers of English) meeting in Orlando this November! Actually, I didn’t go to the amusement parks, but it was the closest I’ve ever gotten. I snapped a photo when we drove through the Disney gates, and [...]
Poetry Friday: An NCTE-related poem
Posted in Poetry Friday, tagged NCTE on December 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In 1996, Boyds Mills Press published a wonderful anthology of poetry called A Jar of Tiny Stars: Poems by NCTE Award-Winning Poets edited by Bernice E. Cullinan. This book includes many poems by some of my favorite poets and has information about each poet preceding some of each poet’s work. Here’s a sample: Snowman by [...]
More NCTE fun
Posted in My travels, tagged NCTE on December 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is a bit late, but I just wanted to share some more of the fun times I had at NCTE in Philadelphia. I saw old friends. Made some new ones, too. A big thanks to Laura Robb and Carol Varsalona with whom I presented a session on Saturday. They are fabulous educators who care [...]
Pictures from NCTE
Posted in My travels, tagged My travels, NCTE on November 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I have lots to write about and catch up on from the past few days – and I will soon! Until then, here are two pictures from NCTE this past weekend. I was at the Stenhouse booth signing books and also ran into a couple of other authors.
See you at NCTE!
Posted in My travels, tagged My travels, NCTE on November 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I was at Arkansas Reading yesterday and I am heading to Philadelphia for the annual NCTE convention on Saturday. I will be presenting with Laura Robb and Carol Varsalona on Saturday, Nov. 21, from 9:30 until 10:45. The title of our presentation is ”Reading Matters: Strategies and Tools to Engage Young Readers and Teachings in the [...]
NCTE presentation – preview it now!
Posted in Upcoming events, tagged NCTE on October 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I am very excited about presenting at this year’s NCTE conference with my colleagues Laura Robb and Carol Varsalona on Saturday, November 21, in Philadelphia, home of Temple University where I went to graduate school! Please check out the video about our session online!
