Amy Ludwig VanDerwater (right) looks at Tanny McGregor's Sketchnotes from September's Program
Please do not miss Part 2 of this year's Program:
Poems Are Teachers
presented by
Amy Ludwig VanDerwater
Poems Are Teachers
presented by
Amy Ludwig VanDerwater
Saturday, April 12, 2025 8:30 AM-3:00 PM
! Site Change!
*Jefferson Elementary School
136 Carpenter Road, Gahanna 43230*
Cost $75.00
Credit available through Muskingum University!
8:15AM Information sharing for those who sign up prior to session start.
! Site Change!
*Jefferson Elementary School
136 Carpenter Road, Gahanna 43230*
Cost $75.00
Credit available through Muskingum University!
8:15AM Information sharing for those who sign up prior to session start.
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Author of Poems Are Teachers: How Studying Poetry Strengthens Writing in All Genres and co-author of Poetry: Big Thoughts in Small Packages, Amy Ludwig VanDerwater also writes books for children. Her titles include Forest Has a Song, Every Day Birds, Read! Read! Read!, and With My Hands, and her poems appear in many anthologies. A graduate of Teachers College, Columbia University, former fifth grade teacher, and writing teacher of 20 years, Amy leads school assemblies, offers writing workshops for all ages, and speaks frequently at conferences. She makes her home in Western New York, sharing snips of life at her popular classroom blog www.poemfarm.amylv.com and on Twitter @amylvpoemfarm.
Taken from the Heinemann website: Author page Poems Are Teachers, will be our focus, using poetry to further explore the ideas from Artfully Teaching the Science of Reading, last year’s program. |
Amy Ludwig VanDerwater
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Poems Are Teachers
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“Poems wake us up, keep us company, and remind us that our world is big and small, and too, poems teach us how to write. Anything.” Amy Ludwig VanDerwater explains in Poems Are Teachers.
This is a practical book designed for every classroom teacher. Each lesson exploration includes three poems, one by a contemporary adult poet and two by students in grades 2 through 8, which serve as models to illustrate how poetry teaches writers to:
Taken from Heinemann website: Poems Are Teachers book page Poems Are Teachers, will be our focus, using poetry to further explore the ideas from Artfully Teaching the Science of Reading, last year’s program. The good news is there is still time to register for this year’s program and we will be offering credit again through Muskingum University. |
Make sure to visit Amy's site: The Poem Farm http://www.poemfarm.amylv.com/for poetry and lessons for children of all ages. The site created for classroom or homeschool teachers provides literacy and writing workshop instruction.
REGISTRATION:
Special Pricing: Pre-Service or Novice Teacher with 1 year experience or less:
Registration is $30 and includes a copy of the book Poems Are Teachers which will be available. If you don't want a book, the cost is $15.
One Day Option for Teacher/Librarian/
Administrator with more than 1 year experience:
Individual sessions are $75 and do not include a copy of the book. Book will be available for purchase.
****Credit Available through Muskingum University****
Choose 1, 2, or 3 credit hour options. Registration forms and syllabi for the 1, 2, and 3 credit hour options are below. The cost per credit hour is $155. Information sharing for those who sign up will be held at 8:15AM before we begin our session with Amy.
Registration is $30 and includes a copy of the book Poems Are Teachers which will be available. If you don't want a book, the cost is $15.
One Day Option for Teacher/Librarian/
Administrator with more than 1 year experience:
Individual sessions are $75 and do not include a copy of the book. Book will be available for purchase.
****Credit Available through Muskingum University****
Choose 1, 2, or 3 credit hour options. Registration forms and syllabi for the 1, 2, and 3 credit hour options are below. The cost per credit hour is $155. Information sharing for those who sign up will be held at 8:15AM before we begin our session with Amy.
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Contact Hours: A certificate for 5 contact hours will be available at the end of each presentation.
Payment:
Please complete the registration form below and email to [email protected] or mail to Kathleen Taps, 3838 Lakedale Dr., Hilliard, OH, 43026. If using a credit card, please click on the PayPal link. Make checks payable to The Literacy Connection. Purchase orders are accepted. There will be no refunds.
Please complete the registration form below and email to [email protected] or mail to Kathleen Taps, 3838 Lakedale Dr., Hilliard, OH, 43026. If using a credit card, please click on the PayPal link. Make checks payable to The Literacy Connection. Purchase orders are accepted. There will be no refunds.
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Taken from the Cover to Cover website
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Byran Loar, our friend and new owner of Cover to Cover Bookstore, will be on site with an amazing selection of wonderful books for sale. Be prepared. They are very hard to resist. |