7. From Guided Reading to Guided Writing Keeping Them Learning & Loving It!!

Creative and motivating Guided Writing responses that will extend and enhance your Guided Reading lessons. Reinforce not only skills and strategies but a love for writing as well. Discover fast, easy ways for students to write and 'publish' innovations that support both sight vocabulary and decoding skills. Create slot stories, minibooks, sideways flip flop books and more. BRING SCISSORS!! (K-1) 75 min.

8. Guided Reading Materials- The Good, The Great, and The 'Partly Cloudy'

Recognizing the characteristics that determine good quality Guided Reading materials will help teachers make the most of that hard-to-find money. Having good quality materials makes all the difference in how effective and efficient Guided Reading implementation and instruction can be. Don't buy materials until you've heard this session!! K-5 75 min.

9."Sing Me A Story, Read Me a Song"

This creative and fast-paced session is filled with ideas for using favorite children's songs to give your classes literacy experiences they won't forget!! Through stories, songs and chants you can give children a positive attitude toward print in lots of different forms. Kathie will show you ways to turn favorite songs into Big Books, mini books, and class books that come in all sizes and shapes. Come join the fun and take away great ideas for using music and movement....rhythm and rhyme ...and stories and songs to keep your children learning and loving it!! 75 min.

10. "Celebrating Reading & Music Throughout the Holidays"

Take advantage of the thrill and excitement of children's favorite holidays to make reading and writing meaningful and memorable learning experiences. This unique session offers fun, easy-to-use ideas to celebrate the holidays and celebrating the joy of reading as well. Kathie will share songs and ideas from her CD and companion books "Holidays" books I & II that will make bringing music back to basics easier than ever! Songs, chants, stories, Big Books, and minibooks, will be sung, read, and 'conjured' up! 75 min.

11. "Please Don't Rush Me, I'm Growing as Fast as I Can!"

Looking at children's developmental ages and stages as guides to establishing realistic success-based expectations. Addressing the issues of reading, 'riting readiness & retention. Talking to parents about student readiness. Using a developmental continuum to ensure student success. (K-2) 75 min.

12. "From Big Books to Pigtoast - Make & Take"

Get actively involved with literature through reading/writing responses. Recreate or make innovations on stories in multi-dimensional ways. Make tutorette stories, innovations, mini books, overhead stories and 'pigtoast'. Come join the fun of this one-of-a-kind Make & Take. What you don't you can take home!! (K-2) 75 min.



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Rhythm and Reading Resources
Kathie Cloonan 991 N O'Brien Pt. Lecanto, FL 34461

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