What's Important in the Autumn issue of the WORD Newsletter?
It's been raining newsletters around my house recently; the newest from the Washington Organization for Reading Development came to my school early last week. Things of note:
*The WORD Conference is coming to Spokane October 12th and 13th. I'll be there with my 1st grade team; I hope to see you there!
*Wayne Callender is going to be one of the featured presenters. He did a great workshop on RTI at the OSPI Summer Institute in 2006, and if that's a topic you're working on you couldn't ask for a better resource.
*Ann Teberg of Whitworth is the president of WORD this year. I had a class from her when she was teaching at Eastern; she's a neat person to listen to, too.
*The WORD Easy Grant Program is, well, an easy grant for $50. You can find the application form here.
*On the practical level, Joy Brooke of Lake Washington writes on how to make buddy reading work effectively in the classroom, Barbara Ward of WSU Tri-Cities shares strategies for classroom conversations, and Pat Mainella has a nice, concise writeup of what went on in the last legislative session.
*Finally, EWU's own Marilyn Carpenter shares some highlights of what's new in children's literature. Dr. Carpenter is a gem of a person; listening to her talk about reading and kid's books is a great way to spend your time.
Great job, WORD!
*The WORD Conference is coming to Spokane October 12th and 13th. I'll be there with my 1st grade team; I hope to see you there!
*Wayne Callender is going to be one of the featured presenters. He did a great workshop on RTI at the OSPI Summer Institute in 2006, and if that's a topic you're working on you couldn't ask for a better resource.
*Ann Teberg of Whitworth is the president of WORD this year. I had a class from her when she was teaching at Eastern; she's a neat person to listen to, too.
*The WORD Easy Grant Program is, well, an easy grant for $50. You can find the application form here.
*On the practical level, Joy Brooke of Lake Washington writes on how to make buddy reading work effectively in the classroom, Barbara Ward of WSU Tri-Cities shares strategies for classroom conversations, and Pat Mainella has a nice, concise writeup of what went on in the last legislative session.
*Finally, EWU's own Marilyn Carpenter shares some highlights of what's new in children's literature. Dr. Carpenter is a gem of a person; listening to her talk about reading and kid's books is a great way to spend your time.
Great job, WORD!
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