Presenter:
Suzy
Red
Title:
Tickles,
Tricks, and Treasure
Descriptor
and focus:
Great books provide a sound academic and social foundation for young, inquisitive
minds. Tapping into children's laughter and wonder, this literature
builds enthusiasm for building academic skills, character development,
and social strength.
Characters,
settings, and situations in the twenty Mockingbird
Books and
the twenty 2X2
Books will provide a myriad of opportunity for laughter, projects,
reading, writing, science, math, and music while exposing children
to other cultures and developing a deep appreciation of the American
traditions. These forty books that cross every genre will
become the catalysts for interactive problem solving skills, laughter,
character development, and interdisciplinary foundational academic
skills.
Let them lead your students into an active, integrated curriculum that
is rich in character, reading and math skills, science, social studies,
research, problem solving, internet projects, and FUN...with the creative
TAKS-prep
practice. Our book units contain exciting activities such as crossword
puzzles with word banks, art projects, recipes, songs, readers' theater
scripts, TAKS-formatted comprehension, math challenges, and writing guides.
Participants will receive a professional guide filled with unique, active
ideas--excellent for literary circles as well as for individual and whole
class interaction. Join us for a breath of fresh curriculum that
includes laughter, songs, character building, and problem solving through
literature.
Participants
will ~
...receive 6 hours of gifted and talented credit
...be familiar with the content and possibilities of the 2002-2003
Mockingbird Books and the 2003 2X2 books.
...participate in extension activities for the books.
...explore ways to integrate the curriculum around literature and library
resources that enable students to grow excited and skillful in research
and project building.
...understand the importance of their role in weaving respect and character
into every aspect of a child's life. |
