Powerful Hands-On Literacy Lessons-Reading/Writing Connections-
Presented by Greta Freeman
grades 3 to 8
"After a day spent in this workshop, you will leave armed with enough exciting, hands-on literacy activities to keep your students busy for months. This workshop is packed with experiential learning activities, ideas for raising writing test scores and practical solutions to getting students excited about literacy. You will have so much fun in this workshop that, at the end of the day, you will wonder where the time went."
Hear What Teachers Are Saying!
"With you, what a difference a day makes. I feel more confident now as a writing teacher!"
"It is obvious that you practice what you preach and wouldn't share anything you wouldn't use yourself."
"I so needed a new perspective. Thanks for the hands-on, fun activities."
"You are truly a writer and a teacher at heart. Thanks for a terrific, worthwhile workshop."
Free Resource Book
Receive your FREE resource book when you attend this exciting workshop!
Would you like to have "Powerful Hands-On Literacy Lessons" come to your school? Find out more at our School Site Section or call us today at (800)864-4077.
Workshop Registration
| This workshop is currently being offered at school site locations. Please visit the School Site Section or call (800) 864-4077 for more information. |
Reading and writing go hand-in-hand and in this workshop Greta will show you how to teach writing using good literature. She has an array of powerful, fun activities to get your students motivated to write in any area of the curriculum. The creative activities Greta uses in her exciting, fast paced workshops will help teachers reach writing goals and raise writing test scores while allowing students to have fun.
Some of Greta's fantastic activities include "House of Memories", "Creating a Writer's Notebook", "Pass a Story Activity", and "Mystery In a Medieval Castle". Teachers and students alike love these creative writing activities and Greta adds innovative ideas to teach writing strategies for all kinds of writing. The activities in this workshop are totally appropriate for all grades 3 to 8.
Program Highlights
This Workshop Includes
Please Bring
• a picture of something or someone important to you• paper
• crayons or markers
• pencil
• scissors
• glue
Workshop Schedule
| 08:00 - 08:30 08:30 - 11:30 11:30 - 12:30 12:30 - 02:30 |
Check-In Workshop Begins Lunch On Your Own Workshop Continues |
Register Today
• Confirmation letters are sent the day we receive your registration. Please call if you don't receive one.• Register early to make sure you get in.
• Lunch is on your own.
• Certificates showing 5 hours of professional development will be given to all participants.
• For those wanting graduate credit, Chapman University forms will be available at the workshop for 1 graduate non degree seeking credit per 5 hour workshop with an additional 15 hour practicum. At this time Chapman University has a $65.00 fee per 1 credit. View the Chapman Section for more information.
The registration fee is $179 per person.
Group Discount: For groups of 3 or more attending the same workshop from the same school, the registration fee is $169 per person.
For prices for a school site workshop, request a Quote and we will respond back to you immediately. Our price is all inclusive. You may also check out our School Site Section for more information.
Workshop Registration
| This workshop is currently being offered at school site locations. Please visit the School Site Section or call (800) 864-4077 for more information. |
About the TrainerGreta Freeman, an aspiring writer and teacher, was a "Super Saturday" instructor teaching academically gifted students hands-on writing for five years. She was also a part of the Mountain Area Writing Project for teachers for two summers.
For the past ten years she has been presenting reading/writing workshops for third through eighth grade teachers across her state. Greta is now an outstanding national presenter for Educators Training Network. Her activities are intended for students of all ability levels in the grades mentioned above.