Teacher | Author | Advocate
Books
In this section, you'll find a variety of resources available for download including reading lists, mentor texts, quick writes, workshop handouts, samples of my writing, and what I'm reading.
Teaching
Resources
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One of the words that you used with us, Tom, as our editor was options, and I think that's such an important word. Does a student have an array of options to choose from? Do they understand that there are lots of ways to begin a piece of writing no matter what genre it is. And then do they know ways that authors have written those kinds of things? So they can look at a text and say, oh, I see what this author is doing.
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I had to say, you know what, there are kids in this room who know how to do things better than me. So if you want to learn how to do X, you're over here in this group, and if you want to learn how to do Y, you're over there in that group. And then I would sit in, in the groups and I would try to learn another move that I could make an iMovie or something like that.
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But as the book club progressed, their questions were deeper. Their responses became just increasingly serious. What was that one kids, this book was a godsend to me when of Kelly's said, because I'm half Mexican, half white and Mexican Whiteboy by Matt de la Pena really said something to him. It was such a vulnerable moment and he posted it and then other kids could respond to that with their own understandings of the book. It was this wonderful way to bridge two cultures as well.
Excerpts From The Podcast
Penny Kittle
Kelly Gallagher
Penny Kittle
Penny speaks on topics in literary education K-12 throughout North America and across the world. She frequently works as a teacher in residence, co-teaching
and planning alongside classroom teachers.
If you are interested in booking Penny Kittle for a speaking event, please contact michelle.flynn@heinemann.com.
Conferences
& Workshops
Upcoming Events
Jan. 8, Manhattan Hunter School of Science, New York
Jan. 9, Kennett Middle School, Conway, NH
Jan. 11, Washington Township Schools, New Jersey
Jan. 17, Middle RESA, Georgia
Jan. 22, Cypress HS, Florida
Jan. 25 Kennebunk, Maine
Jan. 26-27 Texas Council of Teachers of English Language Arts
Jan. 29, Manhattan Hunter School of Science, NY
Feb. 2-3 South Carolina Council of Teachers of English
Feb. 6, Madison, CT
Feb. 8, Alberta, Canada
Feb. 10, Wisconsin State Reading Association
Feb. 12, Manhattan Hunter School of Science, NY
Feb. 13, Kennett Middle School, Conway, NH
Feb. 15, Kennebunk, Maine
Feb. 22-23, Reading for the Love of It, Toronto, Ontario
Feb. 26, Manhattan Hunter School of Science, NY
Feb. 28, Gahanna, OH
Mar. 1, Liberty, MO
Mar. 5, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Mar. 12, Kennett Middle School, Conway, NH
Mar. 14, Washington Township Schools, New Jersey
Mar. 20, 80 Days webinar w/Kelly Gallagher, TBA
Mar. 21-22, BYU Literacy Promises Conference, Provo, UT
Mar. 27, 180 Days webinar w/Kelly Gallagher, TBA
Mar. 29, Maine Council of English Language Arts, Portland, ME
April 3, 180 Days webinar w/Kelly Gallagher, TBA
April 5-6 Don Graves Write Now conference, North Conway, NH
April 9, Kennett Middle School, Conway, NH
April 11, CESA 3, Fennimore, Wisconsin
May 2, Kennett Middle School, Conway, NH
May 16, Kennebunk, Maine
May 30, Kennett Middle School, Conway, NH
June 5, Jenks, Oklahoma
June 10-12, Belleville, IL
June 24 & 26, Amherst, NH