WOW: Summer Strategies: Summer Reading Choices That Make Sense
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Summer Strategies: Summer Reading Choices That Make Sense
Track
:
Webinar
Program Code:
010
Date:
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Time:
12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
EST
SPEAKER
(S):
Laura Beltchenko, Assistant Superintendent Curriculum and Instruction, Wauconda Community Unit School District
Susannah Richards, Associate Professor, Eastern Connecticut State University
Description
Selecting appropriate summer reading for young to advanced gifted and talented learners can be a challenge. Attend this WOW session that focuses on creating opportunities for talented readers to strengthen their reading and thinking abilities as they explore their interests and expand their knowledge by reading quality fiction and nonfiction. Strategies for using picture books, novels, and nonfiction in both print and electronic formats to escalate student engagement with the content will be explored. Recently published and upcoming books will be shared.