Let's dive into children's literature and explore possibilities that promote identity building and encourage children to develop a love and a passion for writing. We'll explore several different authors' such as Peter Reynolds, Grace Byers and Wendy Ewald to name a few. We'll discover and come to know more deeply who these authors are as individuals and as writers, as we analyze their craft.

Participants will engage in conversation around selected books, approximate and emulate writing patterns through journaling, either digitally or in paper form, as well as build individual and collective identities. We'll come to understand new ways of knowing and imagine, or re-imagine, classroom resources together. Each learning event can be adapted or directly transferred to participants' classroom context.

Participants will not need to purchase course texts.

FORMAT: Asynchronous online learning

DATES: 2/11/25 - 3/18/25

GCRTC FACILITATOR/CONTACT: Lorena Hurst, GCRTC Teacher Leadership Coach for Elementary Education

FEE: None. Registration is required.

CTLE HOURS: 15

REGISTRATION: https://tinyurl.com/2s3beumu