Driftwood Reading Council

Oregon Reading Conference

Everytime we return to school after this conference, I am filled with exciting new ideas to test out in my classroom. This year was no different! Katie Wood Ray was spectacular! I am currently building ‘stacks’ to help teach my students how to write better. It builds perfectly off my mentor text obession! What was your ‘nugget’ of exciting new learning that you walked away with? Did you try out a new lesson or strategy? Or maybe you are overwhelmed with new books to read! Let us know!

Summer Reading List! What have you been reading?

I have stacks of books saved up for the summer when I know I ‘should’ have time to indulge in a significant amount of reading. I savor this time because I know during the year, my enjoyment of reading is squashed between worrying about students and getting all that work done. Hopefully everyone has had time to sit and enjoy one, two, or twenty new books this summer and I am excited to hear what everyone is reading!

ORA Summer Institute – Reading/Writing Connection!

When: August 18, 2011

Where: Eugene Hilton

Come for some great professional development and an opportunity to collaborate with your colleagues about writing and reading instruction.

For more information, visit the Oregon Reading Association website at www.oregonread.org

TAR (Teachers as Readers) Meetings

Our first TAR meeting is on Wednesday, October 27th at 4:30pm at Melia’s house. Email her for directions! The date has been changed due to the New Teachers Dinner on Tuesday evening.

Join us for a discussion on Little Bee by Chris Cleave. I read the book this summer and finished it in one sitting! I love books that can take an impossibly sad event or situation and still make the story engaging. This was one of those – the mental pictures I have of characters and places are so very clear!

I hope to see you there!

5th Annual Sharing by the Sea Literacy Conference

Driftwood proudly presents keynote speaker, Vicki Lein, “Do We Have to Go to Recess? Getting Kids to Love Writing!” Driftwood members saw Vicki at a past ORA Conference and thoroughly enjoyed her presentation. We are excited to learn from her!

Sessions following the keynote speaker:

Using the Daily 5 and Cafe in both primary and intermediate classrooms

Art and Literature: Using the Gallagher Nominees to Inspire Art

Getting Kids to Write: Focus on Intermediate Grades (presented by Vicki Lein)

1st Annual Literacy Happy Hour

Tuesday, September 28th 5:00-7:00 p.m.

LITERACY HAPPY HOUR

Come celebrate the beginning of our TAR book groups with other educators at the OIMB Boathouse in Charleston, Oregon. Join our discussion of books we’ve read and books to look forward to!