Kristine has been in education since 1993. She has taught fourth grade in Ohio from 1993 – 2008. She accepted a new position as a Curriculum Coordinator for her district for the upcoming year. When Kristine was a fourth grade teacher she started an innovative program that stresses community building, citizenship, and student recognition that has been a cornerstone in helping students transition smoothly from the elementary to the intermediate school. Kristine has a M.A. in Children’s Literature from The Ohio State University, a B.S. in Elementary Educationand a B.A. in Psychology from Miami University. She is a Nationally Board Certified Teacher and continually attends conferences and workshops that focus on reading, writing, and literacy.
I was fortunate enough to attend Teachers College Literacy Coach Institute this spring and will be attending the July Reading Institute and August Writing Institute. I can hardly wait to share all I learn!
I love the fabulous perspective, information and insights Kristine- thank you!!
You are on a direct link from the daily NCTE update on blogs from the convention.
So glad you had a great time. Thanks for bringing the info back to all of us.
Hi Kristine – is there a way to contact you so I can send you an arc? Project is http://www.enterskeletoncreek.com . . . thanks! Love your site. Email response to the email I entered and I’ll get it.
Hi there…it’s Beth at Role Mommy – you’re a winner! Just email me at beth@rolemommy.com with your address so that we can get you your tix to the Rockettes.
GREAT JOB MOM! YOU HAVE BEEN WORKING SO HARD!
We have created an innovative series of narrative nonfiction children’s books, THE RAINBOW SERIES: DOGS WHO HELP, about dogs who help others in various ways. These books appeal to children from ages 4 – 10 and educate as well as entertain, encouraging children to learn to read and love it. Please visit http://www.BunnyBudBooks.com for a more detailed description of these books.
Both of us are actively involved veterans of canine-assisted therapy programs in elementary schools, including many years running TALES FOR TAILS READING ENHANCEMENT PROGRAMS for 2nd graders with reading challenges. Experiences in these programs actually contributed greatly to our decision to create this series. As we suspected, our books have proven very popular and motivational. In addition, we have both run a mainstream classroom program (FOUR PAWS IN THE CLASSROOM)which includes many lessons in creative and nonfiction writing, based on our visiting dogs, again integrating our own book series for motivation and inspiration.
We are always looking for ways to share our books and our program ideas with others, so hopefully you can help us with that. The books are available for purchase directly from us via the website and also at http://www.amazon.com and http://www.target.com.
If you have any questions or comments, please let us know.
Sincerely,
Deborah Hall
Donna Vaquer
The Rainbow Dogs
http://www.BunnyBudBooks.com
info@bunnybudbooks.com
360-293-4675
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Kristine,
Love you blog. Like you, I recently switched from years of classroom teaching to being a district curriculum director. Would love to have a cyber contact to bounce ideas off.
mindy