Back again!
If you’ve been in education for some time you will most likely remember the book written by Winthrop resident Margy Burns Knight. Margy came to the school where I taught on more than one occasion when we did interdisciplinary units that included all students in Grades K-8. It was a fabulous opportunity to engage students in thinking about who they were as an individual and their connections to the world.
During one residency Margy came with the book illustrator Anne Sibley O’Brien and met with each grade level of students to talk about the meaning of walls in the individual student’s life. As a follow-up each student created an illustrated poem that was put onto a dyed 8″x 8″ gray fabric. They looked like stones and were put together onto a dyed sheet with a little space in between. The artwork was about 5 queen sized sheets large at completion. It became part of the library attached to the ceiling in a circle similar to a tower. Students could walk through the tower/wall/space by arches that were cut out. It was marvelous!
Margy and Anne are back with an updated version of the wall and are hosting a teacher workshop to learn about how to use the book with students. How are walls part of your life?! I hope you will consider attending, I am sure you won’t be disappointed! Information below with registration details!
February 7, 2014
Come celebrate the new Talking Walls – Discover Your World
by Margy Burns Knight, illustrated by Anne Sibley O’Brien
– updated and rewritten for read-aloud effectiveness
– compiled into one volume
3:45 – 4:45 FREE TEACHER WORKSHOP
519 Congress St #2B, Portland, ME 04101, 2nd floor – Maine Charitable Mechanic Association Library
The first forty educators who register are invited to an hour-long free workshop with the author and illustrator to introduce the new Talking Walls – Discover Your World, and to share examples of how to use the book to meet Common Core standards for informational text, grades K-8: Key Ideas and Details, Craft and Structure, Integration of Knowledge and Ideas, and Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity.
Each participant will be entered in a drawing to win a free copy of the book at the launch party (see below).
To register: Email name, school and contact information (subject line: Teacher Workshop) to margyburnsknight@gmail.com by February 1, 2014
5:00 – 8:00 LAUNCH PARTY (during First Friday Artwalk)
Mainely Frames
541 Congress Street, Portland
– Refreshments: Wine & cheese & crackers
– Display of original Talking Walls illustrations
– Books available for purchase and autographing
– “Reconciliation and Forgiveness Wall” – Community activity honoring the life of Nelson Mandela
– Drawing for free copies of the book (for educators who attended the workshop) – 5 winners
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