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Pop-Up Books
Make fun books to share your stories!
Make your writing POP with pop-up books! In this two-part class, we will experiment with interactive elements in books and create our own. Learn how to make objects slide, tip, spin, and pop right off the page. Each student will go home with a book of techniques to use with their own writing.
Grades 2-3
Saturdays, October 2-9
11:00am-12:00pm
$36 (2 classes)
Grades 4-5
Saturdays, October 2-9
1:00-2:00pm
$36 (2 classes)
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Novel Week
Get ready to write your NaNoWriMo novel!
NaNoWriMo, short for National Novel Writing Month, is a yearly challenge for authors to write a first draft of their novels during the month of November. Students choose a word count goal and set out to reach that goal before November 30. NaNoWriMo is a GREAT way to get experience with writing longer projects.
The best way to have a successful and productive NaNoWriMo experience is to prepare! We'd love to help students build confidence and technique so that they feel motivated to start and continue their novels through November and beyond. Join us for any or all of our Novel Week events!
Planning Your Novel
Discover several different techniques to plan your novel's plot. Create a "roadmap" to follow as you write, so you don't get lost!
Grades 2-5 - Tuesday, October 26, 5:00-6:00 pm
Grades 6-12 - Tuesday, October 26, 6:00-7:00 pm
Character Creation
Learn how to create well-rounded, believable characters that your readers will care about, and give them motivation to appear in your story. Avoid flat and dull characters!
Grades 2-5 - Wednesday, October 27, 5:00-6:00 pm
Grades 6-12 - Wednesday, October 27, 6:00-7:00 pm
Writing Description
In order to fully immerse your readers, you must help them visualize the places, people, and objects in your story. Learn techniques to write vivid, captivating descritions.
Grades 2-5 - Thursday, October 28, 5:00-6:00 pm
Grades 6-12 - Thursday, October 28, 6:00-7:00 pm
Dialogue
Let your characters speak for themselves! Learn how to write effective dialogue that brings your story to life.
Grades 2-5 - Friday, October 29, 5:00-6:00 pm
Grades 6-12 - Friday, October 29, 6:00-7:00 pm
NaNoWriMo Kick-Off and Write-In
Get a jump start to the month and reach your first word count goal - join us for a write-in! NaNoWriMo participants will have three hours to write away alongside their fellow authors. Enjoy snacks, game breaks, and fun challenges to get you through!
Grades 3-12 - Saturday, October 30, 2:00-5:00pm
Novel week programs are free.
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Reading Giraffe
Early Literacy Program for Preschoolers
Reading Giraffe is a literacy program based on the power of picture books. Reading aloud is considered the single most important activity leading to literacy acquisition. By making books interactive, fun, and ACTIVE adventures, we strive to create lifelong readers who keep searching for the next great book!
Our curriculum uses The Whole Book Approach from The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art to create a COLLABORATIVE, SHARED reading experience.
Cross Spell uses letter mats to spell out our themes.
Tower Time (Did you know a group of giraffes is a tower?) Readalouds become a study of art, plot, and vocabulary, while facilitated
discussions spur analytical thinking.
Fit Lit gets students active with high-energy games tied to the
stories, and Walk-Abouts have classes moving & reading.
Giraffe-tivities engage students’ imaginations with creative, STEMbased projects.
Students can Act Out , role-playing their favorite characters.
We’ll create our own tall tales in Build-A-Book.
Join us for a fun reading adventure! Each Reading Giraffe class is different, so come as often as you'd like!
Ages 3-5
Saturday, September 25, 10:00-10:45am
Saturday, October 2, 10:00-10:45am
Saturday, October 9, 10:00-10:45am
Saturday, October 16 10:00-10:45am
$12 per class
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Poetry
Second and Third Graders Create!
Are you a poet and you don’t even know it? Come find out in this fun series of workshops that will get you excited about poetry. Did you know that poems can be funny? And disgusting? Or even creepy? Throughout the four sessions, we will explore many different types of poetry and practice writing our own. By the end of the workshop, we will create a class poetry anthology to celebrate all that we have learned.
Grades 2-3
Saturdays, January 8-29
11:00am-12:00pm
$62 (4 classes)
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