Speaking Topics
- Studying poems to strengthen writing in all genres
- Keeping writers notebooks for discovery and revision
- Beginning (or deepening) writing workshop
- Reading like writers, writing like authors
Speaker Profile
Amy Ludwig VanDerwater is a former classroom teacher and author of children's books including Forest Has a Song; Every Day Birds; and Read! Read! Read!. She is a graduate of Teachers College and co-author of Poetry: Big Thoughts in Small Packages, a part of the Calkins' Units of Study in Opinion, Information, and Narrative Writing series. Connect with Amy at her popular blog, The Poem Farm, at amyludwigvanderwater.com, or on Twitter at @amylvpoemfarm.
Grades: K–8
