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School Author Visits Estimate Measurements Like a Math Superhero Based on my book, Adventures in Mathopolis: Estimating and Measuring, this math workshop will teach the exciting steps of estimating weight, volume, length, and time. Students will start out with the right ball park, search their toolbox, compare and narrow it down. Estimating is fun and it will help them zoom off with math. Estimate Calculations Estimating boosts kid’s understanding of math concepts and it’s fun! In this math workshop kids will learn to search their brains and apply information they already know to estimate problems. They will learn that what they know: their multiplication tables, doubles, money facts, and more can be used easily to estimate a wide range of calculations. Most importantly, they will learn that math is like a treasure hunt and can be a great deal of fun! Money Math This program is based on my book Lemon & Ice & Everything Nice. Let me make Math sweet and fun. Learn how to make change, have sales, count money and more. Working with money uses a lot of skills and what we know about money can help us with other problems also. Besides everyone loves money! Grade level appropriate 1st and 2nd grade. Writing Makes Sense How do great writers take their readers to another place and time? By engaging the reader's senses. This workshop will help students recognize how skilled writers use language to help their readers to see, feel, smell, hear, and taste another world. This program was developed for TAKS bound 4th graders. Building to Great Writing Most books start off as brain dumps and brain dumps don’t sound or look pretty. To become a work of art manuscripts take editing. This workshop will help students build to great writing by recognizing and expelling red flag verbs and exploding moments. These two techniques will take student writing to a new level of excitement. Chinese Holidays Celebrate the Chinese New Year and learn about China. Learn some Chinese words and have a parade complete with a fierce dragon. All the children will be given lucky money envelopes and lessons on how to use chopsticks.
Programs For Adults Estimating: A Superhero Math Skill Estimating is faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, and it's taught in the entire grade school curriculum. We all know estimating is fast, but did you know it's powerful? It's power comes because it supports understanding of place value, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, measuring, fractions, and decimals. This workshop will demonstrate how to teach estimating in an exciting way and how to use estimating to improve overall math understanding. Estimating can help your kids become math superheroes A Superhero's Guide to Math Faster than a mega-calculator, more powerful than a thousand worksheets, able to leap over reteaching with a single bound. Head off common misconceptions students make about fractions, decimals, estimating, measuring, and more. Become a math hero and rescue the confused student in the nick of time by unmasking these math villains. The Three Stages of Being a Writer (Princess, Maid and Mom) Complete with crown and polish I will explain the three necessary stages of writing. Everything I Need to know about Writing I Learned from my First Book The idea comes fast but it takes a long time to perfect a book. Even when it's sold it still needs to be changed. What they changed in my book and why? Editors can teach us a lot about writing.
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Speaking Engagements and Teaching Experience Radio Disney Conference for the Advancement of Mathematics Teaching (CAMT) North Hill Preparatory School McAuliffe Elementary School Forest Vista Elementary School Trietsch United Methodist Church Pocahontas Community Library Palmer Community Library NC/NE Texas Chapter of Society of Children's Book Writer's and Illustrators Collin County Community College Girls Soccer Coach
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