What: Fresh ideas for using graphic novels in your classroom
Who: You! If you teach grades 3-6
Where: On demand right here at weareteachers.com
Watch our special webcast in which we talk about creative ways to engage students across the curriculum using graphic novels. Featuring popular and award-winning books from Penguin Young Readers, our education experts will give you fun and easy ideas for extending the stories into other curriculum areas—especially for grades 3-6.
Here are the books we’ll feature:
Learn how graphic novels work really well across curricula and get tips for how to use any graphic novel for any subject. You’ll also get ideas on how to use these specific books:
- Mexikid by Pedro Martín
- When Stars Are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed
- What Made California the Golden State? Life During the Gold Rush by Shing Yin Khor
- The Deep! by Lindsey Leigh
Here are the educators you’ll hear from:
Adam Peterson
Our host Adam is a passionate educator and creator of Adam Peterson Education. Adam loves using graphic novels with his students, and his son is a big fan as well. Adam is a teacher in the Chicago area and is a regular presenter at events and conferences around the country.
Hilary Statum
Hilary is an ESL teacher and loves using books to get kids excited about learning. Her own daughter was a bit of a reluctant reader until she discovered graphic novels. Hilary is based in Tennessee and runs the blog Pencils to Pigtails. She has lots of creative ideas on how to use graphic novels in other subject areas too.
Keri Brown
Keri has spent more than 15 years as an elementary teacher and is now an interventionist at her school, where she’s always looking for custom solutions to get her students engaged. She loves books and reading, and she’ll be bringing her ideas on how to mix graphic novels with STEM.
