[WLA-All] Montana Library Association - annual meeting

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> From cbergeron at mt.gov Thu Mar 01 11:05:52 2007
>Subject: Montana Library Association - annual meeting
>Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2007 09:05:46 -0700
>From: "Bergeron, Cheri" <cbergeron at mt.gov>
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>The Montana Library Association annual 
>conference is being held April 25-28 in 
>Helena.  Workshops are being offered that give 
>both teachers and librarians the tools to engage 
>students in reading and to support NCLB and IDEA 
>initiatives.  Please make your staff aware of 
>this opportunity.  Some of the workshops include:
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>·       “Bringing Boys & Books Together: 
>Practical Activities that Engage Boys in 
>Literacy.”  Hear  author  Barbara Swanson 
>Sanders, librarian and bookseller--specifically 
>designed for educators working with grades 3-8.
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>·       “What’s New in K-12 Literature.” The 
>best of recently released K-12 literature will be highlighted.
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>·       “Cha Cha Chooey Chee CHANTS: Vocalizing 
>for fun, phonemic awareness and literacy, K-4th 
>grade levels.” New songs and rhythmic chants, 
>fingerplays, props and movement ideas that help 
>children with letter and word recognition and 
>build literacy and listening skills.
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>·       “The Good, Bad and the Ugly: A Critical 
>Analysis of Select American Indian literature.” 
>Ideas, strategies, and resources for evaluating 
>American Indian literature will be provided.
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>Special Author lecture by Neil Gaiman, April 28, 
>Saturday afternoon.  Open to the public, tickets $20.
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>Who is Neil Gaiman?  Click here: http://www.neilgaiman.com/about/
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>The conference registration form and detailed 
>information on these workshops can be found at 
><http://www.mtlib.org/conf/>http://www.mtlib.org/conf/. 
>Early registration ends March 9.
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