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Karen Finneyfrock

Karen Finneyfrock

Karen Finneyfrock is the author of two young adult novels: The Sweet Revenge of Celia Door and Starbird Murphy and the World Outside, both published by Viking Children’s Books. She is one of the editors of the anthology Courage: Daring Poems for Gutsy Girls and the author of Ceremony for the

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Program Description

Teacher Resources: Working with teachers in advance. The residencies described are designed for eight, hour-long sessions. Poetry and fiction residencies can be shortened to any length.

 

Poetry Workshop: Ideally these sessions take place in a room with a computer/projector that is connected to the Internet. (I show animated poems through youtube.) If this technology isn’t available, I can

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Program Detail

Program type: In-School Performance, In-School Residency, Workshops & Classes (In-School)
Artistic Discipline: Fiction Writing, Nonfiction Writing
Subject: Language Arts, Social Studies
Population Served Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8
Bilingual: No

Qualifications

Provides study guides for teachers and or students: Yes
Connects to State and or Common Core Curriculum Standards: Yes
Provides tools to assess student learning (workshops and residencies): Yes
Conducts ongoing assessments of program quality: Yes

PHOTOS

“My favorite part was all of it. She was so good, I didn’t want her to go.“

- Zoey (3rd Grade), Wilkes Elementary Classroom Teacher, describing Resident Teaching Artist Vicky Edmonds

“Something new to me was learning I can move my body like a sea creature.”

- Cypress (2nd Grade), Wilkes Elementary Classroom Teacher, describing Resident Teaching Artist Karen Harp-Reed

“We connect the mosaic tiling to geometry (area, perimeter, and spatial reasoning). One of the greatest parts of this is seeing the kids who are typically more “right brained” shine and lead the class. This taps into areas of the brain that a majority of the kids are not used to using. Starting with a smaller tile and then using the larger one is a great way to scaffold the activity.”

– Erin Graham, Susan Knottnerus, Ordway 3rd grade Classroom Teachers, describing Resident Teaching Artist Tim Lowell

“…because it allows ALL students to have an opportunity to explore dance, as some of our students might not get that chance otherwise…they learned that they can express themselves and their creativity in many different ways… so important to their overall development and appreciation of their capabilities.”

– Megan Berg Blakely Elementary Kindergarten Classroom Teacher, describing Resident Teaching Artist Gary Reed