| WELCOME to my website. We are in process of changing out many of the materials here out for updated resources...all of which do align with COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS. Due to a computer crash and downtime, holidays, and an impossible schedule in the past months, that has been somewhat delayed but should be up and going very soon. I appreciate everyone's patience with my struggle to find time to work with Robey, my wonderful webmaster, to make this update happen. Please keep checking back! Congratulations to those school districts in North Carolina, my home state, and in other states across the country who have adopted TREASURES from McGraw Hill School Education Group. I am excited for you! Hope to see many of you in NC at the NC Reading Conference in March. Looking forward also to presenting in Maryland at SOMIRAC also in March. Also...thanks to all of the awesome schools and districts that I have the pleasure to be working with this year...TEACHERS ARE the hardest working people in the world....as well as the most valuable working force in the universe!! |
| There are many teaching tool and ideas that you can find on this site including THINK CLOUDS, FICTION/NONFICTION TOOLS, SUMMARY TOOLS, Author's Purpose Pie, TEST TAKING STRATEGIES, Literacy Centers, and MUCH MUCH More!! ALSO...a NEW PowerPoint featuring my Literacy CD Wheels are now available under Literacy Tools. CHECK it OUT!! PLEASE Let me know if you have questions!! PLEASE CHECK BACK FOR NEW RESOURCES SOON!!! |
| IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN SCHEDULING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Please go to "Contact Us" and click in OR send an email to: kbumreading@yahoo.com for information on availability, fees, and specific workshop topics offered to individual schools, school districts, regional education alliances, conferences, and private institutions. My specialty is real world best practices in literacy instruction that works, school improvement, and overall Best Instructional Practices that Work in grades Pre-K-8th and secondary English/Language Arts as well. I do work with individual schools, school districts, and regional associations. I am also available for travel across the United States when needed and possible. Please know that I can, and will, specialize the professional development to meet your specific needs! Our biggest focus is that READING IS THINKING..WRITING IS THINKING....Great TEACHING is THINKING!! I will look forward to working with you in the future!!! If you are looking for a "team", the other Kathy (Kathy Keane), is also available for high quality professional development. We hope to hear from you soon! |
HOPE TO SEE EVERYONE at International Reading Conference in CHICAGO in MAY 2012....If you are able to attend, please do come and find me at the McGraw Hill School Education Group Booth- Great sessions and give-aways will be there as well!! Macmillan McGraw-Hill - "TREASURES" In addition to conducting professional development and working directly with schools and teachers to improve literacy practices in classrooms across North and South Carolina, I also proudly serve as a NATIONAL READING CONSULTANT / SPEAKER and Contributing Author for the reading core program TREASURES- Please check out the site www.mhschool.com to see why IT IS the #1 Top Selling Reading Program in the country. BIG News: McGraw-Hill TREASURES now has a new BALANCED LITERACY TEACHER'S GUIDE created to support comprehensive and active literacy classrooms across our country while using the awesome resources in Treasures for all grade levels! Since I am proud to say I was the AUTHOR on this project, it contains many of my literacy tools and reflects mini-lessons and activities that reflect what we need for successful literacy instruction in our busy world of teaching students on a daily basis!! |
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| Strategies Unlimited, Inc. kbumreading@yahoo.com Updated JANUARY 2012 |