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To: You

With Gratitude From: Carrie

Free Slide Deck for Educators

Does your writing workshop need a boost? Writing process instruction need some new energy? Maybe you'd like to connect to a new mentor text for informational writing?

Here's a free slide deck I created to help! Click this link to access the resource called The Writing Process With Author Carrie A. Pearson. 

With audio clips and workshop elements, this is designed to take a little weight off your shoulders.

I've used STRETCH TO THE SUN: FROM A TINY SPROUT TO THE TALLEST TREE ON EARTH (authored by me, illustrated by Susan Swan, and published by Charlesbridge) as an example but the concepts can be used for any nonfiction or informational fiction book.
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Please drop me a note and let me know if the slide deck helps you! 

[email protected]

Readalikes: Valuable to Writers and Teachers

I'm obsessed with readalikes. Are you? As a writer, when I study several books on similar or adjacent topics, I learn what's missing in the market or how my perspective can augment what is there. I read in several genres and age categories to find the right fit for my intended project.

As an educator, readalikes validate how each student writer brings a unique perspective to story. What is more empowering that that?

Here are a few of my favorite readalikes: 
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New Winter Virtual School Visit​

​Brrr! It's Cold Outside! How Do They Stay Warm? Amazing Animal Adaptions
This session can be adapted (see what I did there?) for K-5 and meets several science and NGSStandards on structures, weather/seasons, characteristics passed from adult to young, survival, traits, environmental interactions, habitats, and more. Optional reading of A WARM WINTER TAIL, Carrie's award-winning informational fiction picture book about animal adaptation to cold layered with several ELA and CCSS standards.
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a spread from A WARM WINTER TAIL book
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Visit my website for more info on this and other programs 

Please take care, everyone. Be safe. Hope to see you in person soon!
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Carrie Pearson is an author, former early childhood teacher, mentor, and finder of great stories and the best way to tell them. She is an encourager of dreams and a passionate supporter of children and their adults. If you like her books, share one with a friend, review them, or pass along this newsletter!

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A. You decided to share your email with me at a conference or when you visited my website. I'm glad we've connected!

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