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Last Chance to Join Our Spring Fling--a Free Opportunity to Have Your Students Ask Authors Questions Live!

15/3/2018

 
We're making history!  This is the very first time we've tried a Spring Extravaganza where you and your students get to ask questions of authors right after you've read a Nonfiction Minute by them.  It's also FREE. We are using interactive video conferencing in a whole new way so that you see the connection between good writing and good writers.

So make your plans to come to our Zoom Room next Tuesday, March 20, the vernal equinox, to dust the winter cobwebs out of your brains and be challenged by whole new ways of thinking.  There is no better thing you can do to prepare for the upcoming Standardized Tests--After all, the testing companies excerpt our books for the tests.  We oughta know what we think when we write, no?  (If we don't, then no one does!)

It's NOT TOO LATE to sign up. Go to this website:    Center for Learning and Collaboration. There are some classes who are spending the WHOLE DAY with us.  How 'bout that!!!

Words (and a Picture) to Entice You to Sign Up for Our Fabulous Spring Fling

1/3/2018

 

What will interest and excite you when you read our authors to prepare for at the Spring Fling on March 20?

Here is what the iNK authors said:


Cynthia Levinson's tease:
"Catching the flu is bad enough. But, did you know that the US Constitution could make a flu pandemic even worse?!"

Heather Montgomery's tease:

"Did you ever hear that daddy long-legs are the most poisonous spiders in the world? That got me curious and busy researching those spindly-legged beasts."  

Peggy Thomas' Tease:
Would you want to take an elephant's temperature?  Wonder how it's done?  

Kerrie Hollihan’s Tease
“Isaac Newton figured out the mathematics of gravity and motion and never told a soul.”


Roxie Munro's tease:
Laika, the Sputnik dog from the 60s, was not the first animal to fly. The first creatures were French!

Jan Adkins tease is a picture above but here are his words:
"Squeezing a good story into 400 words for a Nonfiction Minute is nearly the hardest thing I've ever done.  But our readers are worth it."


Alexandra Siy’s Tease:
"Do you like taking tests? Probably not, but the Raindrop Quiz is actually fun and informative, so let's begin: What do YOU think is the shape of a falling raindrop? (No cheating, please!)"


Andrea Warren's Tease:
"Whatever I'm reading, when I find myself wondering about something that's related, I check it out. My curiosity has resulted in a couple of books and several of the Nonfiction Minutes that I've written."

Vicki Cobb's Tease:

"​I went to a potato chip factory to learn about their problems for keeping their chips fresh. It’s all about the money, ka-ching, full STEM ahead!"

Dorothy Patent's Tease: 
"Can you imagine what it would be like to have to find and kill prey in order to feed yourself and your family?  That's what wolves have to do."


Jennifer Swanson's Tease:
"Think science and sports don't mix? Think Again. You are most likely using nano-sized science right now to help you up your game! "

Amy Nathan’s Tease:
"In 1941, when most U.S. women didn't even have a license to drive a car, some gutsy women were at the controls of vehicles that were a lot more challenging and risky to operate." 

Carla McClafferty's Tease:
George Washington didn't always look like the picture on a dollar bill.  Find out how they discovered what color hair he had when he was  a young man.


Aline Newman's Tease:
"Talk about fantastic felines!  I turned up lots of true stories about America’s favorite pet. So give a meow and perk up your ears. We’ll have a puuurfectly fine time."

Are you interested yet?  Here's the link to register.  We're on Track 3 so scroll down 'til you find us.  





     Vicki Cobb

    *Award-winning author of more than 90 nonfiction books for children, mostly in science.
    *Former Contributor to the Huffington Post
    *Founder/President of iNK Think Tank, Inc.
    *Passionate advocate for the joy of learning for every child and teacher.

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