2011 National Reading Recovery & K-6 Classroom Literacy Conference

February 5-8  ●  Columbus, Ohio

Biography
 

Tony Stead

Tony Stead is an Australian educator who has taught in elementary schools and lectured at the University of Melbourne. He is the past president of the Melbourne Chapter of the Australian Reading Association and the author of many publications. His latest include Is That a Fact?: Teaching Nonfiction Writing and the video series Time For Nonfiction. which highlights his recent work with several teachers at the Manhattan New School.

Tony has been a keynote and featured speaker at hundreds of conferences. He currently works extensively in literacy education with school districts across the United States, Canada and Australia. His greatest love is learning from children.
 

Session Title

Bringing Nonfiction Writing to Life in Your Classroom - Success Stories from the Classroom (K-5)

Description

In this dynamic and impacting session, Tony will share his proven instructional strategies for teaching students to become effective writers of nonfiction. He will show you how to teach your kids to be 'real writers' for 'real purposes.'