Do you have a favorite math skill that you’d like to turn into a story? Brainstorm characters and plots and learn how to merge them with multiple math concepts. List making will help you find your focus and conjure up possibilities for future stories. Explore the art of book dummies and sticky note strategies to organize your ideas into a finished story. This program is for children in grades 3-5. 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Ann Marie Stephens is a former award-winning elementary teacher and mentor with over 30 years in the classroom. While teaching, she received several grants for her inventive literacy projects. She’s taught dozens of original writing and education-based workshops. Now she is a full-time picture book author and seasoned presenter for both children and adults. Her books have been featured on lists such as, Fuse #8 and Children’s Book Council, Hot Off the Press. She was once a guest on NPR to talk about poetry in the classroom and was a writer for a community poem featured in Bon Appetite magazine. She was a contributing author for Kwame Alexander’s The Write Thing, and a co-writer for Scholastic’s Trait Crate Plus for third and fifth grade. She lives in Virginia with her partner Scott, and their yard full of chipmunks and some nosy raccoons.