16th Annual Four-Blocks® Literacy Conference
September 17, 2011
Village Inn Conference Center, Clemmons, North Carolina
Classrooms across the country are using the Four-Blocks® framework to provide balanced literacy instruction for all their students. On Saturday, September 17, 2011 we will host the 16th Annual Four-Blocks® Conference right outside of Winston Salem in Clemmons, NC. This conference will have sessions by grade level and include Building Blocks™ (K), Four-Blocks® (Grade 1-3), and Big Blocks™ (Upper Grades, 4+). Presenters for Four Blocks will be: Pat Cunningham, Dottie Hall, Erin McClure from Charlotte, and Kim Creamer. Amanda Arens from Missouri who will do the upper grades sessions, and ElaineWilliams a former kindergarten teacher, Dottie Hall, and Kim Creamer will do the Kindergarten sessions.
The conference will be held from 8:30AM -3:30 PM at the Village Inn Conference Center in Clemmons, North Carolina. The Village Inn is approximately 30 minutes from the Greensboro airport and 15 minutes from Wake Forest University and 90 minutes from the Charlotte airport off I-40 at exit 184. The fee for each participant is $100 which includes breakfast and lunch plus a Four Blocks book. Checks should be made out to "Wake Forest University". Deadline is September 10, 2011 or when the maximum number (200) is reached. Space is limited, and registration sometimes closes early. Acceptances via email or US mail will be sent after your application is received. Because enrollment is limited you should apply as soon as possible. Payment or a PO is due before the conference but send your form in as soon as possible to hold your place. We only accept PO or checks for payment.
Hotel rooms are being held at the Village Inn, Clemmons, NC at $63.00 per room per night.
Contact the Village Inn directly at (336) 766-9121 and mention the "Four Blocks Conference".
Please mail or fax us the application.
The leader, someone who is planning on attending the conference, will be our contact person. (If you are coming by yourself, you are the leader.)
How to contact us:
Dottie Hall, Box 7266, Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, NC 27109
Fax 336 758 4591 Phone 336 758 5872 Email halldp@wfu.edu
We are looking forward to seeing you and to another successful Four Blocks
conference!
16th Annual Four-Blocks® Conference Application - Saturday, September
17, 2011
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Please list the names, grade levels, and experience levels of each participant in your group. If you are unsure of names at this point, list grade levels and experience levels and send us names when possible. Please do not change grade levels or experience levels without notifying us since the agenda will be planned based on the information you send. Use the back if needed.
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Return to Dottie Hall, Box 7266 Winston Salem, N. C. 27109 Fax 336-758 4591