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K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

Jan Caldwell is currently a fourth grade teacher at Candler Elementary School in Buncombe County. She has 22 years experience in grades K-8 in North Carolina. She has 3 sons, and is married to a band director. She is a Western Carolina University graduate with a B.S. and Masters degree in Early Childhood Education and Reading. She is the 1995 Presidential Awardee for Elementary Math Teaching for North Carolina. She is also a National Board Certified Teacher, Early Childhood Generalist, 1997.

Resources created by Jan Caldwell

Weaving Picture Books into Narrative Writing
Children's picture books are the perfect medium for mini-lessons in narrative writing. Teachers provide books which demonstate the qualities the students need to develop in their own writing.
Format: lesson plan (grade 4 English Language Arts)
By Jan Caldwell.