Lisa+Beebe

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Background Info:
Lisa graduated with a Bachelor of Education, from the University of Victoria at Okanagan University College in 1997. Since graduating, she has taught every grade from K-12, except grade seven. During these years she specialized in multi-age instruction.

For the last three years Lisa has taught in the elementary grades, combining teaching with the position of Literacy Support Teacher. She partnered with a colleague and together they embarked on a journey to not only gain a greater understanding of reading comprehension, but to locate researched based information which would allow them to teach students how to become proficient readers and thinkers. This research led them to the [|PEBC] (Public Education Business Coalition in Denver), Mosiac of Thought, Strategies That Work, Reading With Meaning, and the rest, as they say, is history.

In the capacity of Literacy Support Teacher, Lisa has traveled throughout the Northwest attending conferences which embrace the theory of metacoginition and the role it plays in creating proficient readers. Becoming quite the 'groupie', she can often be found arriving at conferences early, for the sole purpose of procuring the first spot in the book signing line.

Under the premise that picture books are not just for the primary grades, picture books figure prominently in her intermediate classroom. Trade books are read aloud and utilized for mini lessons in her Reading and Writing Workshops, in addition to creating, or adding to, background knowledge in the areas of social studies, science, and art. Students in Mrs. Beebe's class are often found gathered in the meeting area, which resembles a living room, to listen to the books and engage in collaborative dialogue. It is no wonder then, that her research therefore figures prominently around the use of picture books in the intermediate classroom.