Nancy Polette

Nancy Polette

Nancy is a Professor Emeritus of Education at Lindenwood University in O'Fallon, Missouri. She is a former Director of Curriculum and Gifted Programs in St. Louis County Schools, Director of the Laboratory School at Lindenwood University, and classroom teacher of grades K-8 for 30 years. She, along with her husband Paul, was the owner and publisher of Book Lures, Inc.

Nancy provides In-district Staff Development Workshops, State Reading and Gifted Conference Keynotes and Presentations, National Reading and Gifted Conference Keynotes and Presentations, State Library/Media Conference Keynotes and Presentations, and National Library/Media Conference Presentations.

School Library Journal describes her as 'an educator with imagination, creativity and an appreciation for the intelligence of children.'

Nancy's Full Day and Multi-Day Topics include:

Meeting Performance Standards in Reading, Writing, and Research
Research Without Copying + Reading in the Content Areas
Research Based Strategies for Writing Throughout the Curriculum
Bringing Social Studies Alive with Higher-Order Thinking
The Integrated Gifted Curriculum

Nancy's Conference Sessions include:

Reading is a Four-Way Stretch
Improvisations and Readers' Theatre
Research Without Copying
Strategies for Any Novel
Reading and Writing Non Fiction
Mind-Stretching Picture Books
Way-Out Picture Books for Middle School
Poetry Alive
Hoaxes and Mysteries: Springboards to Research

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Nancy is currently an Educational Consultant and Author of over 150 teacher resource books. Below are a few of her more popular titles published by Pieces of Learning (click on the covers for more information):

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