Come on down to Kernel Camp 2025


Elevate your writing instruction! July 14-17, Gretchen Bernabei will be hosting the last four-day workshop, affectionately known as Kernel Camp, in New Braunfels. It’s an intensive four days, but it’s pretty darned useful. 


This workshop will weave between grammar, writing and reading across the curriculum, using materials Gretchen has authored and adapted from STAAR released tests and live student STAAR essays. You'll be able to walk into class with lessons at your fingertips!


Participants will receive:

Time: 8:00 am - 2:30 pm

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Make Nonfiction Writing Cool

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Teach student writers all they need to know about reading, writing, and responding to texts with over 40 low-prep, high-impact lessons that explore the unexpected wonder of nonfiction picture books.


Nonfiction, like poetry, can have a bad reputation for being boring, but in the hands of able picture book authors, it’s anything but. In Text Structures from Nonfiction Picture Books, elementary and middle grade teachers can channel the curiosity piqued from amazing true tales to help students further their reading comprehension and writing skills.

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