Engineering Literacy: Creating Readers for Life
Important News!
The North Carolina Reading Conference will be held here in Winston-Salem at the Benton Convention Center March 20-22, 2022.
The deadline for early registration rates is February 1, 2022.
Check out the link above for information about registration and other details!
Congratulations to our 2022 State Young Authors Project Winners!
Cheryl Key (FCRA member and Young at Heart Winner)
Ellory Watkins
Henry Lambeth
Jackson Miller
Annie Kate Warner
We are so proud of all of you!
Hello, FCRA Friends!
It's time for a new school year to begin, and that means that it's time again for another great year of learning and connections with the Forsyth County Reading Association. We need your help in spreading the word about this great organization which provides wonderful speakers, time to connect with other area educators, and .2 teacher renewal reading credit per meeting attended. Please check out the details for this year's schedule of speakers, how to register, and other important information on these pages.
A few things to note this year:
*We are excited to be partnering this year with Read Write Spell, an organization with a long history of advocating for literacy for all children in Forsyth County. We will be sharing more about our collaboration at our meetings, but if you'd like to learn more about what they do, please check them out at ReadWS.org.
*We hope to meet mostly in person this year. Salem Chapel (a church community that meets in the former Arts Council/Little Theatre building on Coliseum Drive) has graciously offered to let us use their building for our meetings.
Please like us on Facebook (Forsyth County Reading Association), check your email, and refer to this website to know whether a meeting will be online or in person.
*All registration must be done in a two-step process. See the information below to find out how.
*We have new membership incentives for early registration, bringing a new member, or being a student or Augustine tutor. Check those out!
*This year your membership in FCRA will entitle you to participate in "20 for 2021", a series of online professional development workshops that will be offered by different chapters of the North Carolina Reading Association . We will share more information about these workshops as we receive information. If you attend another chapter's meeting online and receive documentation of your attendance, that can be used to make up credit missed if you can't attend a local FCRA meeting. So stay in touch for more details!
About Us:
The Forsyth County Reading Association (FCRA) is a professional organization of individuals who are genuinely concerned with the improvement and advancement of reading, writing, and language arts and their integration into all subjects. Membership in the council is open to all people, including teachers, administrators, parents, and full-time high school, college, or graduate students who are engaged in or interested in the teaching or supervision of reading at any level. Members can receive .2 teacher renewal credit for each meeting attended for a potential total of 1.2 reading credits for attending all six meetings. Certificates will be issued to show renewal credits earned.
Forsyth County Reading Association belongs to the North Carolina Reading Association, a group of more than twenty councils across our state who join together to promote literacy, sponsor the Young Authors Project, and host the North Carolina Reading Conference, which will hopefully be held in downtown Winston-Salem in the spring.
How to Join FCRA--2021-2022 Member Registration
There are two parts to registration this year, and you will need to do both:
NCRA Registration Link: https://www.ncreading.org/membership-joinus
Select Forsyth County Reading Association from the pull-down menu at the top.
NCRA dues cost $25. You can pay one of two ways.
*Pay online (with a $1 service fee) when you register at the link above
or
*Pay by check within 3 days of registering online.
*Make check payable to NCRA, Inc.
*Write Forsyth County Reading Association on the memo line.
* Mail check within 3 days after registering online to
Shannon Lawrence, 221 N Centurion Ln, Mount Holly, NC 28120
2. Forsyth County Reading Association Chapter Registration
Please complete this FCRA registration/attendance form and scan and email it as an attachment to forsythcountyreading@gmail.com by Tuesday, September 14 or by the Tuesday before the first meeting you attend.
**If you are unable to scan the form, please type the information at the top into an email and send it to the above email address.
You will also need to pay $10 for FCRA meeting dues to help pay for expenses not covered by state dues.
This will be due at the first meeting you attend.
Look!!! FCRA Meeting Dues Discounts! (Full NCRA $25 dues will still need to be paid):
*Complete NCRA and FCRA registration (with NCRA payment received online or by check) by Tuesday, Sept. 14 and pay only $5 for FCRA meeting dues.
*2-for-One: Join FCRA with a friend who wasn’t a member last year and each pay $5 FCRA dues.
*All Augustine Literacy Project tutors will pay only $5 for FCRA meeting dues.
*High School/College/Graduate students will pay only $5 for FCRA meeting dues.
If you have any questions, please email us at forsythcountyreading@gmail.com
Forsyth County Reading Association 2021-2022 Meetings
Thursday, September 16, 2021 5:00 pm
Young Authors Project Launch & Brainstorming
Cheryl Key & Sabrina Secrest
Notebooks: A Place to Process
Krystal Keener, Redeemer School 3rd grade teacher
Thursday, October 21, 2021 5:00 pm
Young Authors Project Editing Strategies
Cheryl Key & Sabrina Secrest
What’s New in Children’s Books?
Lisa Yee Swope, Bookmarks bookseller
Thursday, November 18, 2021 5:00 pm
Integration Through Literature and Art
Katherine Hartman, Redeemer School art teacher
No meetings in December and January
Thursday, February 17, 2022 5:00 pm
Intervention Strategies Make and Take
Read Write Spell staff
Thursday, March 17, 2022 5:00 pm
This meeting will be held on Zoom!
Using Diverse Children’s Picture Books to Create Welcoming and Inclusive Classrooms
Alan Bailey, East Carolina University professor
Thursday, April 21, 2022 5:00 pm
Young Authors Celebration
Poetry Month Activities
TBA
Sunday, March 20-Tuesday, March 22, 2022
North Carolina Reading Association Conference
Benton Convention Center, Winston-Salem
Early Bird registration open until February 1, 2022
FCRA Meetings Location
This year's in-person meetings will be held from 5:00-7:00 pm in the Community Room at Salem Chapel, 610 Coliseum Drive NW. This is the former location of the Little Theatre/Arts Council Theatre. You will enter the driveway, drive straight back to the Young Life building, turn left, and then follow the drive down to park. The Community Room will be on your left. See the map at the bottom of the page for a visual guide.
Our March meeting will be held from 5:00-7:00 pm via Zoom. The meeting link will be sent via email to registered members.
Please check out our social media links below and watch your email to learn about any changes to meeting plans due to COVID or weather.
Stay in the know about FCRA programs!
Website: www.ForsythCountyReading.com
Email: forsythcountyreading@gmail.com
Facebook: Forsyth County Reading Association
A map of the Salem Chapel campus is below.
We will be meeting in the Community Room. Many thanks to Salem Chapel for sharing their space with us!
The North Carolina Reading Conference will be held here in Winston-Salem at the Benton Convention Center March 20-22, 2022.
The deadline for early registration rates is February 1, 2022.
Check out the link above for information about registration and other details!
Congratulations to our 2022 State Young Authors Project Winners!
Cheryl Key (FCRA member and Young at Heart Winner)
Ellory Watkins
Henry Lambeth
Jackson Miller
Annie Kate Warner
We are so proud of all of you!
Hello, FCRA Friends!
It's time for a new school year to begin, and that means that it's time again for another great year of learning and connections with the Forsyth County Reading Association. We need your help in spreading the word about this great organization which provides wonderful speakers, time to connect with other area educators, and .2 teacher renewal reading credit per meeting attended. Please check out the details for this year's schedule of speakers, how to register, and other important information on these pages.
A few things to note this year:
*We are excited to be partnering this year with Read Write Spell, an organization with a long history of advocating for literacy for all children in Forsyth County. We will be sharing more about our collaboration at our meetings, but if you'd like to learn more about what they do, please check them out at ReadWS.org.
*We hope to meet mostly in person this year. Salem Chapel (a church community that meets in the former Arts Council/Little Theatre building on Coliseum Drive) has graciously offered to let us use their building for our meetings.
Please like us on Facebook (Forsyth County Reading Association), check your email, and refer to this website to know whether a meeting will be online or in person.
*All registration must be done in a two-step process. See the information below to find out how.
*We have new membership incentives for early registration, bringing a new member, or being a student or Augustine tutor. Check those out!
*This year your membership in FCRA will entitle you to participate in "20 for 2021", a series of online professional development workshops that will be offered by different chapters of the North Carolina Reading Association . We will share more information about these workshops as we receive information. If you attend another chapter's meeting online and receive documentation of your attendance, that can be used to make up credit missed if you can't attend a local FCRA meeting. So stay in touch for more details!
About Us:
The Forsyth County Reading Association (FCRA) is a professional organization of individuals who are genuinely concerned with the improvement and advancement of reading, writing, and language arts and their integration into all subjects. Membership in the council is open to all people, including teachers, administrators, parents, and full-time high school, college, or graduate students who are engaged in or interested in the teaching or supervision of reading at any level. Members can receive .2 teacher renewal credit for each meeting attended for a potential total of 1.2 reading credits for attending all six meetings. Certificates will be issued to show renewal credits earned.
Forsyth County Reading Association belongs to the North Carolina Reading Association, a group of more than twenty councils across our state who join together to promote literacy, sponsor the Young Authors Project, and host the North Carolina Reading Conference, which will hopefully be held in downtown Winston-Salem in the spring.
How to Join FCRA--2021-2022 Member Registration
There are two parts to registration this year, and you will need to do both:
- North Carolina Reading Association Registration
NCRA Registration Link: https://www.ncreading.org/membership-joinus
Select Forsyth County Reading Association from the pull-down menu at the top.
NCRA dues cost $25. You can pay one of two ways.
*Pay online (with a $1 service fee) when you register at the link above
or
*Pay by check within 3 days of registering online.
*Make check payable to NCRA, Inc.
*Write Forsyth County Reading Association on the memo line.
* Mail check within 3 days after registering online to
Shannon Lawrence, 221 N Centurion Ln, Mount Holly, NC 28120
2. Forsyth County Reading Association Chapter Registration
Please complete this FCRA registration/attendance form and scan and email it as an attachment to forsythcountyreading@gmail.com by Tuesday, September 14 or by the Tuesday before the first meeting you attend.
**If you are unable to scan the form, please type the information at the top into an email and send it to the above email address.
You will also need to pay $10 for FCRA meeting dues to help pay for expenses not covered by state dues.
This will be due at the first meeting you attend.
Look!!! FCRA Meeting Dues Discounts! (Full NCRA $25 dues will still need to be paid):
*Complete NCRA and FCRA registration (with NCRA payment received online or by check) by Tuesday, Sept. 14 and pay only $5 for FCRA meeting dues.
*2-for-One: Join FCRA with a friend who wasn’t a member last year and each pay $5 FCRA dues.
*All Augustine Literacy Project tutors will pay only $5 for FCRA meeting dues.
*High School/College/Graduate students will pay only $5 for FCRA meeting dues.
If you have any questions, please email us at forsythcountyreading@gmail.com
Forsyth County Reading Association 2021-2022 Meetings
Thursday, September 16, 2021 5:00 pm
Young Authors Project Launch & Brainstorming
Cheryl Key & Sabrina Secrest
Notebooks: A Place to Process
Krystal Keener, Redeemer School 3rd grade teacher
Thursday, October 21, 2021 5:00 pm
Young Authors Project Editing Strategies
Cheryl Key & Sabrina Secrest
What’s New in Children’s Books?
Lisa Yee Swope, Bookmarks bookseller
Thursday, November 18, 2021 5:00 pm
Integration Through Literature and Art
Katherine Hartman, Redeemer School art teacher
No meetings in December and January
Thursday, February 17, 2022 5:00 pm
Intervention Strategies Make and Take
Read Write Spell staff
Thursday, March 17, 2022 5:00 pm
This meeting will be held on Zoom!
Using Diverse Children’s Picture Books to Create Welcoming and Inclusive Classrooms
Alan Bailey, East Carolina University professor
Thursday, April 21, 2022 5:00 pm
Young Authors Celebration
Poetry Month Activities
TBA
Sunday, March 20-Tuesday, March 22, 2022
North Carolina Reading Association Conference
Benton Convention Center, Winston-Salem
Early Bird registration open until February 1, 2022
FCRA Meetings Location
This year's in-person meetings will be held from 5:00-7:00 pm in the Community Room at Salem Chapel, 610 Coliseum Drive NW. This is the former location of the Little Theatre/Arts Council Theatre. You will enter the driveway, drive straight back to the Young Life building, turn left, and then follow the drive down to park. The Community Room will be on your left. See the map at the bottom of the page for a visual guide.
Our March meeting will be held from 5:00-7:00 pm via Zoom. The meeting link will be sent via email to registered members.
Please check out our social media links below and watch your email to learn about any changes to meeting plans due to COVID or weather.
Stay in the know about FCRA programs!
Website: www.ForsythCountyReading.com
Email: forsythcountyreading@gmail.com
Facebook: Forsyth County Reading Association
A map of the Salem Chapel campus is below.
We will be meeting in the Community Room. Many thanks to Salem Chapel for sharing their space with us!
