Welcome to SPACE, our adult continuing education program which offers interactive monthly courses for personal enrichment! Learn more here.
Elise Trudel Cedeño
Signum Clubs Preceptor
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SPACE Preceptor
By day, Elise is a Literacy Enrichment Teacher. By night, she indulges in her Tookishness by studying the books she loves with Signum. She blogs at Teaching with Magic.
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Book Club: J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings (Books I - VI) Non-Sequential Series
Discussion-based
Join Ms. Elise for a cozy, relaxed Book Club series, where participants come to our Club meetings with their own reflections and discussion questions about the text. YOU get to guide the magic! Each month, our readings will focus on one of the six Books in Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. Bring a cozy blanket, a cup of tea, and enjoy!
Book Club: J.R.R. Tolkien's The Fellowship of the Ring (Part One)
Discussion-based • Medium intensity
Join Ms. Elise for a cozy, relaxed Book Club series, where participants come to our Club meetings with their own reflections and discussion questions about the text. YOU get to guide the magic! In this module, our readings will specifically focus on Book I of The Lord of the Rings. Bring a cozy blanket, a cup of tea, and enjoy!
Book Club: J.R.R. Tolkien's The Fellowship of the Ring (Part Two)
Discussion-based • Medium intensity
Join Ms. Elise for a cozy, relaxed Book Club series, where participants come to our Club meetings with their own reflections and discussion questions about the text. YOU get to guide the magic! In this module, our readings will specifically focus on Book II of The Lord of the Rings. Bring a cozy blanket, a cup of tea, and enjoy!
Book Club: J.R.R. Tolkien's The Return of the King (Part One)
Discussion-based • Medium intensity
Join Ms. Elise for a cozy, relaxed Book Club series, where participants come to our Club meetings with their own reflections and discussion questions about the text. YOU get to guide the magic! In this module, our readings will specifically focus on Book V of The Lord of the Rings. Bring a cozy blanket, a cup of tea, and enjoy!
Book Club: J.R.R. Tolkien's The Return of the King (Part Two)
Discussion-based • Medium intensity
Join Ms. Elise for a cozy, relaxed Book Club series, where participants come to our Club meetings with their own reflections and discussion questions about the text. YOU get to guide the magic! In this module, our readings will specifically focus on Book VI of The Lord of the Rings. Bring a cozy blanket, a cup of tea, and enjoy!
Book Club: J.R.R. Tolkien's The Two Towers (Part One)
Discussion-based • Medium intensity
Join Ms. Elise for a cozy, relaxed Book Club series, where participants come to our Club meetings with their own reflections and discussion questions about the text. YOU get to guide the magic! In this module, our readings will specifically focus on Book III of The Lord of the Rings. Bring a cozy blanket, a cup of tea, and enjoy!
Book Club: J.R.R. Tolkien's The Two Towers (Part Two)
Discussion-based • Medium intensity
Join Ms. Elise for a cozy, relaxed Book Club series, where participants come to our Club meetings with their own reflections and discussion questions about the text. YOU get to guide the magic! In this module, our readings will specifically focus on Book IV of The Lord of the Rings. Bring a cozy blanket, a cup of tea, and enjoy!
J.R.R. Tolkien's Letters from Father Christmas
Discussion-based • Low intensity
Join Ms. Elise for a cozy, relaxed Book Club setting and discuss the joy of Tolkien’s beloved Christmas tale.
J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit
Discussion-based • Medium intensity
Join Ms. Elise for a cozy and relaxed Book Club as we read and discuss J.R.R. Tolkien’s classic, The Hobbit.
Narnia Book Club: Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis
Discussion-based • Medium intensity
Join Ms. Elise for a cozy, relaxed Book Club as we read and discuss the magic of C.S. Lewis's Prince Caspian . In this Book Club style module, each participant comes to our Club meetings with their own reflections and discussion questions about the text. YOU guide the magic!
Narnia Book Club: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
Discussion-based • Medium intensity
Join Ms. Elise for a cozy and relaxed Book Club as we read and discuss the magic of C.S. Lewis’s The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.
Narnia Book Club: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis
Discussion-based • Medium intensity
Join Ms. Elise for a cozy, relaxed Book Club as we read and discuss the magic of C.S. Lewis's The Voyage of the Dawn Treader . In this Book Club style module, each participant comes to our Club meetings with their own reflections and discussion questions about the text. YOU guide the magic!
Narnia Book Club: The Chronicles of Narnia Non-Sequential Series
Discussion-based • Medium intensity
Join Ms. Elise for a cozy and relaxed Book Club as we read and discuss the magic of C.S. Lewis’s highly esteemed series, The Chronicles of Narnia.
The Science of Reading: Teaching Your Kids How to Read
Mixed Lecture/Discussion • Low intensity
Is your child struggling to learn how to read? Do they have trouble sounding out words, or understanding the meaning of new words? Do you struggle to explain why "one" begins with an o, and not a w? Then come learn more about the Science of Reading!
This introductory module will show you all about the Science of Reading, and why everyone should understand these fundamental linguistic principles throughout their reading journeys (not just kids!). We will discuss the history of the American Reading Wars and how they have impacted reading instruction, what happens in your brain as you learn to read, and how to use systematic, "building-block" approaches in your own home when reading with your little ones. If you're interested in the "why" and "how" of reading, then this module is for you!
This introductory module will show you all about the Science of Reading, and why everyone should understand these fundamental linguistic principles throughout their reading journeys (not just kids!). We will discuss the history of the American Reading Wars and how they have impacted reading instruction, what happens in your brain as you learn to read, and how to use systematic, "building-block" approaches in your own home when reading with your little ones. If you're interested in the "why" and "how" of reading, then this module is for you!