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December 20, 2024: Graphic Novels and Novels in Verse
This week’s newsletter is about graphic novels and novels in verse.
December 13, 2024: Literacy in All Subjects
This week’s newsletter is about literacy in all subjects..
December 6, 2024: Gratitude
This week’s newsletter is about the importance of gratitude.
November 22, 2024: Vulnerability
This week’s newsletter is about fostering strong connections.
November 15, 2024: Supporting Learners
This week’s newsletter is about supporting learners.
November 8, 2024: Growing Writers
This week’s newsletter is about growing writers.
November 1, 2024: A Community of Secondary Readers
This week’s newsletter is about nourishing a community of secondary readers.
October 25, 2024: Talking Politics?
This week’s newsletter is about talking politics with students.
October 18, 2024: Learning to Collaborate
This week’s newsletter is about helping students learn to share ideas.
October 11, 2024: A Community of Readers
This week’s newsletter is about building a reading community.
October 4, 2024: A Love of Books
This week’s newsletter is about the power of learning to love books.
September 27, 2024: No Struggle, No Story
This week’s newsletter is about planning narratives.
September 20, 2024: Tough Ones
This week’s newsletter is about small connections that make a big difference.
September 13, 2024: Create Space
This week’s newsletter is about protecting time and space for learning.
September 6, 2024: Beginning a New School Year
This week’s newsletter is about beginning a new school year.
August 30, 2024: Belonging
This week’s newsletter is about belonging.
August 23, 2024: Becoming a Reader
This week’s newsletter is about becoming a wholehearted reader.
August 16, 2024: Starting Strong
This week’s newsletter is about starting the school year.
August 9, 2024: Good Vibes to Start the School Year
This week’s newsletter is full of good vibes to start the school year.
August 2, 2024: School and Classroom Libraries
This week’s newsletter is about school and classroom libraries.
July 26, 2024: Spinning Ideas for the New School Year
This week’s newsletter is full of inspiring ideas for the new school year.
June 28, 2024: Summer Reading
This week’s newsletter is full of booklists to help with your summer reading.
June 21, 2024: Fluency
This week’s newsletter is about building fluency.
June 14, 2024: Thinking More Deeply About Characters
This week’s newsletter is about thinking more deeply about characters.
June 7, 2024: Nurture Independence
This week’s newsletter is about nurturing independence.
May 31, 2024: Don’t Miss the Joy
This week’s newsletter is about finding joy in our work.
May 24, 2024: Holiday Reading
This week’s newsletter is about the unexpected learning that happens over time.
May 17, 2024: What Surprises You?
This week’s newsletter is about the unexpected learning that happens over time.
May 10, 2024: Elevate Readers’ Thinking
This week’s newsletter is about elevating readers’ thinking.
May 3, 2024: Invaluable Teaching Tools
This week’s newsletter is about invaluable teaching tools.
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