Meghan Rose may live in Los Angeles, but the home of her heart will always be New England. In this booklist, she shares her favorite picture books about everything from the Red Sox to Maine blueberries to give her children a sense of where she grew up.
Heather Rader looks at the importance of frontloading information for young learners in the third installment of the primary research series.
Heather Rader shares the second installment in our primary research series.
Sean Moore uses the poem “The Busy Ant” for partner work and discussion of fluency and vocabulary with his second graders.
Heather Rader launches a new four-part series on teaching research skills in the primary grades. This first installment highlights search techniques for children.
Stella Villalba scaffolds the language development of her first- and second-grade English language learners during read-aloud by highlighting vocabulary and providing a tool to assist with a partner retelling activity.
In this conference with second grader TJ from Sean Moore’s classroom, the strategies of backing up and rereading as well as attending to the “bossy e” are discussed.
Ann Marie Corgill questions whether her second graders are ready for peer response. She finds that with some guidance and construction of anchor charts together, the answer is a resounding yes.
Clare Landrigan and Tammy Mulligan provide previewing how-to advice for grades K-2 teachers.
With the Common Core emphasis on nonfiction, teachers are striving to integrate more nonfiction texts throughout their literacy workshops. Franki Sibberson shares her favorite nonfiction texts that can be read cover to cover.
In this final video from a four-part series, Sean Moore asks students to share their writing with peers and the whole class.
In this third video from a four-part series, Sean Moore has a student share his writing as a mentor text for the class.
Stella Villalba incorporates more speaking and listening activities into her primary classroom for English language learners.
Melissa Styger invites colleagues and family members into the classroom to share their writing process with students.
In this second video from a four-part series, Sean Moore confers with a student about adding details to his writing.
Clare Landrigan and Tammy Mulligan manage to synthesize workspace cleanup, student independence, and a concrete analogy for strategy work in classrooms.
Amanda Adrian continues her series on how teachers can scaffold and model peer conferring. In this installment, Amanda uses the fishbowl technique with students.
In this first video from a four-part series, Sean Moore leads a writing workshop focused on adding more details and descriptive language to writing. He begins with the classic Charlotte’s Web as his mentor text.
Linda Karamatic uses quick sketches to teach her second graders about sensory images in reading. This is the second installment in a two-part series.
Linda Karamatic uses quick sketches to teach her second graders about sensory images in reading. This is the first installment in a two-part series.
Personal narratives are an important part of the Common Core in 4th grade. Franki Sibberson shares a booklist of some of her favorite mentor texts for teaching narratives in the intermediate grades.
Heather Rader finds web video is a powerful tool for scaffolding young writers as they produce informational texts.
In this conference from a second-grade classroom, Sean Moore helps Mia flesh out her writing on friendship with examples.
Amanda Adrian provides a framework, sample model lesson, and peer conferring guide for students to use as they learn how to respond to their classmates.
Formative assessments are always a priority in classrooms. Cathy Mere explains how she uses a classroom wall display and conversations to highlight strong writing and help her first graders learn to assess improvements in their work.
Franki Sibberson presents some delightful versions of classic tales perfect for read alouds with youngsters.
Aimee Buckner makes some surprising discoveries about what types of texts support writers working in nonfiction genres.
Linda Karamatic is launching a unit on punctuation with her second graders which includes mentor texts, inquiry, and anchor charts.
Franki Sibberson's latest Common Core booklist includes texts to help students master chronology in nonfiction.
In this second video in a two-part series, Sean Moore invites second grader Isaiah to present his learning to the class.
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