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The Choice Literacy Book Club Discusses Ouch! Moments
The Choice Literacy Book Club discusses Ouch! Moments: When Words Are Used in Hurtful Ways by Michael Genhart and Viviana Garofoli.
How Do Visuals Strengthen Literacy Instruction? Podcast
Cathy Mere and Ruth Ayres discuss the new content related to the way visuals strengthen literacy instruction.
One Instructional Strategy Changes a Reading Community: Status of the Class
Mandy Robek reminds us of the power of a status of the class to build a reading community.
Making Time to Listen to Your Readers
Angie Miller reminds us of the importance of making time to listen to student readers so we can make enrichment and instructional adjustments.
A Roving Student Conferrer
Tammy Mulligan encourages students to support their peers as writers by being a “roving student conferrer.” When we enable students to take on the role of the teacher, it helps solidify what they know, as well as take pride in their writing skills.
Sincerely Positive
Matt Renwick offers advice on how to use feedback as a tool to support and reinforce what students are doing well. Sincerity and positivity will always give students more confidence in themselves as writers.
Three Meaningful Ways to Incorporate Drawing into English Class
Gretchen Schroeder shares three meaningful ways to incorporate drawing into her high school English classes, and the purpose behind each strategy.
Lead with Art, and Literacy Will Naturally Follow
Stella Villalba widens our perspective by sharing the link between art and literacy with suggested picture books to help build the bridge.
Reasons to Launch Writer’s Notebooks with Primary Writers
Mandy Robek shares keys to knowing when to launch writer’s notebooks with primary writers.
Supports for Our Youngest Writers
Cathy Mere identifies ways to support our youngest writers.
Minilessons About Sound and Image
Julie Johnson encourages minilessons about sound and image to give students more ways to create meaningful texts.
Combining Personal Narratives and Comics
Katherine Sokolowski combines personal narratives and comics to encourage students to go deeper in their storytelling.
Using Art to Bridge Storytelling
Stella Villalba creates space for students to deeply notice the way artist Aminah Robinson uses images to share stories and testimonies.
Teaching Students How to Email
Katherine Sokolowski outlines the nitty-gritty on how to teach students to organize, manage, and compose email.
Rethinking Late-Work Policies
Gretchen Schroeder asks herself tough questions about her late-work policy for high school students. In the end, she changed her late-work policy and found that it took no effort on her part, other than a shift in mindset, while yielding powerful results.
Google Classroom Boot Camp
Katherine Sokolowski takes time each year to help students know how Google Classroom works and details ways to take advantage of it as an organizational tool.
Four Tools for Hosting Online Book Clubs
Matt Renwick leads us to design book clubs where students can continue to grow and connect as readers in online discussions.
Finding Reliable Digital Reading Resources
Cathy Mere shares how to find reliable digital reading resources to pair with print materials to provide strong opportunities for student learning.
Playing with Words
Heather Fisher considers the possibilities for extending vocabulary development through a daily word routine.
Offering Playful Choice to Show Learning
Tammy Mulligan shares her quick thinking when students are bored with book clubs and reminds us all of the importance of offering playful choice for students to show their learning.
Sensible Reasons to Use Student Reading Records
Leigh Anne Eck outlines sensible reasons for students to keep reading records. She considers guidance for book selection, data for teachers, and entry points for reading conferences.
Conventions Podcast with Jen Schwanke
Jen Schwanke joins the podcast to discuss conventions.
The Choice Literacy Book Club Discusses My Hero Academia, Volume 1
The Choice Literacy Book Club discusses My Hero Academia, Volume 1 by Kohei Horikoshi.
Fairy Tales with a Multimodal Twist: Process and Product
In this second installment, Julie Johnson guides the process of creating multimodal fairy tales, as well as discusses producing the final product.
Fairy Tales with a Multimodal Twist: Laying the Groundwork
Julie Johnson outlines the groundwork for creating multimodal fairy tales in writing workshop.
Fairy Tale Study that Needed a Restart
Mandy Robek takes a step back to relaunch a fairy tale study so students can engage in inquiry work in order to discover key characteristics of the genre.
Craft Moves in Before the Ever After
Melanie Meehan unlocks a few craft moves in Before the Ever After by Jacqueline Woodson.
Overplayed Mentor Texts
Bitsy Parks outlines how to select mentor texts in order to have more ownership over the lesson and engage students.
Conventions and Keeping It Real
Melanie Quinn uses her fourth graders love of drama to create a fun activity for learning how to integrate quotations into writing.
Is Grammar-Check Cheating?
Gretchen Schroeder discusses grammar tools and the reasons students should use them as writers.
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