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The Choice Literacy library contains over 3,000 articles and 900 videos from 150+ contributors. Classic Classroom and Literacy Leadership subscribers have access to the entire library. Content is updated continuously, with five to six new features published each week.
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Conferring in Kindergarten: Talk/Draw/Write
Hayley Whitaker confers with a kindergartner and shows him the connections between talking, drawing, and text.
Tips for Creating Shared-Writing Texts Online
Tammy Mulligan offers tips for creating shared-writing texts online.
Class Books Build Readers, Writers, and Community
Bitsy Parks shares the ways in which class books help students work as readers and writers, as well as build a community.
Argument Writing Podcast with Tara Barnett and Kate Mills
Tara Barnett and Kate Mills discuss mentor texts for argument writing on the podcast.
February 12, 2021: Argument Writing
Argument writing is the theme of this week’s newsletter.
Writing Joy: A Publishing Celebration
Bitsy Parks shares the celebration within the publishing process. Learn to find the joy in uplifting young writers’ approximations by sharing their works with a larger audience.
Crafting a Literary Analysis
Christy Rush-Levine helps Ezekial draft his literary analysis.
Four Notebook Pages to Scaffold Persuasive Writing
Ruth Ayres suggests four notebook pages to help students balance facts and emotions when writing persuasively.
Finding Meaning in Reading Podcast with Heather Fisher
Heather Fisher discusses planning for professional learning and finding meaning in reading on the podcast.
February 5, 2021: Finding Meaning in Reading
Finding meaning in reading is the theme of this week’s newsletter.
Examining Book Choices with New Awareness of Bias
Bitsy Parks takes into account her recent consideration of implicit biases and examines her classroom library and read-aloud choices with urgency and excitement.
Recognizing Bias Podcast with Gretchen Schroeder
Gretchen Schroeder discusses recognizing bias on the podcast.
January 29, 2021: Recognizing Bias
Recognizing bias is the theme of this week’s newsletter.
Many Uses for Mentor Texts to Teach Argument Writing
Tara Barnett and Kate Mills share the many targeted ways in which they use mentor texts to teach argument writing and move students away from five-paragraph themes.
Rethinking “Finding” the Central Idea
Leigh Anne Eck offers a step-by-step guide to help students build a central idea when it is implied in a nonfiction text.
Teaching Summary
Christy Rush-Levine faces the challenge of helping her students see summary writing not as drudgery, but as a way to build more sophisticated thinking around texts.
Meaningful Conversations Podcast with Christy Rush-Levine
Christy Rush-Levine discusses meaningful conversations on the podcast.
January 22, 2021: Meaningful Conversations
Meaningful conversations is the theme of this week’s newsletter.
Meaningful Conversations
Christy Rush-Levine wraps meaningful conversations about race into her curriculum instead of making it “one more thing” to squeeze into the school day.
One Text. One Conversation. Many Possibilities.
Matt Renwick explores ways in which whole-class conversations around one text can build a strong community as understanding is co-constructed.
January 15, 2021: Equity
Equity is the theme of this week’s newsletter.
Picture Books That Affirm and Celebrate Students’ Identities
Stella Villalba shares picture books to celebrate and affirm students’ identities.
Field Notes: 6 Ways to Respond Remotely to Build a Community of Writers
Ruth Ayres observes a writing workshop that is remote. She reflects on the ways students offer feedback and how their community of writers is established.
Three Small Moves to Make a More Inclusive Classroom
Leigh Anne Eck reflects on three small moves she made to create a more inclusive classroom.
Laying the Foundation for an Equitable Classroom
Gretchen Schroeder shares the building blocks she uses to define equity for herself and her students, as well as a practical way to put them into action in her rural high school classroom.
Empowering Choice Podcast with Nawal Qarooni Casiano
Nawal Qarooni Casiano shares how to empower choice in kids leading minilessons on the podcast.
January 8, 2021: Empowering Choice
Choice is the theme of this week’s newsletter.
Actively Recognizing Biases
Tara Barnett and Kate Mills reflect on the ways they actively recognize their own biases and help students recognize their own.
Choice Boards for Writing Workshop
Tara Barnett and Kate Mills give a step-by-step guide for creating choice boards in writing workshop.
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