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Making Memories Stick: Tutoring Kirk
Max Brand tutors a struggling fourth grader who produces very little writing.
Guiding Principles for Conferring
Melanie Meehan shares what’s essential in conferring.
Infographics and the Common Core: Resources and Standards
Andrea Smith explains why infographics are more useful than ever in the age of the Common Core, and provides many links to free infographic resources on the web.
Teaching Search Skill Basics to Students
Bill Bass has advice for teaching web-based search skills to students.
Raising the Quality of Word Work
Shari Frost has some practical suggestions for more thoughtful word work.
Webquests with Middle School Students
Megan Ginther revisits a classic internet research project.
Using Google Earth to Support Readers
Justin Stygles finds Google Earth is a marvelous tool for helping students research settings in novels.
Going Public with Word Work
Maria Caplin is discouraged at the low level of transfer of new vocabulary in her fifth graders’ writing, so she makes some changes in her classroom.
The Power of Written Blind Word Sorts
Max Brand uses written blind word sorts to build student word learning skills.
Three Questions to Ask When a Guided Reading Group Is Stuck
Jan Burkins and Kim Yaris share three questions teachers should ask themselves when guided reading groups aren’t going well.
Small-Group Writing: Steps for Success
Cathy Mere provides grouping guidelines for primary teachers.
Frog and Toad and Tina and Maya: A Precocious Kindergarten Reading Group
Suzy Kaback ponders the precociousness of two kindergarten readers.
Classroom Displays for Nonfiction Learning
Andrea Smith shares some of her favorite nonfiction classroom displays.
Blurring Genres and Real-Life Readers
The line between fiction and nonfiction can be fuzzy, but Tony Keefer finds what matters most is finding texts that captivate readers.
Exploring Literary Nonfiction with Middle School Students
Holly Mueller and her middle school students have fun exploring the creative aspects of literary nonfiction.
10 Ways to Publish Student Work
Erin Ocon compiles a list of the ways she publishes writing of her teen students.
Letter Writing with High School Students
Kim Campbell instills a love for a lost art in her high school students.
Using Lord of the Flies to Teach Argument
Gretchen Schroeder has suggestions for using short texts and close reading to help students comprehend The Lord of the Flies.
Picture Books or Beginning Readers?
Many beloved characters from picture books are showing up in beginning readers, and in the process can lose a lot of their appeal. Shari Frost provides teachers with criteria for choosing between picture books or beginning readers.
Questions and Picture Books
Katie DiCesare suggests some mentor texts for fostering curiosity in young readers.
Nine Picture Books for Teaching Mindfulness
Kim Yaris and Jan Burkins conclude their series on integrating children’s literature and mindful teaching.
How to Get a Book to Catch Fire
If your goal is to get teens more excited about independent reading, Gretchen Schroeder has suggestions to help.
New Words for the New Year
Jan Burkins and Kim Yaris have a fresh take on goals for the new year.
Explore: Time for Nonfiction
Andrea Smith uses Explore Time with her fourth graders to build interest in nonfiction.
The Power of a Hashtag
Katharine Hale looks at the value of hashtags in helping students harness Twitter in a reading community.
Twitter in the Classroom
Katherine Sokolowski and her students find Twitter is an essential element in their fifth-grade reading workshop.
Choosing the Right Tool for Your Message
Julie Johnson has advice on classroom uses of tech resources.
Classroom Management and Student Responsibility
Katherine Sokolowski is discouraged when she observes that some students are off-task during literacy workshops. She decides a reflection sheet will be a useful weekly scaffold to support independent monitoring of behavior.
Don’t Judge a Book by Its Cover: Teaching Book Choice Strategies to Middle Schoolers
Katie Doherty helps students make choices for independent reading.
Organizing Craft Minilessons
Mary Helen Gensch concludes her series on crafting your own minilessons with tips on organizing and storing your plans.
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