Choice Literacy Articles & Videos
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Katrina Edwards looks for clues in her first-grade students’ work and conferences to help them develop more writing stamina. She analyzes her notes to develop instructional plans.
We look at how to create smart anchor charts in this week’s Big Fresh.
Melanie Meehan chats with second-grade teacher Nadia Egan about her ingenious use of table charts to enhance conferences and whole-class instruction.
Tara Barnett and Kate Mills give three principles they use to help avoid the “charts as wallpaper” syndrome in their fourth-grade classroom.
Katherine Sokolowski finds that electronic charting of learning with Padlet has almost endless possibilities for use in her fifth-grade classroom.
Katie DiCesare shares examples from her first-grade classroom of collaborative charting with students.
We look at expectations and routines in this week’s Big Fresh.
Katrina Edwards shares her plans for presenting children’s literature to help her first-grade students acquire the skills they need to be positive and proactive problem solvers.
Leigh Anne Eck works to overcome years of student reliance on a reading incentives and rewards program by fostering reflection and intrinsic motivation with her sixth graders.
Stella Villalba starts writing workshop with her young English language learners by having everyone share their plans in a community circle.
Mark Levine uses quick-writes with his middle school students to set the expectation at the start of the week for work together that is independent, thoughtful, and conversational.
We look at books children love that teachers don’t adore in this week’s Big Fresh.
Christy Rush-Levine and some struggling eighth-grade readers consider misogyny in a popular children’s book.
Katherine Sokolowski helps a fifth grader add more "girly" books to her next-read stack.
Franki Sibberson explains why we need to move beyond our cherished definitions of quality when working with third graders in transition and embrace the books students love.
Stella Villalba shares some of her favorite children’s books that mirror the home cultures of English language learners.
We look at mentors and mentor texts in this week’s Big Fresh.
Tara Barnett and Kate Mills carefully select the first mentor text for crafting leads in their fourth-grade classroom.
Ruth Ayres shares some of her favorite mentors and mentor texts for developing good writing processes and habits.
Katie DiCesare uses technology in her first-grade classroom so that students can see the lives of the authors who create the texts they love.
Melanie Meehan talks with a third-grade teacher about how she helps students focus on craft elements in nonfiction mentor texts.
We look at launching classroom libraries and meeting areas in this week’s Big Fresh.
Christy Rush-Levine explains how she gradually stocked her middle school classroom library, as well as how she uses student librarians to ensure books aren’t lost.
Andrea Smith shares a sequence of lessons she uses to introduce the classroom library to her fourth-grade students.
Tara Barnett and Kate Mills describe how they set up their meeting area with the right supplies to build community and student independence.
Katherine Sokolowski considers how classroom design says a lot about the relationship between students and teachers.
Transitions for teens and tweens are the focus of this week’s Big Fresh.
Tara Barnett and Kate Mills share strategies for meaningful transitions in their fourth-grade classroom.
Mark Levine helps his seventh-grade students transition to the learning of the day with a "compelling question" posted on the board before each class session.
Gretchen Taylor considers how she handles hard transitions as an adult, and questions how she can make transitions more efficient and valuable for her middle school students.
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