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The Big Fresh March 5, 2016 A Tower of Giraffes
We look at word study and vocabulary in this week’s Big Fresh. This is the first in a two-part series.
Vocabulary Instruction: Where to Start?
Gretchen Schroeder looks for new ways to help high school students learn words.
Modeling Nonfiction Writing for English Language Learners
Stella Villalba models nonfiction writing for her first- and second-grade English language learners, and in the process integrates vocabulary instruction into her lesson. This is the first video in a three-part series.
Holding a Dictionary
Jennifer Schwanke finds dictionaries (the real, not virtual, variety) are still a potent tool for teaching new vocabulary to children.
Learning Vocabulary in Context with English Language Learners
Stella Villalba explores why it is so important to teach vocabulary to English language learners in context.
The Big Fresh February 27, 2016 The Game of Life
We consider how to keep tests in perspective in this week’s Big Fresh.
Student Self-Assessment Strategies
Melanie Meehan works with fifth graders to help them create their own set of indicators of success in a writing unit.
Observations and Test Preparation
Christopher Carlson takes on the role of observer and researcher to analyze his students' needs when it comes to test-taking skills, and enlists students in the process of reflecting on his data to implement new test-taking strategies.
Tests of Time
This vivid new poem from Shirley McPhillips, explores the disconnect between exams and life.
Read Alouds and Standards
Maria Caplin explains how read alouds do double duty in her fifth-grade classroom, as they help build a love for story and help students master key literacy and content area standards.
The Big Fresh February 20, 2016 Act the Way You Want to Feel
Writing conference notes are the focus of this week’s Big Fresh.
The Big Fresh February 13, 2016 An Ear for Your Craft
Habits and routines are the focus of this week’s Big Fresh.
From Compliments to Challenges: The Conferring Card
Melanie Meehan uses a conferring card in her writing conference with Cara to ensure she has a record of the strengths and revision possibilities they discussed.
What’s a Great Workshop Day?
Mary Lee Hahn considers how the success of any day has to integrate observations from conferring, lessons, and share sessions.
Setting the Stage for Meaningful Peer Feedback
Tara Barnett and Kate Mills develop a scaffold with an index card to help student partners move from agreeable talk to suggestions for revising writing.
Shared Reading in the Digital Age
Shari Frost finds that shared reading routines are easier to implement now because of tech tools.
SITO: Self-Imposed Time-Out
Christy Rush-Levine takes an oddly shaped unused nook in her classroom and turns it into a charming space where students can choose to take a quiet break with a “Self-Imposed Time-Out” (SITO).
Slow Down
Gretchen Schroeder has three strategies for slowing down with her high school students and savoring literacy learning.
The Big Fresh February 6, 2016 Lessons from the Electrician
This week we look at different ways to press the pause button and think about what’s working and what isn’t.
Planning and the Tuesday Effect
Mary Lee Hahn realizes how much a workshop approach has changed her planning process and comfort level with the unexpected.
Pausing for Reflection in Second Grade
Sean Moore helps his second graders remember the classroom routines and protocols for sharing reading reflections through a circle group.
Getting Creative with Writing Celebrations
Celebrations are the pause that refreshes between writing units for many teachers. Melanie Meehan shares suggestions for creative celebrations.
The Big Fresh January 30, 2016 What’s New and Good?
We consider student independence in this week’s Big Fresh.
The Compliment Conference
Katrina Edwards confers with Camilla, a struggling reader. She is a child who has no confidence in herself. The Compliment Conference is a way to acknowledge and build upon Camilla’s strengths, and boost her self-esteem at the same time.
Maintaining Momentum As a Writer
Jennifer Richard Jacobson chats with a group of fifth graders about how to generate ideas for writing independently each day.
Wonder and React
How do you scaffold students for independent work? Melanie Meehan finds Wonder and React is a great strategy to use with fifth graders during an information writing unit.
Growing Toward Independence
Cathy Mere shares what to look for and what to try next with young learners who are easily distracted and struggling to concentrate during independent reading.
The Big Fresh January 23, 2016 No Balance
Time for what matters is the focus of this week’s Big Fresh.
Kindergarten Reading Conference: Building Confidence
Mandy Robek finds that kindergartner Mikey is lost in knowing how to use his time well during reading workshop. Her conference moves him from deflated to inspired.
Time for What Matters
Gretchen Schroeder has only 42 minutes with her high school students each day. She explains how she establishes priorities.
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