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September 6, 2024: Beginning a New School Year

This week’s newsletter is about beginning a new school year.

August 30, 2024: Belonging

This week’s newsletter is about belonging.

Responding to Dysregulated Behaviors: A Symptom of What?

When a new student spirals into anxiety and becomes aggressive, Becca Burk finds herself with a dislocated knee and advocating for the student to return to the classroom. This is the second installment of a four-part series chronicling the responses when a student with dysregulated behaviors joins Becca Burk’s kindergarten class mid-year.

A Poetic Beginning

Tara Barnett and Kate Mills use poetry to help students discover writing ideas. Inspired by three poems, students share their notebook entries and poems from the first days of a new school year.

Let’s Begin

Gwen Blumberg reflects on the community developed at a writing retreat and encourages teachers to consider the community of learners they will intentionally nourish this school year.

Responding to Dysregulated Behaviors: “What’s a Book?”

When a new student joins Becca Burk’s kindergarten classroom and asks, “What’s a book?” Becca realizes some behaviors are new to even the most veteran teachers. This is the first installment of a four-part series chronicling the responses when a student with dysregulated behaviors joins Becca Burk’s kindergarten class mid-year.

Do I Belong?

Tammy Mulligan considers ways to help students feel and know that they belong in the classroom community. The more we broaden our knowledge of others, and discover more about who we are and what we care about, the more our sense of belonging can grow. 

August 23, 2024: Becoming a Reader

This week’s newsletter is about becoming a wholehearted reader.

Kindergarten Celebration of Writing

Molly James encourages us to consider ways to make a writing celebration meaningful. You’ll be inspired by her kindergarten writing celebration.

August 16, 2024: Starting Strong

This week’s newsletter is about starting the school year.

Revisiting: Getting to Know My Students

Mandy Robek decided that despite the increasing pressures and time-consuming expectations, she will nourish healthy relationships with students. Here are some tried-and-true practices that she wants to maintain.

August 9, 2024: Good Vibes to Start the School Year

This week’s newsletter is full of good vibes to start the school year.

Fostering Reading Lives in the Library

Gigi McAllister fosters engaged reading lives through goal-setting in the library. She shares ways we can encourage all readers to have robust reading lives.

Advice from Hanks

Becca Burk shares three tips Tom Hanks gave to educators during a keynote address at NCTE. If you’re looking for inspiration, this is just the article for you!

August 2, 2024: School and Classroom Libraries

This week’s newsletter is about school and classroom libraries.

Story Walks

Christy Rush-Levine invites students into a story walk. While many of our school activities require students to sit still and be quiet, story walks with wordless books are a simple way to invite students to move and talk, with powerful outcomes.

Early Writing Opportunities in the Library

Gigi McAllister shares informal writing opportunities for students in the school library. Informal and engaging writing activities where students have lots of choice and encouragement make them feel empowered as writers, help them generalize the writing skills they are learning in the classroom, and create joyful writing experiences. 

July 26, 2024: Spinning Ideas for the New School Year

This week’s newsletter is full of inspiring ideas for the new school year.

June 28, 2024: Summer Reading

This week’s newsletter is full of booklists to help with your summer reading.

June 21, 2024: Fluency

This week’s newsletter is about building fluency.

Tips for Interactive Word Study

Lisa Mazinas offers tips for building fluency in elementary readers.

Fluency Practice in Middle School

Leigh Anne Eck tackles fluency strategies with her middle school readers.

June 14, 2024: Thinking More Deeply About Characters

This week’s newsletter is about thinking more deeply about characters.

June 7, 2024: Nurture Independence

This week’s newsletter is about nurturing independence.

May 31, 2024: Don’t Miss the Joy

This week’s newsletter is about finding joy in our work.

Eight Tips to Make Virtual Learning Equitable and Accessible for All Students

Lisa Mazinas reminds us of ways to make virtual learning equitable and accessible.

Responding to Appeals for Help

Dana Murphy outlines three options to respond to a student who is stuck when reading and looking to the teacher for the answer. By being mindful when students appeal for help, we can make intentional, on-the-spot decisions to empower students to become better readers.

Purposeful Play

Jodie Bailey makes a case for purposeful play with her middle school students. To strengthen reading habits, we offer exposure to a wide variety of books, time to read, and opportunities to discuss ideas. In math classrooms, students need similar opportunities to explore and play.

May 24, 2024: Holiday Reading

This week’s newsletter is about the unexpected learning that happens over time.

May 17, 2024: What Surprises You?

This week’s newsletter is about the unexpected learning that happens over time.

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