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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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Questioning Questions: Rethinking Prompts for Reading Conferences
Jan Burkins and Kim Yaris are rethinking questions used in one-on-one reading conferences.
Provoking Young Readers
Melanie Meehan finds read aloud is a great time for children to connect opinions and experiences.
Getting to Know a Young Reader
As she confers with first grader Kendall, Deb Gaby skillfully weaves questions about home and reading together.
Book Clubs Then and Now: Change Is the Constant
Mary Lee Hahn considers how book clubs have changed over time in her fifth-grade classroom.
The Big Fresh June 13, 2015 Abandoning Big Things
Writer’s craft is the focus of this week’s Big Fresh.
Crafting Characters and Scenes
In this discussion with fifth graders about her book Paper Things, author Jennifer Richard Jacobson and the students share strategies and tools for visualizing scenes and characters when they are writing stories.
Sorting with “Kinds of”: Technique Minilessons
Ruth Ayres finds it is helpful for teachers and students to sort through different types of writing techniques lessons in planning for instruction and revision.
Feed Forward
Carly Ullmer learns a powerful lesson about teaching her middle school students to respond to peer writing.
Digital Literacy Workshop
Maria Caplin has suggestions for making transitions to digital literacy in reading and writing workshops.
The Big Fresh June 6, 2015 The Wow! Scaffold
We look at celebrations and community building in this week’s Big Fresh.
Worth the Investment
Melanie Quinn finds it is worth taking time for community building in schools and classrooms, because the practice pays dividends all year long.
Words with Friends
Melissa Kolb explores what needs to be in place for our youngest students to learn how to converse kindly.
Setting Goals During Mini-Celebrations
Melanie Meehan recommends linking goal setting to small celebrations as a great way to build community and skills at the same time.
We Are All Writers with Louise Borden (PODCAST)
In this podcast, author Louise Borden talks about writing from a historical viewpoint.
Connecting Literacy and Math (PODCAST)
This podcast with Kassia Omohundro Wedekind explores connections between literacy and math instruction, particularly in the areas of strategies, problem-solving, and narrative abilities.
Wonder in Classrooms with Georgia Heard (PODCAST)
In this podcast, Georgia Heard not only recognizes natural curiosity in children, but sees how teachers can model to encourage that curiosity to grow.
The Big Fresh May 30, 2015 Borders
We consider anchor charts and wall displays in this week’s Big Fresh.
Ralph Fletcher on Mentor Texts (PODCAST)
If you’re spending some time sifting through new books and thinking about teaching with them, you’ll enjoy this podcast with Ralph Fletcher.
Cris Tovani on Reading Workshops with High School Students (PODCAST)
Cris Tovani chats about the challenges and joys of a workshop model for teaching reading in high schools.
Donalyn Miller on Modeling Literate Lives (PODCAST)
Donalyn Miller, author of the acclaimed bestseller The Book Whisperer
Quick Take: Starting an Anchor Chart in Kindergarten
Mandy Robek begins an anchor chart with her kindergartners and explains the value of shared writing for creating charts about reading strategies and behaviors.
The Power of Charts in the Classroom
Melanie Swider shares suggestions for making anchor charts more purposeful.
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?
Gretchen Schroeder finds the classic dinner party assignment is a fun way for her high school students to explore kindred spirits in literature late in the school year.
The Big Fresh May 23, 2015 Starting with “Secondly”
We look at student research in this week’s Big Fresh.
Student-Created Text Sets
Jillian Heise’s middle school students design text sets late in the school year. It’s a great activity for discovering how they have grown as readers, as well as a gift to next year’s class.
Note Taking for Research
Katherine Sokolowski helps her fifth graders build notetaking skills for research.
Owl Research Notes Group
Andrea Smith helps a group of boys take notes during an owl research project.
The Big Fresh May 16, 2015 From Obligation to Appreciation
Conventions are the focus of this week’s Big Fresh.
Choices for Paragraphs
Melanie Meehan finds third grade is a good age for helping students develop paragraphing skills.
Second-Grade Minilesson on Paragraphs
Ruth Ayres uses a student text to demonstrate the importance of paragraph breaks in this second-grade minilesson.
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