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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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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.
Closing Out the Year with “Where I’m From”
Jillian Heise shares a marvelous poetry writing activity for students who are transitioning from elementary to middle school, or middle to high school.
The Big Fresh May 9, 2015 A Pile of Stories
Closing out the year is the focus of this week’s Big Fresh.
Closing the Year and Making Space to Remember
Jan Burkins and Kim Yaris explain how ending the year is all about making space for memories, and provide some texts to help in the process.
Video for Last Days of School
Melanie Meehan encourages teachers to build a video collection of students at work to use with next year’s class.
Best Part of Me
Jennifer Schwanke shares a favorite activity for building community and self-esteem.
A Spring Villanelle
Shirl McPhillips highlights the pleasures and challenges of using a strict poetic form.
The Big Fresh May 2, 2015 Navigating Boston
Teaching the concept of theme is the focus of this week’s Big Fresh.
Big Idea: First-Grade Lesson
Bitsy Parks introduces her first graders to the concept of theme.
Favorite Wordless Picture Books for Teaching Inference
Jan Burkins and Kim Yaris present some of their favorite children’s books for teaching inference.
The Big Fresh April 25, 2015 What We Crave
Just-right books are the focus of this week’s Big Fresh.
Working Hard and Reading Carefully: On Theme and Rereading
Jennifer Allen uses commercials to promote the importance of rereading to students while teaching theme.
Using Picture Books to Foster Resilience
Gigi McAllister uses picture books to strengthen her fourth-grade classroom community.
Celebrating “The Voice” of Writers
Melanie Meehan presents a fun activity for late in the school year that uses the format of The Voice television series.
Supporting Readers with Nonfiction Text
Cathy Mere finds that criteria for “just-rightness” varies with genre.
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