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Surviving “That Class”
Sometimes you get a class of students that pushes every one of your buttons. Shari Frost provides a case study of one teacher’s survival strategies.
Anchor Chart Changes
Mary Lee Hahn finds midyear is the perfect time for refreshing anchor charts.
Weekly Check-In Sheets
Are you finding effort from students is flagging? Katherine Sokolowski develops check-in sheets as a way to lift student energy and reflection.
The Big Fresh March 14, 2015 Eating an Orange
Notebooks are the focus of this week’s Big Fresh.
One Tool, Many Uses: Poetry Notebooks
Shari Frost explains how teachers get creative with poetry notebooks.
Giving Students a Notebook Tour
Melanie Meehan finds a notebooks tour is a terrific minilesson for helping students expand the ways they use notebooks.
Blackout Poems and Paint-Chip Haiku: Two Fun Ways into Poetry with Adolescents
Jillian Heise uses the lowly paint-chip board to inspire poetry in her middle school students.
Catching Up with Anna
Katie Doherty Czerwinski tackles the challenging issue of helping a student catch up in book clubs and reading workshop when they have missed a lot of class time.
Using a Sketchbook as a Tool to Teach Grammar
Melanie Swider describes how she develops notebook pages for minilessons and conferring.
Notebook Sketching: Conferring with Sarah
Aimee Buckner confers with Sarah about sketching in her notebook.
Conferring with Izzy
Ruth Ayres confers with Izzy to help her create an organizer in her writing notebook.
The Big Fresh March 7, 2015 The Power of Play
We look at play in this week’s Big Fresh.
The Secret to Productivity: Hard Work or Play?
Jan Burkins and Kim Yaris connect their own working lives to those of students, and consider the value of play.
Three Classroom Games for Literacy Learning and Laughter
Melanie Meehan suggests some favorite classroom games for building literacy skills.
Integrating Student Teachers into Literacy Workshops
Katherine Sokolowski gives advice for integrating student teachers into literacy workshop instruction.
The Big Fresh February 28, 2015 The Ketchup Incident
We look at welcoming school guests (even unhappy ones) in this week’s Big Fresh.
The Secret to Magical Author Visits
Prolific children’s book author Laura Purdie Salas explains why you should treat visiting authors like rock stars, with many tips and examples from her writing friends.
Integrating Paraprofessionals into Reading Workshops
Justin Stygles decides he needs to completely rethink the role of classroom aides.
Channeling Monet
Andie Cunningham deals with the tension of welcoming an unhappy parent into her kindergarten classroom.
First-Grade Math Lesson: Concept Practice and Conclusion
Danielle French's first graders continue to test out new math concepts and language in the conclusion of this lesson series.
The Big Fresh February 21, 2015 What Comes First
There is never enough in schools to do all we need to do, so that is the focus of this week’s Big Fresh.
How Long?
Ruth Ayres provides a ready reference guide for the typical length of everything from a minilesson to a conferring session.
Post It Prove It
Leslie Lloyd preserves instructional time by having her third-grade students share their Post It Prove It notes on a bulletin board throughout the reading workshop.
Finding Pockets of Time
Gigi McAllister gives suggestions for finding pockets of time in overstuffed schedules.
Digital Status of the Class
Maria Caplin explains how a digital status sheet saves minutes every week that add up to extra hours of instructional time over the year.
The Big Fresh February 14, 2015 Joy’s Path
We look at conferring with students in this week’s Big Fresh.
Making Time for Individual Conferences
Franki Sibberson explains how longer conferences early in the year pay dividends all year long.
Guiding Principles for Conferring
Melanie Meehan shares what’s essential in conferring.
Moving Away from Bed to Bed: Conferring with Ty
Ruth Ayres confers with fourth grader Ty about his personal narrative, and works to move him away from a “bed-to-bed” approach in his writing.
Making Memories Stick: Tutoring Kirk
Max Brand tutors a struggling fourth grader who produces very little writing.
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