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March 19, 2021: Building Empathy Through Reading
Building Empathy Through Reading is the theme of this week’s newsletter.
March 12, 2021: Empower Readers (Part 2)
Empowering Readers (Part 2) is the theme of this week’s newsletter.
March 5, 2021: Empower Readers (Part 1)
Empowering Readers (Part 1) is the theme of this week’s newsletter.
February 26, 2021: Celebrating Writers
Celebrating Writers is the theme of this week’s newsletter.
February 19, 2021: Shared Writing
Shared writing is the theme of this week’s newsletter.
February 12, 2021: Argument Writing
Argument writing is the theme of this week’s newsletter.
February 5, 2021: Finding Meaning in Reading
Finding meaning in reading is the theme of this week’s newsletter.
January 29, 2021: Recognizing Bias
Recognizing bias is the theme of this week’s newsletter.
January 22, 2021: Meaningful Conversations
Meaningful conversations is the theme of this week’s newsletter.
January 15, 2021: Equity
Equity is the theme of this week’s newsletter.
January 8, 2021: Empowering Choice
Choice is the theme of this week’s newsletter.
December 18, 2020: Fresh Starts
Fresh starts is the theme of this week’s newsletter.
December 11, 2020: Digital Reading
Digital reading is the theme of this week’s newsletter.
December 4, 2020: Assessing Writers
Assessing writers is the theme of this week’s newsletter.
November 20, 2020 Honoring Identity
Honoring Student Identity is the theme of this week’s newsletter.
November 13, 2020 Are You Sure?
Publishing Routines is the theme of this week’s newsletter.
November 6, 2020 The Magic of Reading Together
Author studies are the theme of this week’s newsletter.
October 30, 2020 Shark Attack
Word learning is the theme of this week’s newsletter.
October 23, 2020 Thank You, Mrs. Schroeder
The place of humor in literacy workshops is the theme of this week’s newsletter.
October 16, 2020 Slightly Alive
Interactive read aloud is the theme of this week’s newsletter.
October 9, 2020 Coffee Shop Contemplation
Building better book clubs is the theme of this week’s newsletter.
October 2, 2020 The Kind of Teacher Who Cares
Strategic small groups is the theme of this week’s newsletter.
September 25, 2020 Pygmalion Syndrome
Rethinking standards is the theme of this week’s newsletter.
September 18, 2020 Going Rogue
Picture books is the theme of this week’s newsletter.
September 11, 2020 Florence Genevieve Saperstein
Choice is the theme of this week’s newsletter.
September 4, 2020 A Specific No
Thoughtful reading response is the focus of this week’s newsletter.
August 28, 2020 Don’t Talk About My Writing Without Me
Giving feedback online is the focus of this week’s newsletter.
August 21, 2020 Future Focused
This week we look at how to build and sustain remote learning communities.
August 14, 2020 A Place for Wonder
We look at how to help students differentiate between fact and fiction in this week’s newsletter.
August 7, 2020 Slow Down to Be Kind
We look at building kindness and community in this week’s newsletter.
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